Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectiella

Schoenoplectiella senegalensis (Steud.) Lye

First published in Lidia 6: 27 (2003)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, S. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022). Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa: 1-532. Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Thery, P. & Mesterházy, A. (2024). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Cyperaceae Tribu VII. Fuireneae: 1-57. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Beentje in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 31, fig.6 (2010).
  • Lye in Lidia 6: 27 (2003).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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

  • Lidia 6, 1: 27 (2003).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Larridon, I. [73] Guinea K000874191 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2160] Namibia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365604 Yes
WRQ, L.W.; Sanogo, S. [16065] Mali Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989503 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989500 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/448] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989989 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [6436] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989610 Yes
Assi, A. [4827] Cote d'Ivoire Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989514 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3411] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989681 Yes
Schronen, J. [195] Burkina Faso Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989519 Yes
[G. Schweinfurth] [1714] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989669 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3678] Mauritania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989496 Yes
Dinter [7027] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365602 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2085] Namibia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365607 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11472] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989988 Yes
E. B. Schoeufeld[o] [S807] Namibia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365603 Yes
Björnstad, A. [AB 2510] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989992 Yes
Heyne, B. [3458] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K001057188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adam, J.G. [12744] Cote d'Ivoire Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989512 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC 406] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989528 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989672 Yes
Schimper [1194] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K000416859 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/529] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989991 Yes
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [14436] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989676 Yes
s.coll. [4473] Chad Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989604 Yes
Schimper [1113] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K000416860 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E. [3597] Cameroon Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989605 Yes
Schoefelder [S862] Namibia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365600 Yes
Jacob, K.C. [460] India Schoenoplectus senegalensis K001057189 Unknown Type Material Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [16072] India Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988930 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4753] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989521 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [13190] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989675 Yes
{Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster} [36] Namibia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365605 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [545] Cote d'Ivoire Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989511 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [396] Botswana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365289 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2248] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989990 Yes
Jaeger, P. [45] Mali Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989504 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3626 ] Senegal Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989498 Yes
Jaeger, P. [20] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989510 Yes
[G. Schweinfurth] [4001] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989670 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [7025] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989996 Yes
Troupin, G. [1586] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989608 Yes
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [14437] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989677 Yes
Abd El Ghani, M.M. [701] Egypt Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988239 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6062] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K000468363 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Goudiaby, A.; Madsen, J.E.; Sambou, B. [17220] Senegal Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989501 Yes
Hall, J.B. [IV55] Cote d'Ivoire Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989515 Yes
Troupin, G. [1294] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989611 Yes
[illegible] [319] Senegal Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989499 Yes
Vollesen, K. [s.n.] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989993 Yes
Schmitz, A. [7197] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989609 Yes
Wingfield, R. [3959] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989994 Yes
[G. Schwienfurth] [195] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K001738297 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [13623] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989673 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6857] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989985 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Høst, P.; Desissa, D.; Kebede, S. [7249] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989680 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Legesse, M.; Wandefrash, M.; Gibre-Hiwot, G. [8714] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989679 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [11846] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989678 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5291] Egypt Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988243 Yes
Scaetta [3418] Senegal Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989497 Yes
Della; Kirrika [73] Kenya Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989974 Yes
[G. Schweinfurth] [2164] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989671 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4151] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989522 Yes
Dinter [7633] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365601 Yes
Scholz, U.; Koumassi, P.; Kühn, H.; Peuker, H. [276] Togo Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989520 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7512] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989998 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3273] Botswana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365290 Yes
[Moh. Eff. Dear] [4071] Egypt Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988240 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1523] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989525 Yes
Assi, A. [9734] Cote d'Ivoire Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989513 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [1999] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989999 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; et al. [7590] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989682 Yes
Venkatesh, C.S. [s.n.] India Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988931 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [13190] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989674 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [20150] Kenya Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989975 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3692b] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989986 Yes
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [6708] Namibia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365608 Yes
s.coll. [4331] Cameroon Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989603 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [641] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989683 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W. [6894] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002365606 Yes
