Bulbostylis schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 54 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora Zambesiaca Cyperaceae

  • C.B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 616 (1894).
  • C.B. Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 54 (1894);
  • Gordon-Gray in S. Afr. J. Bot. 54: 565–570 (1988);
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 36, fig.12H,K (1995).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 76 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ann. Fac. Sci. Univ. Dakar 9: 62 (1963)
  • Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 616 (1895) pro parte
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 414, fig. 212.36 (1997).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 101, fig. 172 (1983)
  • Rendle, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 124 (1899)
  • Strelitzia 2: 36, fig. 12H, K (1995)
  • Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 4: 54 (1894)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1888 Drege [s.n.], South Africa K000416783 Yes
Apr 1, 1888 Drege [s.n.], South Africa K000416784 Yes
Eyles, F. [1890], Zimbabwe K000416752 Unknown type material Yes
Apr 1, 1888 Burke [s.n.], South Africa Bulbostylis scleropus K000416786 Unknown type material Yes
Oct 1, 1887 Baur, R. [285], South Africa Bulbostylis scleropus K000416785 Yes
Apr 1, 1888 Hildebrandt, J.M. [3737], Madagascar Bulbostylis cinnamomea K000416766 Unknown type material Yes
Apr 1, 2003 Mann, G. [1344], Cameroon Bulbostylis erratica K000099520 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Thomas, D.W. [9270], Cameroon Bulbostylis erratica K000541216 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca Cyperaceae

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0