Cyperaceae
Eleocharis

Eleocharis brainii Svenson

First published in Rhodora 39: 251 (1937)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to N. Botswana. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • J. & A. Raynal in Adansonia sér. 2, 7: 318 (1967).
  • in Rhodora 39: 251, t. 461, fig. 4 (1937)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Beentje in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 44 (2010).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 74, fig.112 (1983).
  • Hooper in F.W.T.A., ed.2 3: 313 (1972).
  • Raynal in Adansonia, n.s. 7: 318 (1967).
  • Svenson in Rhodora 39: 251 (1937).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Rhodora 39: 251 (1937)
  • Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 74, fig. 112, 113 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Robinson, E.A. [1351] Zambia K002424398 No
Brain, C.K. [8963] Zimbabwe K000416648 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brain, C.K. [8963] Zimbabwe K000416647 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9848] Tanzania K:SPC-23618.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0