Cyperaceae
Diplacrum

Diplacrum capitatum (Willd.) Boeckeler

First published in Linnaea 38: 435 (1874)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America, W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

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
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Pena, E.M.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [2423] Brazil K000579106 Yes
Feb 1, 1986 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22081] Brazil K000189903 Yes
Feb 1, 1986 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21657] Brazil K000189904 Yes
Feb 1, 1986 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22081] Brazil K000189901 Yes
Feb 1, 1986 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21657] Brazil K000189900 Yes
Oct 1, 1981 Santos, T.S.; Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, E.B. [3589] Brazil K000189897 Yes
Feb 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18213] Brazil K000189902 Yes
May 1, 1890 s.coll. [3763] K001097636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1294] Nigeria K002963260 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Britton, E.G. [2102] Trinidad and Tobago K002963284 Yes
{Mansfield; Kortright} [96] Guyana K002963306 No
Talbot, P.A. [s.n.] Nigeria K002963259 Yes
Linder, D.H.; Arboretum, A. [343] Liberia K002963251 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [7544] Trinidad and Tobago K002963286 Yes
Batten-Poole, W.H. [66] Nigeria K002963258 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1025] Guyana K002963305 No
Broadway, W.E. [7544] Trinidad and Tobago K002963287 Yes
A. [Spruce] [3763] Guyana K002963298 No
Gledhill, D. [DG 524] Sierra Leone K002963240 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1708] Liberia K002963250 Yes
Riedel, L. [s.n.] Brazil K000189899 Yes
Rowlatt, U. [1478] Trinidad and Tobago K002963292 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3805] Sierra Leone K002963239 Yes
Huber, O.; Tillett, S.S. [2865] Venezuela K002963319 No
Hoch [s.n.] French Guiana K002963294 No
Huber, O. [1536] Venezuela K002963320 No
Davidse, G.; Miller, J.S. [26699] Venezuela K002963317 No
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Nic Lughadha, E.M.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Gopaul, D.} [1473] Guyana K002963295 No
Maguire, B.; Wurdack, J.J.; Keith, W.M. [41506] Venezuela K002963318 No
{de Granville, Jean-Jacques; Aliker, L.; Sarthou, C.} [15492] French Guiana K002963301 No
Davidse, G.; Huber, O.; Tillett, S.S. [17343] Venezuela K002963321 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4406] Sierra Leone K002963237 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [333] Sierra Leone K002963241 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [12057] Liberia K002963245 Yes
{Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Nic Lughadha, E.M.; B. J. H. ter Welle; Gopaul, D.} [1473] Guyana K002963297 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [s.n.] Nigeria K002963256 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9033] Liberia K002963247 Yes
Pyne, C.T. [27] Sierra Leone K002963238 Yes
Adames, P. [564] Liberia K002963248 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [12049] Liberia K002963243 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1629] Ghana K002963253 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3369] Ghana K002963255 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [94TR/275] Trinidad and Tobago K002963281 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10436] Liberia K002963244 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2484] Ghana K002963254 Yes
Philcox, D.; Stoelzel, V. [8363] Trinidad and Tobago K002963290 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] Guyana K002963293 No
Whitton, B.A. [137] Guyana K002963303 No
Hall, J.B. [s.n.] Nigeria K002963257 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6544] Trinidad and Tobago K002963283 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1017] Liberia K002963249 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Wurdack, K.J.; Liverpool, E.; Benjamin, P.; Benjamin, V.; Hinchliff, C. [4033] Guyana K002963299 No
Broadway, W.E. [9325] Trinidad and Tobago K002963288 Yes
Assi, A. [4842] Cote d'Ivoire K002963252 Yes
Richardson, W.D. [779] Trinidad and Tobago K002963282 Yes
Fendler, A. [873] Trinidad and Tobago K002963285 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K002963302 No
Wurdack, K.J.; Redden, K.; Perry, C.; Hunter, D.; Hunter, T. [5097] Guyana K002963300 No
Baldwin, J.T. [10103] Liberia K002963246 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [13608] Bolivia K002963322 No
Mori, S.A.; Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, T.S. [11473] Brazil K000189898 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [9325] Trinidad and Tobago K002963289 Yes
{Maas, P.J.M.; L. Y. Th. Westra} [4156] Guyana K002963296 No
Steinbach, J. [7014] Bolivia K002963323 No
Adams, C.D. [14007] Trinidad and Tobago K002963291 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [551] Sierra Leone K002963242 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1606] Guyana K002963304 No

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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