Cyperaceae
Abildgaardia

Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral

First published in Sida 4: 72 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Burkina, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Niue, Rodrigues, Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa099. epublication.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Fimbristylis ovata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Fimbristylis ovata.]
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Fimbristylis ovata.]

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Kral in Sida 4: 72 (1971).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Goetghebeur & Coudijzer in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 54: 86 (1984).
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 19 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 94, fig.158 (1983).
  • Kral in Sida 4: 72 (1971).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 113 (2010).

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.
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  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
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  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
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  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Eth. 6: 413, fig. 212.34 (1997).
  • Fl. Rwanda 4: 421 (1988)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 94, figs. 157, 158 (1983)
  • Sida 4: 71 (1971)
  • Strelitzia 2: 19, fig. 2, B, E, 3 (1995)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [1438] Brazil K000189076 No
Oct 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [1438] Brazil K000189078 Yes
Schomburgk, M.R. [765] Guyana K001617222 No
Zollinger, H. [1036] Indonesia Abildgaardia monostachya K001613042 No
Nodi [405] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291055 Yes
Henty, E.E. [164] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801722 Yes
[UCG Guttwell] [142] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801736 Yes
Zollinger, H. [6] Fimbristylis ovata K002801720 Yes
Put [3987] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467791 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC7233] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803941 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC9164] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803943 Yes
Stevens, P.F. [upng1375] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801716 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12584] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467803 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil Fimbristylis ovata K000189079 Yes
Buwalda, P. [4541] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291058 Yes
Henty, E.E. [16670] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801726 Yes
[F.S.Rype [18] Fimbristylis ovata K002801718 Yes
Hellwig, F. [398] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801719 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [10959] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467804 Yes
Schiffner, V. [1614] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291044 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [5182] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803937 Yes
Carr, C.E. [11199] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801733 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [12613] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291049 Yes
Magaji, S.O. [MG15] Nigeria Fimbristylis ovata K002803947 Yes
Simaga, J.M.; Johns, R.; Kuria, T.; Gagul, J. [09583(9442)] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801729 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil Fimbristylis ovata K000189077 No
Hiepko, P.; Schultze-Motel, W. [105] Togo Fimbristylis ovata K002803954 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [4323] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801735 Yes
Marcan, A. [881] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467796 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [324] Cote d'Ivoire Fimbristylis ovata K002803934 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291042 Yes
Agama [9446] Malaysia Fimbristylis ovata K002291053 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2114] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467802 Yes
Put [289] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467799 Yes
Kershaw, K.A. [900371] Nigeria Fimbristylis ovata K002803948 Yes
Put [3170] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467790 Yes
Schiffner, V. [s.n.] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291054 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [30109] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803944 Yes
Nedi; Idjan [151] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291050 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291043 Yes
Henty, E.E. [11623] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801727 Yes
[Lwine] [2661] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803939 Yes
Bateson, E. [s.n.] Malaysia Fimbristylis ovata K002291052 Yes
Scholz, U.; Koumassi, P.; Kühn, H.; Peuker, H. [606] Togo Fimbristylis ovata K002803952 Yes
Dorsey, C.H. [57] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803940 Yes
Larsen, K.; Santisuk, T.; Warncke, E. [2326] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467805 Yes
Parnell, J.A.N.; Simpson, D.A. [1665] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467811 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [21528] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467797 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [21528] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467798 Yes
Wiriadinata, H. [449] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291059 Yes
Eyma, P.J. [2999] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291057 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13125] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467794 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC1245] Nigeria Fimbristylis ovata K002803950 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/309] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467806 Yes
Scholz, U.; Koumass, P.; Kühn, H.; Peuker, H. [292] Togo Fimbristylis ovata K002803953 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC7177] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803946 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1218] Yemen Fimbristylis ovata K002533171 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7022] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467801 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [6655] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002801717 Yes
Morton, J.K. [7746] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803942 Yes
Brass, L.J. [22109] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801732 Yes
Johns, R.J.; Maru, R. [11131] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801730 Yes
Taylor, C.B. [23] Nigeria Fimbristylis ovata K002803949 Yes
Raynal, A. [18934] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291040 Yes
Brass, L.J. [28501] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801734 Yes
Kairo, A.; Emos, J. [NGF30988] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801715 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2581] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803936 Yes
Coode, M.; Cropley, T.; Katik, P. [NGF29806] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801721 Yes
Spellenberg, R. [s.n.] Yemen Fimbristylis ovata K002533172 Yes
Put [4270] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467793 Yes
Parnell, J.A.N.; Simpson, D.A. [1712] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467810 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [800] Cote d'Ivoire Fimbristylis ovata K002803933 Yes
Asiedu-Gyadu, S. [20557] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803938 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt Fimbristylis ovata K002533168 Yes
Schodde, R. [4570] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801724 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D.; Sridit, K. [90/42] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467807 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D.; Sridit, K. [90/42] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467808 Yes
Raynal, A. [18957] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291041 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19473] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467792 Yes
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [1649] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801731 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [75/457] Yemen Fimbristylis ovata K002533169 Yes
Johns, R.J.; Maru, R. [11128] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801728 Yes
Kern [1036] Malaysia Fimbristylis ovata K002291046 Yes
Haniff; Nur [4214] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467800 Yes
Lely, H.V. [221] Nigeria Fimbristylis ovata K002803951 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4477] Yemen Fimbristylis ovata K002533170 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1906] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467795 Yes
Buwalda, P. [6084] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291056 Yes
Harkink, L. [98] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801737 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [5111] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801725 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/33] Thailand Fimbristylis ovata K000467809 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4354] Ghana Fimbristylis ovata K002803945 Yes
Kairo, A. [NGF47923] Papua New Guinea Fimbristylis ovata K002801723 Yes
Schiffner, V. [1638] Indonesia Fimbristylis ovata K002291051 Yes
Boyce, P.C. [781] Malaysia Fimbristylis ovata K002291060 Yes
Feb 1, 1888 450 [Zollinger, H. ] Indonesia Fimbristylis monostachya K002291045 No
Feb 1, 1888 Harland [S.n.] China Fimbristylis monostachya K001790284 Yes
Feb 1, 1888 Schultz, F. [814] Australia Fimbristylis monostachya K000974478 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 1888 Schultz, F. [789] Australia Fimbristylis monostachya K000974477 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [3491I] India Fimbristylis monostachya K001613048 No
Thomson, T. [256] India Fimbristylis monostachya K002290013 No
s.coll [s.n.] Fimbristylis monostachya K001613047 No
s.coll. [3491H] India Fimbristylis monostachya K001613045 No
s.coll. [3491D] India Fimbristylis monostachya K001613046 No
3491E [s.n.] India Fimbristylis monostachya K002290062 No
Royle [s.n.] India Fimbristylis monostachya K001613051 No
Wight [1863] India Abildgaardia rottboelliana K002290060 No
Wight [1869] India Abildgaardia rottboelliana K002290061 No
2305 [Wight] India Abildgaardia rottboelliana K001613050 No
Wight [2305] India Abildgaardia rottboelliana K001613049 No

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