Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectiella

Schoenoplectiella brachyceras (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) J.R.Starr & Jim.Mejías

First published in J. Syst. Evol. 59: 827 (2021)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula. It is a helophyte or rhizomatous hydrogeophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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 Backbone Distributions

  • (2003). http://www.biocart.de/naturschutz/pdf/RAP-Botswana.pdf. epublication.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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?
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2520] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365103 No
Verdoorn, I.C. [3] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365420 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4977] Yemen Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988061 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2520] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365105 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6891] Zambia Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365089 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [7947] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365428 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2514] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365065 Yes
Jackson, R. [23/02] Zambia Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365088 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [1200] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365066 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [5] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365411 Yes
Moss, C.E. [5918] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365416 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [[3789]] Madagascar Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365347 Yes
Browning, J. [526] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365431 Yes
Williamson, D.T. [110] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365106 Yes
Bester, S.P. [2167] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365442 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4015] Zambia Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365087 Yes
Baron, R. (Rev.) [563] Madagascar Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365345 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2706] Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365403 Yes
Holub, E. [s.n.] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K001738306 Yes
Barnard, W.G. [219] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365407 Yes
Biegel, H.; Russell, G.E. [3722] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365110 Yes
Junod, H.A. [648] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365414 Yes
[illegible] [458] Yemen Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988059 Yes
Gautier, L.; Nusbaumer, L. [LG5171] Madagascar Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365350 Yes
Lubke, R.A. [172] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365402 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1816] Yemen Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988062 Yes
Musil, J.F. [504] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365430 Yes
Swelankomo, N. [251] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K001872855 No
Sutton, J.D. [1049] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365405 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Angola Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365112 Yes
Chase, N.C. [7900] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365069 Yes
Kolberg, H.; Loots, S. [HK8330] Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365398 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [462] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365412 Yes
Miller, O.B. [2496] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365071 Yes
Browning, J. [338] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365437 Yes
Coffin, J.H. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365068 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [21947] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365404 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1391] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365441 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [3309] Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365417 Yes
Gautier, L.; Nusbaumer, L. [LG5171] Madagascar Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365349 Yes
Kolberg, H.; Loots, S. [HK808] Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365396 Yes
de Winter, B.; Wiss, H.J. [4453] Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365397 Yes
Davy, J.B.; F.L.S. [17693] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365422 Yes
Furness, H.D.; Phillipson, P.B. [125] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365440 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1112] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365109 Yes
Browning, J. [526] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365432 Yes
Moss, C.E. [8622] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365415 Yes
Taylor, P.B. [323] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365436 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2520] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365104 Yes
[G. Thornerss] [2200] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365435 Yes
[illegible] [17E] Yemen Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988058 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4149A] Zambia Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365067 Yes
Huntley, K.D. [445] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365433 Yes
de Winter, B.; Wiss, H.J. [4454] Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365399 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1417] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365111 Yes
Archer, C.; Archer, R.H. [2129] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365410 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3658] Saudi Arabia Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988056 Yes
Hendy, C. [135] Yemen Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988060 Yes
[M. G. Wells] [2309] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365413 Yes
West, O. [910] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365434 Yes
[illegible] [17E] Yemen Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988057 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20914] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365409 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O. [3238] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365400 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [23252] Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365421 Yes
Wild, H. [864] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365070 Yes
Schlechter, R. [3631] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365419 Yes
Edwardo, D. [2411] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365429 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3925] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365408 Yes
Browning, J. [338] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365438 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1811] Yemen Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002988063 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2813A] Botswana Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365107 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [14843] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365406 Yes
Wilms, F. [1608] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365418 Yes
s.coll. [557] Madagascar Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365346 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O. [3238] South Africa Schoenoplectus brachyceras K002365401 Yes
May 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9404] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000050876 Yes
May 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7249] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000050708 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Fokom, I. [46] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000678197 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [353] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000678167 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Maisels, F. [140] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000678200 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Maisels, F. [1001] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000678198 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9817] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000678166 Yes
May 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [9786] Cameroon Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000678165 Yes
Jul 1, 1990 Schimper [288] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000416858 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mooney, H.F. [6128] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989626 Yes
Cameron [12] Malawi Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365041 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8756] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989629 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th917] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989779 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1244] Sudan Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989659 Yes
Gereau, R.; Lovett, J.; Kyalawa, C.O.; Mbwambo, Z.H. [3076] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989815 Yes
