A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

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Thoracocarpus bissectus (Vell.) Harling, Acta Horti Berg. 18: 255.
1958; Dracontium bissectum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 118. 1831
[“1827”].
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Central America, and South America.
References: 3, 147.
Cymodoceaceae
Genera. Total: 2; native: 2; endemic: 0.
Taxa. Total: 2; native: 2; endemic: 0.
Cymodocea filiformis (Kütz.) Correll = Syringodium filiforme Kütz.
Cymodocea manatorum Asch. = Syringodium filiforme Kütz.
Diplanthera wrightii (Asch.) Asch. = Halodule wrightii Asch.
Halodule beaudettei (Hartog) Hartog, Blumea 12: 303. 1964.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles
(Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, St. Martin), Curaçao, Trinidad, SE
United States, Central America, and Venezuela.
References: 28, 635.
Halodule wrightii Asch., Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin. 19.
1868; Diplanthera wrightii (Asch.) Asch. in H.G.A. Engler &
K.A.E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 37. 1897.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St.
Thomas), Lesser Antilles ( Grenadines, St. Vincent), possibly
Florida Panama, Africa, Madagascar, and Maritius.
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 28, 30, 40, 45, 61, 147, 254, 495, 635.
Syringodium filiforme Kütz. in R.F. Hohenacker, Alg. Mar. Exsicc. 9:
426. 1860; Cymodocea filiformis (Kütz.) Correll, Wrightia 4(2):
74. 1968.
Cymodocea manatorum Asch., Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin
1868: 19. 1868.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Guana, Jost van Dyke,
St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser
Antilles (Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Marie
Galante, Martinique, Saba, St. Lucia, St. Martin), Curaçao, North
America, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Common Names: Manatee grass (Antigua), Manatee-grass (Bahamas),
Eel grass (Cayman Isl.), Yerba manatí (Puerto Rico), Manatee
grass (Virgin Islands).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 19, 28, 30, 45, 61, 147.
Cyperaceae
by M.T. Strong & P. Acevedo-Rodríguez
Genera. Total: 21; native: 20; endemic: 0.
Taxa. Total: 360; native: 329; endemic: 91.
Abildgaardia monostachyos (L.) Vahl = Abildgaardia ovata (Burm. f.)
Kral
Abildgaardia ovata (Burm. f.) Kral, Sida 4: 72. 1971; Carex ovata
Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 194. 1768; Fimbristylis ovata (Burm. f.) J. Kern,
Blumea 15: 126. 1967. Type: Java. Coll. ign. (Holotype: G).
Abildgaardia monostachyos (L.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 296. 1805;
Cyperus monostachyos L., Mant. Pl. 2: 180. 1771; Fimbristylis
monostachyos (L.) Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar. 61. 1848; Scirpus
monostachyus (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 337. 1898.
Lectotype: India. Koenig s.n. (LINN 70.3), designated by Gordon-
Gray, J. S. African Bot. 32: 144. 1966.
Cyperus caribaeus Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 65. 1805, nom. illeg.; Iria caribaea
Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 437. 1821. Type: West Indies. Coll. ign.
(Holotype: probably at L).
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Anegada, St. Croix, St.
John, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados,
Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent), Bonaire, Curaçao, Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad,
United States (FL), Mexico, Central America, South America, and
Old World tropics.
Common Name: Flat-spiked rush (Bahamas).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 19, 28, 30, 45, 61, 147, 149, 301, 323, 325, 494.
Abildgaardia setacea Griseb. = Bulbostylis setacea (Griseb.) Svenson
Anosporum cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) Boeckeler = Oxycaryum
cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) Palla
Bulbostylis alpestris Urb. = Bulbostylis subaphylla C.B. Clarke
Bulbostylis antillana (Britton) Fernald, Rhodora 40: 392. 1938;
Stenophyllus antillanus Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 447.
1916; Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) C.B. Clarke subsp. antillana
(Britton) T. Koyama, J. Arnold Arbor. 60: 322. 1979. Type:
Dominica. Grand Savanna. F.E. Lloyd 822 (Holotype: NY).
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Puerto Rico and Lesser
Antilles (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia).
References: 1, 28, 147, 156.
Bulbostylis arenaria (Nees) Lindm. = Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) C.B.
Clarke subsp. capillaris
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind.
6: 651. 1893; Scirpus barbatus Rottb., Descr. Pl. Rar. 27. 1772.
Type: Asia. Koenig s.n. (Holotype: C-Rottb.).
Bulbostylis fimbriata sensu C.B. Clarke in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 87.
1900, in part.
Bulbostylis floridana (Britton ex Nash) Fernald, Rhodora 40: 392.
1938; Stenophyllus floridanus Britton ex Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot.
Club 22: 161. 1895. Type: United States. Florida, Eustis, Nash
1423 (Isotype: US).
Scirpus dussii Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 2: 38. 1890; Scirpus dussianus
Boeckeler ex Duss, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille 3:
548. 1897 [“1896”], orth. var. Type: Guadeloupe. Champ de
Pétrification, à Sainte-Anne, Duss 478 (Holotype: B †).
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Lesser Antilles (Martinique), southeastern
United States, Mexico, Central America, Surinam, and Venezuela;
native to Africa, Asia, Malesia, and Australia.
References: 1, 30, 147, 149.
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) C.B. Clarke subsp. antillana (Britton)
T. Koyama = Bulbostylis antillana (Britton) Fernald
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:
652. 1893, subsp. capillaris; Scirpus capillaris L., Sp. Pl. 49. 1753;
Fimbristylis capillaris (L.) A. Gray, Manual, ed. 5, 567. 1867.
Lectotype: (LINN 71.25), designated by Fernald in Rhodora 40:
395.1938.
Bulbostylis arenaria (Nees) Lindm., Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad.
Handl. 26(9): 19. 1901; Oncostylis arenaria Nees in C.F.P.von
Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 87. 1842; Fimbristylis savannarum Alain,
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 92: 389. 1965. Type: Brazil. Bahia, coll.
ign. (Holotype: not located).
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Margarita,
Trinidad, North America, Mexico, Central America, South
America, and Old World.
References: 1, 3, 5, 28, 149, 254, 301, 323.
Note: Cited for Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands (147), but no
specimens or other literature records were found to confirm its
occurrence on these islands.