Websteria S.H.Wright

First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 135 (1887)
This name is a synonym of Eleocharis

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Hinchcliff, C.E., Lliully A., A.E., Carey, T. & Roalson, E.H. (2010). The origins of Eleocharis (Cyperaceae) and the status of Websteria, Egleria and Chillania. Taxon 59: 709-719. [Cited as Eleocharis.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Websteria.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Websteria.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 14: 135 (1887).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • J. Browning and K.D. Gordon-Gray† in Flora Zambesiaca Volume: 14: Cyperaceae (2020). MÁ García, Jonathan R Timberlake (Eds). Kew Publishing, London.
  • S.H. Wright in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 135 (1887).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 135 (1887)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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