Schoenoplectiella oxyjulos (S.S.Hooper) Lye

First published in Lidia 6: 26 (2003)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to South Sudan. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022). Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa: 1-532. Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Thery, P. & Mesterházy, A. (2024). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Cyperaceae Tribu VII. Fuireneae: 1-57. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Kew Bulletin

  • (2003: 26).
  • Barker, N. P. (2005). A review and survey of basicarpy, geocarpy, and amphicarpy in the African and Madagascan flora. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 445 – 462.
  • Browning, J. (1992). Hypogynous bristles and scales in basal florets in amphicarpousSchoenoplectus species (Cyperaceae). Nord. J. Bot. 12 (2) 171 – 175.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • Haines, R. W. (1971) Amphicarpy in East African Cyperaceae. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 10. 534 – 538.
  • Hooper, S. S. (1972a). New taxa, names and combinations in Cyperaceae for the Flora of West Tropical Africa. Kew Bull. 26: 577 – 583.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Hooper, S. S. (1972b). Scirpus. In: F. N. Hepper (ed.). Flora of West Tropical Africa. 2, 3: 307 – 310. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London.
  • Hooper, S. S. (1985). Notes on tropical African sedges: Mariscus, Schoenoplectus & Pycreus. Kew Bull. 40: 781 – 784.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • IUCN (2011). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 12 December 2011.
  • Lowe, J. & Stanfield, D. P. (1974). The Flora of Nigeria (Family Cyperaceae). Ibadan University Press, Ibadan.
  • Lye, K. A. (2003). Schoenoplectiella Lye, gen. nov. Lidia 6, 1: 20 – 29.
  • Muasya, A. M., Simpson, D. A., Chase, M. W. & Culham, A. (1998). An assessment of suprageneric phylogeny in Cyperaceae using rbcL DNA sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 211: 257 – 271.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Raynal, J. (1976). Notes cypérologiques: 26. Le genre Schoenoplectus II. L’amphicarpie et la sect. Supini. Adansonia, sér. 2, 16(1): 119 – 155.
  • Smith, M., Ammann, S., Parker, N. & Mettler-Cherry, P. (2006). A quantitative study of styles and achenes of terminal and basal flowers of Schoenoplectushallii (Cyperaceae), a rare plant species of transient wetland habitats. Sida 22 (2) : 1159 – 1173.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022). Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa: 1-532. Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Thery, P. & Mesterházy, A. (2024). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Cyperaceae Tribu VII. Fuireneae: 1-57. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Luke, Q.; Sanogo, S. [15992] Mali Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K002989485 Yes
Morton; Gledhill, D. [SL 27] Sierra Leone Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K000416856 Type Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A1605B] Sudan Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K002989652 Yes
Bidault, E.; Senterre, B.; Haba, P.; Senterre, B. [2396] Guinea Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K002989482 Yes
Clark, R.; Darbyshire, I.; Feika, A.; James, M. [172] Sierra Leone Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K002989484 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6625] Cameroon Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K002989596 Yes
Pitot, A. [s.n.] Guinea Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K002989486 Yes
Pitot, A. [s.n.] Guinea Schoenoplectus oxyjulos K002989483 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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