Cyperaceae
Diplacrum

Diplacrum africanum (Benth.) C.B.Clarke

First published in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 668 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. South America, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, S. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Beentje in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 415, fig.62 (2010).
  • C.B. Clarke in Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 668 (1894), invalidly published.
  • C.B. Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 510 (1902);
  • Haines & Lye in Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 360, fig.750 (1983).

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.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 668 (1895), nom. nudum
  • F.T.A. 8: 510 (1902)
  • Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 360, fig. 750 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1890 Barter [1041] Africa K000357825 Type Yes
{Capt's Speke; Grant} [s.n.] Kenya K002963266 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2573] Kenya K002963267 Yes
Chevalier, G.A. [1075[9]] Central African Republic K002963263 Yes
Assi, A. [7238] Cote d'Ivoire K002963228 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9982A] Tanzania K002963272 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [631] Sudan K002963264 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [2182] Zambia K002963274 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7066] Tanzania K002963269 Yes
Luke, P.; Luke, Q. [5963] Kenya K002963265 Yes
Bidgood, S. et al. [3967] Tanzania K001418743 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5551] Zambia K002963277 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC25240] Ghana K002963231 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [946] Sierra Leone K002963223 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4690] Zambia K002963276 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3780] Zambia K002963275 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [653] Zambia K002963279 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10599] Tanzania K002963270 Yes
Adjakidjè, V.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2300] Benin K002963232 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [2851] Zambia K002963278 Yes
Raimundo, A.R.F.; Guerra, J.A. [171] Guinea-Bissau K002963212 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI 43845] Nigeria K002963236 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC9631] Ghana K002963230 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F.; Barter [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002963216 Yes
Heudelot [675] Guinea K002963213 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9982] Tanzania K002963271 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3701] Zambia K002963280 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [699] Sierra Leone K002963222 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL 597] Sierra Leone K002963218 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [6150] Central African Republic K002963261 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [7328] Guinea K002963214 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [496] Cote d'Ivoire K002963227 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2424] Nigeria K002963235 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [727] Nigeria K002963234 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3897] Nigeria K002963233 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6851] Tanzania K002963268 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [966] Sierra Leone K002963217 Yes
Linder, D.H. [1446] Liberia K002963225 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1350] Sierra Leone K002963221 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [10759] Central African Republic K002963262 Yes
Vanden Berghen, C. [1062] Senegal K002963224 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC 42245] Ghana K002963229 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5964] Sierra Leone K002963220 Yes
Berhaut [6639] Senegal K002963210 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [323] Sierra Leone K002963219 Yes
Raimundo, A.R.F.; Guerra, J.A. [548] Guinea-Bissau K002963211 Yes
Hall, J.B. [IV47] Cote d'Ivoire K002963226 Yes
Heudelot [675] Guinea K002963215 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2332] Tanzania K002963273 Yes

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