[I. M]. Evans [409] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989624 Yes
Kahurananga, J.; Kibui, K. [2845] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989790 Yes
Hillier, R.G. [916 also 917] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989632 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1309] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989801 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1070] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989796 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5081] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000190309 Yes
Raynal, J. [s.n.] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989811 Yes
Davey, J.T. [24] Mali Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000391971 Yes
Faden, R.B. [68/037] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989783 Yes
Richards, H.M. [13997] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989816 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1587] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989819 Yes
Smith, P.A. [90] Botswana Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365091 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15007] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989782 Yes
Bally [4832] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989786 Yes
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [7159] Botswana Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365093 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5101] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989788 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2674] Sudan Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989660 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4006] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989777 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12546] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989827 Yes
Gillman, H. [105] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989820 Yes
Lythgoe, J.N. [701] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989630 Yes
Davey, J.T. [67] Mali Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000391973 Yes
Poilecot, P.P. [7535] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365062 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5886] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989792 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [7244] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989785 Yes
Baumann, B.D.; Phillips [1824] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989823 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [8822] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989778 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5081] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989803 Yes
Williams, G.R. [102] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989789 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [11408] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989653 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6518] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989817 Yes
Macuacua, L. [1322] Mozambique Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365039 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12296] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989832 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [894] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989798 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [6616] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989828 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4311] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989655 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [K1076] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365063 Yes
Brown, E.S. [597] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989808 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [5470] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989622 Yes
[H. J. Ndaugalese] [466] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989818 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7216] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989634 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E.; Biegel, H.M. [1499] Botswana Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365090 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 1144] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989793 Yes
[Rear-admiral H. Lynes] [S 4] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989812 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365042 Yes
Morrison [24] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989772 Yes
Erevs, J. [350] Botswana Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365092 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2220] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989821 Yes
[Rear-admiral H. Lynes] [S 1] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989813 Yes
Thompson, S.A.; Rawlins, J.E. [6331] Malawi Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365043 Yes
McGregor, C.J. [89] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989831 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2062] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989806 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Nicholson, R.A. [828] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989809 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [1087] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989780 Yes
JMG [93298] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989824 Yes
Stolz, A. [1071] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989814 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2089] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989810 Yes
Scott, H. [128] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989625 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3671] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989825 Yes
Schimper, M.W. [687] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989623 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6511] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989781 Yes
Friis, I.; Hounde, A.; Jacobsen, K. [50] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989633 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [694] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989784 Yes
Raynal, J. [s.n.] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989807 Yes
Colvile, P.A. [59] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365061 Yes
JMG [93] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989826 Yes
Burtt, B.D.; Phillips [s.n.] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989830 Yes
Napier, E.R. [5818] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989797 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11162] Sudan Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989661 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1411] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989799 Yes
Gereau, R. [1347] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989627 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [A2791] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989631 Yes
Friis, I.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [14499] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989621 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2180] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989804 Yes
Hazel, C. [230] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989773 Yes
Staples, R.R. [225] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989829 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1341] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989802 Yes
Lye, K.A. [5921] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989774 Yes
Ash, J. [2709] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989636 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2001] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989628 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [103] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989791 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [3374] Sudan Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989657 Yes
Lynes, H. [174] Sudan Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989658 Yes
Haines, R.W. [202] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989775 Yes
Davey, J.T. [125] Mali Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K000391972 Yes
Norman, E.M. [183] Uganda Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989776 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1360] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989800 Yes
Ash, J. [3262] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989654 Yes
Holst, C. [2552] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989833 Yes
[F. G] [4418] Zimbabwe Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365064 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2220] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989822 Yes
Pawek, J. [12036] Malawi Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002365044 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [9178] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989635 Yes
Richardson, J.L. [30] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989787 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2484] Kenya Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989794 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H. [921] Somalia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989662 Yes
Ash, J. [2000] Ethiopia Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989656 Yes
Thompson, E. [754] Tanzania Schoenoplectus corymbosus var. brachyceras K002989805 Yes

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