Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus afroechinatus Lye
1679179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679179)
accepted
Species
Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh · unaccepted
Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Holotype K 000416264, geounit Ghana
Holotype K 000416264, geounit Ghana [details]
Distribution Burkina Faso, Ghana.
Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983), nom. nov. to Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231...
Taxonomic remark non Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph.Wood (1861:734). Homotypic synonym: Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh (Larridon et al. 2014: 39),...
Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae,...
Distribution Burkina Faso, Ghana.
Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae, Cyperaceae). Wim Huygh, Paul Goetghebeur, Jane Browning, & Isabel Larridon
[details]
Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae, Cyperaceae). Wim Huygh, Paul Goetghebeur, Jane Browning, & Isabel Larridon
[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983), nom. nov. to Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983), nom. nov. to Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Taxonomic remark non Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph.Wood (1861:734). Homotypic synonym: Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh (Larridon et al. 2014: 39),...
Taxonomic remark non Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph.Wood (1861:734). Homotypic synonym: Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh (Larridon et al. 2014: 39), nom. superfl [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper) Hooper, S. S. (1972). New Taxa, Names and Combinations in Cyperaceae for the 'Flora of West Tropical Africa'. <em>Kew Bulletin.</em> 26(3): 577-583., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4120322
page(s): 580 [details] Available for editors
[request]
replacement name source Lye, K. A. (1983). Studies in African Cyperaceae 25. New taxa and combinations in <i>Cyperus</i> L. <em>Nordic Journal of Botany.</em> 3(2): 213-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01069.x
page(s): 231 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 580 [details] Available for editors
[request]replacement name source Lye, K. A. (1983). Studies in African Cyperaceae 25. New taxa and combinations in <i>Cyperus</i> L. <em>Nordic Journal of Botany.</em> 3(2): 213-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01069.x
page(s): 231 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype K 000416264, geounit Ghana [details]
Isotype (of Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper) MNHN P00584871, geounit Ghana [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information This species is easily recognized by its slender habit with the prominent burnt black sheaths at the base, its white globose inflorescence and gibbously winged glumes.Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae, Cyperaceae). Wim Huygh, Paul Goetghebeur, Jane Browning, & Isabel Larridon [details]
Diagnosis Cyperus afroechinatus Lye (1983: 231).
Replaced name: Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper (1972: 580), non Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph.Wood (1861:734). Homotypic synonym: Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh (Larridon et al. 2014: 39), nom. superfl. Type: Ghana, Northern, between Damongo and Kpirri Lake, 31 Mar. 1956, Adams 3961 (holotype K [K000416264!]; isotypes GC, P [P00584871!]).
Slender medium-sized perennial herb growing in dense tufts; rhizome short, 2 – 5 mm thick. Culms 7 – 45 cm × 0.4 – 0.8 mm, closely placed, glabrous, triangular and ridged; base swollen and covered by prominent dark brown to black fibrous old leaf sheaths. Leaves 1 – 4 per culm; leaf sheaths pale green on rear side, translucent rusty brown front side, with reddish dots, densely reddish striated towards the base; all leaves with lamina; lamina bristle-like, enrolled, 60 – 350 × 0.8 – 1.5 mm, serrate towards the apex. Inflorescence capitate, with a single globose white spike, 8 – 11 mm in diameter, 30 – 40 spikelets per spike; rachis conical, 1.5 – 1.7 × 0.9 – 1.1 mm, with inconspicuous peduncles. Involucral bracts 3 – 4, reflexed, all widening without wings at the base, serrated towards the apex; the lowermost bract 3 – 14 cm long and 1.1–1.6 mm wide; the uppermost bract 0.3–3.2 cm long. Spikelets 4.2 – 5.7 × 1.3 – 1.8 mm, lanceolate, acute, with a bract, prophyll, 3 glumes and 2 flowers; bract with prominent midrib, slightly keeled, spinulose, linear-lanceolate, 1.8 × 0.3 mm, with a shortly excurrent apex; prophyll translucent white, obtuse, glabrous, ovate, 1.2 × 0.5 – 0.6 mm. Glumes white with reddish dots, slightly gibbously winged, spinulose, slowly tapering to a subacute to rounded apex; lower glume 3.3 – 4.3 × 0.8 – 1.3 mm, ovate-oblong; 4–5 nerves on each side of the wing, slightly raised; second glume 3.9 – 5.3 × 0.8 – 1.3 mm, ovate-lanceolate; 3 – 4 nerves on each side of the wing; upper glume enclosed, hyaline, glabrous, subacute, linear, 2.1 – 2.9 × 0.2 – 0.5 mm. Stamens 3. Style bifid. Nutlet slightly biconvex, laterally flattened, oblong, 1.6 – 2 × 0.5 – 0.6 mm, pale brown, slightly tapering to an inconspicuous pedicel, surface minutely papillose; papillae large rounded cones surrounded by ridges in a hexagonal pattern, base of the style remaining as a short rounded apiculus. In: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae, Cyperaceae). Wim Huygh, Paul Goetghebeur, Jane Browning, & Isabel Larridon. [details]
Distribution Burkina Faso, Ghana.
Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae, Cyperaceae). Wim Huygh, Paul Goetghebeur, Jane Browning, & Isabel Larridon
[details]
Habitat Between 190 – 385 m, on damp sandy ground on sandstone rocks in open savanna.
Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae, Cyperaceae). Wim Huygh, Paul Goetghebeur, Jane Browning, & Isabel Larridon
[details]
IUCN Red List Category This species has a limited distribution range, only occurring in Burkina Faso and Ghana. Eight georeferenced occurrences from GBIF.org [Cyperus afro-echinatus] (2022) were mapped in GeoCAT (Bachman et al. 2011) which represents the distribution in Ghana up to the Burkina Faso border. Based on this preliminary distribution range information, the EOO is estimated at 32,520 km2 and the minimum AOO is 24 km2. If threats are identified, the species may be Endangered.
Reference: Bachmann, S., Moat, J., Hill, A. W., De la Torre, J., & Scott, B. (2011). Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT: Geospatial conservation assessment tool. e-Infrastructures for data publishing in biodiversity science. ZooKeys 150: 117 – 126.
Source: A global revision of Cyperus section Kyllinga (Cyperus subgenus Cyperus, Cypereae, Cyperaceae). Wim Huygh, Paul Goetghebeur, Jane Browning, & Isabel Larridon
[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983), nom. nov. to Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Taxonomic remark non Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph.Wood (1861:734). Homotypic synonym: Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh (Larridon et al. 2014: 39), nom. superfl [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To GBIF, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kyllinga echinata K000416264 holotype 1) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Kyllinga echinata P00584871 isotype 1) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kyllinga echinata K000416264 type 1) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To GBIF, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kyllinga echinata K000416264 holotype 1) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Kyllinga echinata P00584871 isotype 1) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus ghanechinatus Huygh)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kyllinga echinata K000416264 type 1) (from synonym Kyllinga echinata S.S.Hooper)