Dollinger; [F. S.] [13] Senegal Schoenoplectus senegalensis K001738296 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC 173] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989527 Yes
Gérard, P. [1942] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989607 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 5334] Kenya Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989973 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [52] Egypt Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988241 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1523] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989526 Yes
Schmitz, A. [7197] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989606 Yes
Kittridge, K.J.; Hooper, S.S. [RIm/260] Mauritania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989495 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [20467] India Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988929 Yes
Peter, G.A. [34496] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989987 Yes
Hooper, S.; Hall, J.B. [CC 0173] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989523 Yes
Röttler, J.P. [s.n.] India Schoenoplectus senegalensis K001057187 Syntype Yes
Abd El Ghani, M.M. [6887] Egypt Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988244 Yes
Jacob, K.C. [18517] India Schoenoplectus senegalensis K001057186 Syntype Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [5001] Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989502 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2104] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989995 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15194] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002990000 Yes
Davey, J.T. [449] Mali Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989505 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1523] Ghana Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989524 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Philips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/528] Tanzania Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002989997 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1626] Egypt Schoenoplectus senegalensis K002988242 Yes
[I. B. Pole Evans]; [J. Erens] [s.n.] Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365295 Yes
Napper, D.M.; Jones, Q. [1970] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989972 Yes
Wild, H. [1764] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365277 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3640] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365264 Yes
[J. P. Loveridge] [1861] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365279 Yes
Katende, A.B.; Lye, K.A. [5561] Uganda Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989962 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8126] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365259 Yes
Peter, G.A. [34318] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989983 Yes
Gibbs-Russell, G.E. [1588] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365280 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1124] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365263 No
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [72/103] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989969 Yes
Bringham, M.Y. [1081] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365287 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5037] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365261 Yes
Mavi, S. [984] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365270 Yes
Cameron, K.J. [102] Malawi Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365254 Yes
Mavi, S. [993] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365285 Yes
{Azanoot de Monzes} [484] Angola Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365305 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7678] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365272 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14161] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989979 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4207] Uganda Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989959 Yes
McClounie, J. [s.n.] Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365253 Yes
Trapnell, C.G.; Bunting, R.H. [s.n.] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365267 Yes
[MMcC. W.] [s.n.] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365255 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2045] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365298 Yes
McMahon, J.P. [K 343] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989965 Yes
{Azanoot de Menezes} [739] Angola Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365304 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [4051] Uganda Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989960 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7423] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365256 Yes
Richards, H.M. [22275] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365262 Yes
Glover, P.E. [3796] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989964 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1232] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365303 Yes
Peter, G.A. [10493 b] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989984 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365251 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [7708] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365271 Yes
Symes, P. [67/M/6] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365284 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4947] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365258 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Lye, K.A.; Katende, A. [71/526] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989971 Yes
[J. B. Phipps] [1434] Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365276 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3037] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365301 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9078] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365260 Yes
Lye, K.A. [23827] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365283 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [377] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365288 Yes
Smith, P.A. [520] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365296 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [20151] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989967 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [C9] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989976 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1895] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365300 Yes
Browning, J. [985] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365281 Yes
Richards, M. [19863] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989981 Yes
[J. Erens] [346] Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365294 Yes
Fyffe, R. [38] Uganda Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989961 No
Miller, O.B. [4244] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365278 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2388] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989977 Yes
Buchanan, J. [555] Malawi Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365252 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4556] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365266 Yes
Tweedie [3825] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989963 Yes
Phippe, J.B. [1015] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365275 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5563] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365257 Yes
Gibbs-Russell, G.E. [2080] Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365286 Yes
Peter, G.A. [33756] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989982 Yes
Browning, J. [986] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365282 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2005] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989980 Yes
Miller, O.B. [7689] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365274 Yes
Camerik, A.M. [116] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365297 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [2982] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365302 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4957] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365265 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [242] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365268 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5629] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365273 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67/757] Kenya Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989966 Yes
Jarman, P.J. [A10] Zambia Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365269 Yes
Peter, G.A. [11406] Tanzania Schoenoplectus jacobi K002989978 Yes
Mott, P.J. [880] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365293 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3368] Botswana Schoenoplectus jacobi K002365299 Yes

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