Cyperaceae
Bolboschoenus

Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják

First published in Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 141: 63 (1972)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. & E. U.S.A. to Mexico, Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bermuda, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guyana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 28, 1984 Bolander, H.N. [1576] United States K002532795 No
Sep 28, 1984 Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K002532796 No
Curtiss, A.H. [5680] United States K002532797 Yes
Claraz, G. [234] Argentina K002532866 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K001175476 Yes
[Tweed [s.n.] Uruguay K002532861 Yes
s.coll. [311] K002532854 Yes
s.coll. [3108] United States K002532802 Yes
[C. V. Rambaran] [4] Guyana K002532856 Yes
Burkart, A. [15670] Argentina K002532865 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] United States K001613114 No
s.coll. [311] K002532855 Yes
{Palmer, E.; Dr. Edward Palmer} [160] Mexico K002532850 Yes
Burkart, A. [15670] Argentina K002532863 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002532798 Yes
Blake, S.F. [5707] Canada K002532791 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002532799 No
Tharp, B.C.; Barkley, F.A. [13A108] United States K002532801 Yes
s.coll. [608] K002532853 Yes
s.coll. [736] Mexico K002532851 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [4787] United States K002532794 Yes
[Giber [1282] Uruguay K002532862 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5602] United States K002532793 Yes
[Tweedi [s.n.] Argentina K002532864 Yes
[Soeprat [s.n.] Suriname K002532857 Yes
Blake, S.F. [5457] Canada K002532792 Yes
Pretz, H.W. [3839] United States K002532800 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0