Cyperaceae
Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis madagascariensis Boeckeler

First published in Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 7: 38 (1880)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & E. Tropical Africa to N. Zambia, Madagascar. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Boeckeler in Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 7: 38 (1880).
  • Goetghebeur & Coudijzer in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 54: 79 (1984).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 88, fig.146 (1983).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 61 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bremen Abh. 7: 38 (1880)
  • F.D.-O.A. 1: 404 (1937)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes of E. Afr.: 88, figs. 146 & 147 (1983).
  • Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 25 (110): 11, fig. 24 (1965)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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