Cyperaceae
Bulbostylis

Bulbostylis oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 54 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Congo, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 4: 54 (1894).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C.B. Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 54 (1894).
  • Goetghebeur & Coudijzer in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 55: 228 (1985).
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 33, fig.12A,D (1995).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 77 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ann. Fac. Sci. Univ. Dakar 9: 70 (1963), as orytrephes
  • Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 616 (1895)
  • F.T.A. 8: 445 (1902)
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 317 (1972)
  • Fl. Rwanda 4: 425 (1988)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 101, fig. 173, 174 (1983)
  • Rendle, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 125 (1899)
  • Strelitzia 2: 33, fig. 12A, D (1995).
  • Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 4: 54 (1894)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1969 Jaeger, P. [986] Sierra Leone K000416709 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Pitot, A. [25] Guinea K000416710 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Peter, A. [22665] Tanzania K000416740 Type Yes
{Wingfield} [893] Tanzania K002082705 Yes
Harley, R.M. [9241] Tanzania K002082709 Yes
Fyffe, R. [15] Uganda K002082694 Yes
Cheek, M.; Moutsambote, J-M.; Kami, T.; Ondambomo, D. [15454] Congo, Republic of the K000673165 No
Wheeler Haines, R. [4267] Uganda K002082695 Yes
{W. J. J. O. de Wilde; B. E. E. de Wilde; Duyfjes, B.E.E.} [7646] Ethiopia K002082124 Yes
Sitoni, D.; Simon, G. [929] Tanzania K002082711 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [18033] South Africa K002084663 Yes
Rood, A.N. [56] Tanzania K002082704 Yes
Chandler, P. [2465] Uganda K002082693 Yes
Festo, L.; Sitoni, D.; Maganga, P.; Simon, G.; Felesion [477] Tanzania K002082712 Yes
Magogo [763] Tanzania K002082703 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15583] South Africa K002084664 Yes
Peter, G.A. [16053] Tanzania K002082713 Yes
Kayombo, C.J.; Kayombo, M.J. [78] Tanzania K002082708 Yes
Peter, G.A. [21713] Tanzania K002082714 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th 2519] Uganda K002082689 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [942] South Sudan K002082125 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5203] Tanzania K000190431 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P.1952] Uganda K002082690 Yes
Procter, J. [1411] Tanzania K002082706 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3274] South Africa K002084665 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5244] Guinea K000416708 Holotype Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3274] South Africa K002084668 Yes
Lind [2199] Uganda K002082691 Yes
Balkwill, K.; et al. [13171] South Africa K002084669 Yes
Lankester, C.H. [s.n.] Uganda K002082687 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5056] Tanzania K000190284 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E. 3892] Uganda K002082692 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [[43A3]] Uganda K002082701 Yes
Smith, J. [21] Sudan K002082127 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [18007] South Africa K002084662 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2790] Tanzania K002082702 Yes
Lynes, H. [42] Tanzania K002082707 Yes
NewBould, J.; Tefford, T.G. [2780] Tanzania K002082710 Yes
s.coll. [2273] Uganda K002082698 Yes
Chandler, P. [1534] Uganda K002082699 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [870] Uganda K002082697 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Rwabulindore, P. [Ly- 4615] Uganda K002082696 Yes
Peter, G.A. [39524] K002082715 Yes
Doggett, W.G. [s.n.] Uganda K002082688 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8047] Uganda K000416739 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1310] Sudan K002082126 Yes
Dümmer, R. [706] Uganda K002082700 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1006] South Africa K002084670 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3281] South Africa K002084666 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3272] South Africa K002084667 Yes

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