Family:
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus:
Schoenoplectiella Lye

Schoenoplectiella hooperae (J.Raynal) Lye

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tanzania to Zambia.

[FTEA]

Cyperaceae, K Hoenselaar, B. Verdcourt & H. Beentje. Hypolytrum, D Simpson. Fuirena, M Muasya. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2010

Type
Type: Tanzania, Iringa District: Kinyantupa, 25 km from Msembi, Greenway & Kanuri 14441 (K!, holo.; NY, P, iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial (fide Greenway) with dense tufted stems and shallow roots.
Morphology Stem
Stems 3–20 together, 4–15 cm long excluding the inflorescence bract (which adds another 15–40 cm), round or 3-angular, 1–2 mm thick
Morphology Leaves
Leaf sheaths green, much wider than the stem, ending in a triangular lobe; often with solitary basal flower, nutlet to 2.6 × 2.3 mm Leaves absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Involucre bract 15–40 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of apparently lateral globose clusters of 3–15 densely packed sessile spikelets.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets brown or greenish brown, 4–8 × 2–3 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes lanceolate, 2–3 × 1.1–2.1 mm, midrib green, mucronate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 3.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anthers ± 0.6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style 3-branched
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlet reddish brown, obovoid-triangular, 1 × 0.6 mm, ± smooth
Ecology
Seasonally wet sites in bushland zone; 500–1450 m
Note
The glume mucro is certainly not always recurved, as Lye indicates as one of the main differentiating characters. In many specimens it is erect.
Distribution
Range: Zambia (1 specimen) Flora districts: T2 T4 T5 T7

Native to:

Tanzania, Zambia

Schoenoplectiella hooperae (J.Raynal) Lye appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Mar 1, 1976 Greenway, P.J. [14441], Tanzania Schoenoplectus hooperae K000416862 Unknown type material

First published in Lidia 6: 25 (2003)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lidia 6, 1: 25 (2003).

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0