Eleocharis naumanniana Boeckeler

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 92 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Botswana. It is an annual or helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burkina, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022). Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa: 1-532. Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 411
  • Svenson in Rhodora 34: 253, t. 461, fig. 6 (1932).
  • in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 5: 92 (1884)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Boeckeler in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 92 (1884), as Heleocharis.
  • Clarke in C.F.A. 5: 599 (1895);
  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 411 (1902).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54205. epublication.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2013 Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2562] Botswana K:SPC-76793.000 No
s.coll. [139] Gabon K002423990 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [22] Sierra Leone K002423889 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13021] Liberia K001733379 Yes
Naumann [20] Liberia K000416627 Type Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13049 a] Liberia K002423899 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [471] Sierra Leone K002423891 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [205] Sierra Leone K002423890 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [4782] Cote d'Ivoire K002423896 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [s.n.] Nigeria K002423900 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [181] Sierra Leone K002423887 No
Jordan [814] Sierra Leone K002423888 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2562] Botswana K002424405 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1567] Zambia K002424404 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2459] Nigeria K001418799 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [21] Sierra Leone K002423895 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5627] Sierra Leone K002423892 Yes
S.K. [201] Congo, Republic of the K002423992 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [200] Sierra Leone K002423894 Yes
s.coll. [9139] Gabon K002423991 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [4838] Cote d'Ivoire K002423898 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC 35536] Ghana K002423902 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2562] Botswana K002424406 Yes
Killick, H.J. [309] Nigeria K002423901 Yes
Guillaumet, J. [1886] Cote d'Ivoire K002423897 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [488] Sierra Leone K002423893 Yes

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