Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectiella

Schoenoplectiella erecta (Poir.) Lye

First published in Lidia 6: 25 (2003)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Iberian Peninsula Sahel to S. Africa, Mascarenes, N. India to Indo-China, SE. U.S.A. to Mexico, S. South America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Egypt, Florida, Georgia, Guinea, India, KwaZulu-Natal, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Paraguay, Portugal, Senegal, South Carolina, Spain, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022). Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa: 1-532. Meise Botanic Garden.

Kew Bulletin

  • (Poir.) Lye 2003: 25
  • Beentje (2010: 35).
  • Beentje 2010: 34
  • Beentje, H. J. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hooper, S. S. (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa 2 nded.. Millbank, London.
  • Lye (2003: 25)
  • Lye, A. L. (1983). Studies in African Cyperaceae 27. Miscellaneous new taxa and combinations. Nordic J. Bot. 3: 241 – 244.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Lye, A. L. (2003). Schoenoplectiella Lye, gen. nov. (Cyperaceae). Lidia 6: 20 – 29.
  • Raynal, J. (1976). Notes Cypérologiques: 26. Le genre Schoeonoplectus II. L’ amphicarpe et la sect. Supini. Adansonia ser. 2 16: 119 – 155.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Beentje in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 34 (2010).
  • Lye in Lidia 6: 25 (2003).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
  • Xanthos, M. & Browning, J. (2015). Taxonomic re-evalutation of Schoenoplectiella lateriflora subsp. laevinux (Cyperaceae) and a new record for Schoenoplectiella erecta subsp. erecta. Kew Bulletin 70(36): 1-5.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lidia 6, 1: 25 (2003).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Guile, D.P.M. [5126] Hong Kong K002366130 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [0892] Hong Kong K002366131 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5448B] Zambia Schoenoplectus erectus K002365113 Yes
McBarron, E. [20669] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K002989175 Yes
Dunn, S.T. [s.n.] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988394 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K001738303 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365353 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [11302] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988383 Yes
Tsiang, Y. [4290] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988385 Yes
Bouton, M. [[383]] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K001738301 No
Lei, C.I. [37] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988388 Yes
Thomson, J. [352] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365357 Yes
Chung, H.H. [2180] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988402 Yes
[J. Grey] [s.n.] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365356 Yes
Wilson, K.L. [1477] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K002989177 Yes
Wilson, K.L. & Wilson, A. [10800] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K001553846 Yes
Henry [s.n.] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988400 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia Schoenoplectus erectus K001738299 Yes
Henry, A. [2740] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988397 Yes
Vaughan, R.E. [B37] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365354 Yes
Story, R. [5155] Namibia Schoenoplectus erectus K000416874 Type Yes
Hugo Bohnhof, M. [296] Schoenoplectus erectus K002988295 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5448] Zambia Schoenoplectus erectus K002365114 Yes
McBarron, E.J. [20119] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K002989174 Yes
Lei, C.I. [1002] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988387 Yes
Wilson, K.L.; Sharpe, P.; Johnson, L.; Blaxell, D. [3564] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K002989181 Yes
s.coll. [4536] Niger Schoenoplectus erectus K002989428 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K001738304 Yes
Wang, C. [34462] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988386 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [962] Argentina Schoenoplectus erectus K000632414 Isotype Yes
McBarron, E.J. [20119] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K002989179 Yes
Blake, S.T. [10337] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K002989176 Yes
[M. Maurice] [4] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365358 Yes
Chiao, C.Y. [2792] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988384 Yes
A.C.M. [159] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988399 Yes
[P.T.O.] [149] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K001738302 No
Shaw, J. [200] Hong Kong Schoenoplectus erectus K002988319 No
Bengha [s.n.] Schoenoplectus erectus K002988294 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [21364] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988393 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [127] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988390 Yes
Faber, E. (Rev.) [1517] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988398 Yes
Chiao, C.Y. [2792] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988389 Yes
Ching, R.C. [s.n.] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988391 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365355 Yes
Liang, H.Y. [64608] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988395 Yes
Brown, R. (Mrs.) [5974] Australia Schoenoplectus erectus K002989180 Yes
Bretschneider [s.n.] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988401 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365359 Yes
Wilford, C. [272] Hong Kong Schoenoplectus erectus K002988396 Yes
Faber, E. (Rev.) [s.n.] China Schoenoplectus erectus K002988392 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Schoenoplectus erectus K002989178 Yes
Vaughan, R.E. [B42] Mauritius Schoenoplectus erectus K002365352 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [4069] Madagascar Scirpus erectus K002365363 Yes

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