Cyperaceae
Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis littoralis Gaudich.

First published in Voy. Uranie: 413 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has social uses and as animal food.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is., Zaïre

Introduced into:

Chad, Fiji, Samoa

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Cabezas, F., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2004). Checklist of the Cyperaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko, Río Muni). Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 3-26.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa https://plants.jstor.org/collection/UPWTA in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Napper in Kew Bull, 25: 439 (1971).
  • in Freyc. Voy. Bot.: 413 (1826)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Cabezas, F., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2004). Checklist of the Cyperaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko, Río Muni). Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 3-26.
  • 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].
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • 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

  • F.W.T.A ed. 2, 3: 323 (1972)
  • Freycinet, Voy. Bot. Uranie: 413 (1829)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes of E. Afr.: 80, fig. 126 (1983).
  • K.B. 25: 439 (1971)

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2011 Pereira-Silva, G.; Santos, A.J.B.; Moreira, G.A.; Pereira, J.B. [15191] Brazil K001589198 Yes
Jul 1, 1994 Chantaranothai, P., Middleton, D.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [815] Thailand K000467753 Yes
Jul 1, 1994 Smitinand, T. [5599] Thailand K000467752 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Bojer [1794] Mauritius K000416685 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eyma [4115] Indonesia K002290831 Yes
Simpson, D.A.; Casserly, R.; Lamb, A.; Phillips, A. [89/181] Malaysia K002290850 Yes
[Santr [s.n.] Indonesia K002290824 Yes
Boden-Kloss, C. [10500] Indonesia K002290822 Yes
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Indonesia K002290826 Yes
Kondo, Y.; Edaño, G. [38727] Malaysia K002290855 Yes
Kostermans, A. [10801] K002290857 Yes
Cuming [564 ] K002080034 No
Ramos, M.; Pascasio, J. [34727] Philippines K002080021 No
Feynon, E.; Espniter, E.K. [107 ] Philippines K002080049 No
Loher, A. [1340] K002080042 No
Purseglove, J.W.; Shah, M. [P4597] Malaysia K002290878 Yes
Gibbs, L.S. [2621] Malaysia K002290882 Yes
Buwalda, P. [6839] Indonesia K002290817 Yes
Kadir [A955] Malaysia K002290875 Yes
Buwalda, P. [4521] Indonesia K002290834 Yes
Johansson, J.T.; Nybom, H.; Riebe, S. [281] Indonesia K002290830 Yes
Meijer, W. [SAN27614] Malaysia K002290853 Yes
Forster, R.H. [52] Malaysia K002290871 Yes
Hoogerwerf, A. [19] Indonesia K002290812 Yes
Bloembergen, S. [3633] Indonesia K002290815 Yes
s.coll. [5] Malaysia K002290840 Yes
Simpson, D.A.; Marsh, M. [2167] Brunei K002290865 Yes
Simpson, D.A.; Casserly, R. [89/207] Malaysia K002290851 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K002290814 Yes
Binnemeyer [3343] Indonesia K002290823 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [20247] Malaysia K002290876 Yes
Aadat [22] Indonesia K002290821 Yes
Boden-Kloss, C. [10572] Indonesia K002290819 Yes
Coode [5917] Indonesia K002290829 Yes
Simpson, D.A.; Marsh, M. [2512] Brunei K002290864 Yes
Gambating, A. [SAN67327] Malaysia K002290849 Yes
Azmi, R.; et al. [RA560] Malaysia K002290852 Yes
Ramos, M. [21741] Philippines K002080041 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [12628] Indonesia K002290828 Yes
