Cyperus ascocapensisBauters

WFO wfo-0001339782 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cyperus ascocapensis, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. a Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-14 / obs. 163572850
Cyperus ascocapensis, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. b Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163572847
Cyperus ascocapensis, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. c Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163572855

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Cyperus ascocapensis is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBurkinaCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateGabonGhanaGuineaIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Cyperus ascocapensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Central African Republic CAF
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ascolepis capensis (Kunth) Ridl.
  • Ascolepis capensis var. lacera C.B.Clarke
  • Ascolepis capensis var. pleiostachya Kük.
  • Platylepis capensis Kunth
  • Platylepis dioica Steud.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.