Boden-Kloss, C. [14790] Indonesia K002290818 Yes
Clarke, K.L. [285] Australia K001572884 Yes
Richards, P.W. [1294] Malaysia K002290873 Yes
{É. de la Savinièrre} [669] Indonesia K002290808 Yes
Weber, C.M. [1073] Philippines K002080037 No
[illegibl [s.n.] K002080033 No
Buwalda, P. [4315] Indonesia K002290835 Yes
Loher, A. [s.n.] K002080016 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [5705] Philippines K002080047 No
[ Reymon ];[ Espinter ] [202] Philippines K002080050 No
Merrill, E.D. [3652] Philippines K002080048 No
Creagh; Zollinger, H. [[4]] Indonesia K002290813 Yes
s.coll. [2769] K002290863 Yes
Ramos, M.; Edano, G. [31444] Philippines K002080018 No
Richards, P.W. [1294] Malaysia K002290872 Yes
s.coll. [173] K002290886 Yes
Cuming, H. [564] Philippines K002080036 No
Chow, J. [75673] Malaysia K002290880 Yes
Simpson, D.A.; Marsh, M. [2167] Brunei K002290870 Yes
[N. Stunis] [3232] K002290858 Yes
Forman, L.L. [595] Indonesia K002290809 Yes
Mendoza; Buwaya [757] Philippines K002080026 No
Loher, A. [759] K002080035 No
Kostermans, A. [7969] K002290856 Yes
Keith, H.G. [1878] Malaysia K002290879 Yes
Simpson, D.A.; Marsh, M. [2512] Brunei K002290877 Yes
Simpson, D.A. [89/85] Brunei K002290869 Yes
Gachalian, F.S. [33657] Philippines K002080024 No
Merrill [545] Philippines K002080022 No
[N. Stunis] [2125] K002290859 Yes
Simpson, D.A. [89/70] Brunei K002290867 Yes
Raynal, A. [18949] Indonesia K002290807 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [14325] Philippines K002080043 No
Merrill, E.D. [9772] Philippines K002080045 No
[ D. L. Tapping ] [459] Philippines K002080030 No
[Mankis Jeusen] [s.n.] Indonesia K002290825 Yes
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5368] Indonesia K002290820 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [20744] Malaysia K002290862 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [5582] Philippines K002080029 No
Buwalda, P. [s.n.] Indonesia K002290836 Yes
Loher, A. [7150] Philippines K002080044 No
Eyma, P.J. [2952] Indonesia K002290837 Yes
Forman, L.L. [595] Indonesia K002290810 Yes
Jacobs, M. [5660] Brunei K002290854 Yes
Kadir [A2620] Malaysia K002290881 Yes
Banlugan, G. [72798] Philippines K002080027 No
Merrill, E.D. [7295] Philippines K002080046 No
s.coll. [16725] Philippines K002080017 No
Merill [545] Philippines K002080023 No
{Church, A.C.; Mahyar, U.W.; Indah; Ismail; Hamzah} [1145] Indonesia K002290845 Yes
[Sour. Veearto] [5] Malaysia K002290839 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [2316] Philippines K002080028 No
Copeland, E.B. [99] Philippines K002080031 No
s.coll. [18141] Philippines K002080019 No
s.coll. [14556] Philippines K002080020 No
Simpson, D.A. [89/97] Brunei K002290868 Yes
Weber, C.M. [1073] Philippines K002080032 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [20744] K002290861 Yes
LaFrankie, J.V. [2430] Malaysia K002290816 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [558] Philippines K002080040 No
s.coll. [76] K002290860 Yes
{Zainal, A.; Arbainsyah} [AA1813] Indonesia K002290846 Yes
Forman, L.L.; Blewett, J.B.J. [965] Brunei K002290866 Yes
Iwasaki, K.; Murata, G.; Dransfield, J.; Saerudin, D. [S737] Indonesia K002290827 Yes
Haviland, G.D.; [S. K. Kuching] [[1988]] K002290883 Yes
Murata, G.; Iwatsuki, K.; Kato, M.; Yohanis; Mogea, P. [566] Malaysia K002290848 Yes
Eyma, P.J. [3226] Indonesia K002290838 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [20301] Malaysia K002290874 Yes
Burbridge, F.W. [s.n.] K002290884 Yes
Mendoza, D.R. [97937] Philippines K002080025 No
Blewett, J.B.J. [26] Malaysia K002290847 Yes

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