Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus odoratus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 46 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New World, Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Caucasus. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has social uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chile Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Korea, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Samoa, Senegal, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Bulgaria, Colorado, Hungary, Italy, Palestine, Romania, Society Is., Spain, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Cabezas, F., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2004). Checklist of the Cyperaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko, Río Muni). Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 3-26.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2008). Med-Checklist Notulae, 27. Willdenowia 38: 465-474.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Pereira-Silva, L., Larridon, I., de Oliveira Ribeiro, A.R., Santos, V.M. & Trevisan, R. (2022). Diversity and taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in the Central-West region of Brazil. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 480-545. MBG press.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Rothrock, P.E. (2009). Sedges of Indiana and adjacent states: the non-Carex species: 1-271. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.
  • Verloove, F. (2014). A conspectus of Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) in Europe (incl. Azores, Madeira and Canary islands), with emphasis on non-native naturalised species. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 69: 179-223.
  • Vladimirov, V., Aybeke, N. & Kit Tan (eds.) (2017). New floristic records in the Balkans: 32. Phytologia Balcanica 23: 119-146.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • L., Sp. Pl. 1: 46 (1753).

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Cabezas, F., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2004). Checklist of the Cyperaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko, Río Muni). Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 3-26.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • EPPO (2023-continuously updated). European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization https://gd.eppo.int/.
  • 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].
  • Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2008). Med-Checklist Notulae, 27. Willdenowia 38: 465-474.
  • Hallé, N. (1983). Végétation de l'île Rurutu et additions au catalogue de la flore des îles Australes. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 5(2): 141-150.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagner, W.L. (2019). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 1: 1-411. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Verloove, F. (2014). A conspectus of Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) in Europe (incl. Azores, Madeira and Canary islands), with emphasis on non-native naturalised species. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 69: 179-223.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Milliken, W.; Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Henicka, G.; Pena, E.M.; Leite, R.A.; Piva, J. [1471] Brazil K000579110 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Noblick, L.R. [s.n.] Brazil K000188862 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000188905 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Melo, M.R.C.S.; Guimaraes, F.; Costa, A.M. [80] Brazil K000188915 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Noblick, L.R. [s.n.] Brazil K000002539 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000188906 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1986 Noblick, L.R. [2947] Brazil K000188899 Yes
Oct 1, 1982 Cavalo, G.P.; et al. [16] Brazil K000188900 Yes
Dec 1, 1979 Mori, S.A. [11615] Brazil K000188901 Yes
Aug 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [20028] Brazil K000188902 Yes
Aug 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [16270] Brazil K000188903 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Kerr, A.F.G. [21416] Thailand K000467848 No
Jan 1, 1967 Kerr, A.F.G. [21416] Thailand K000467849 No
Harris, W.H. [12260] Jamaica K003727022 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12540] Jamaica K003727029 Yes
Carrick, J. [1059] Trinidad and Tobago K003727060 Yes
Morong, T. [s.n.] United States K000950464 Type Yes
Hayes [424] Panama K000632107 Type Yes
Hayes [424] Panama K000632108 Type Yes
[M. Noori] [41294] Iraq K002479291 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12401] Jamaica K003727017 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12267] Jamaica K003727018 Yes
Mosley [169] Malaysia K002292030 No
Aitken, T.H.G. [30] Trinidad and Tobago K003727058 Yes
Philcox, D.; Raynal, A. [7915] Trinidad and Tobago K003727061 Yes
Barclay [s.n.] United States K000950410 Type Yes
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Jamaica K003727016 Yes
Eames, A.J.; Wiegand, K.M. [11404] United States K001612856 Yes
Englemann, G. [s.n.] United States K000950463 Unknown Type Material Yes
Broadway, W.E. [3702] Grenada K003727037 Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico K000632003 Isotype Yes
Tuley, P. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003727054 Yes
Combs, R. [427] Cuba K003727011 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Fiji K002292028 No
Buwalda, P. [6838] Indonesia K002292035 No
Husnot, T. [s.n.] Martinique K003727041 Yes
Wilson [295] Jamaica K003727015 Yes
Schiffer, V. [1636] Indonesia K002292032 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K002292027 No
[Will] [[298]] Jamaica K003727014 Yes
Maling [6] K003727044 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [94TR/244] Trinidad and Tobago K003727049 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002292029 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003727013 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12567] Jamaica K003727026 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6047] Trinidad and Tobago K003727057 Yes
Alizzi, H.; Omar, S. [34616] Iraq K002479287 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [37447β] Indonesia K002292031 No
Hahn, L.; Cosson [697] Martinique K003727040 Yes
{Sh. Vered} [s.n.] Israel K002479285 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [s.n.] Grenada K003727038 Yes
Hossain, M.; Soofaji, S. [s.n.] Iraq K002479289 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12296] Jamaica K003727019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002292026 No
Murray, H.B. [s.n.] Saint Lucia K003727047 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Fernandez, M.; Oviedo, R. [6325] Cuba K003727012 Yes
Lütjeharms, W.J. [3824] Indonesia K002292034 No
Hahn [366] Martinique K003727010 Yes
Sintenis, P. [2502] Puerto Rico K003727033 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6202] Trinidad and Tobago K003727055 Yes
Barclay [s.n.] United States K000950409 Type Yes
Sherring, R.V. [s.n.] Grenada K003727035 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [W1814] Iraq K002479288 Yes
Kern, J.H. [8651] Indonesia K002292033 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003727024 Yes
Fendler, A. [891] Trinidad and Tobago K003727052 Yes
Imray [335] Dominica K003727039 Yes
Mori, S.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000188904 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [3702] Grenada K003727036 Yes
Cuming, H. [536] Philippines K000290916 Yes
Cuming, H. [536] Philippines K000290917 Yes
Englemann, G. [s.n.] United States K000950462 Unknown Type Material Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Cuba K000602482 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eggers [4340] Bahamas, The K003727007 Yes
Wright [704] Cuba K003727008 Yes
Al-Kaisi [47216] Iraq K002479293 Yes
Wright, C. [704] Cuba K003727009 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6348] Trinidad and Tobago K003727056 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [1567] Jamaica K003727030 Yes
Sherring, R.V. [70] Grenada K003727034 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12305] Jamaica K003727021 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [W1811] Iraq K002479290 Yes
Alizzi, H.; Omar, S. [34710] Iraq K002479292 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12659] Jamaica K003727028 Yes
Cruger [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003727053 Yes
s.coll. [[54]] K003727046 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12218] Jamaica K003727023 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003727025 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guadeloupe K003727042 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Bhorai, M. [13823] Trinidad and Tobago K003727059 Yes
Byfield, A.J. [75293] Turkey K002479284 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12168] Jamaica K003727020 Yes
s.coll. [110] K003727048 Yes
Sintenis, P. [166] Puerto Rico K003727032 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003727045 Yes
de Schach, B. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003727050 Yes
Lane [489] K003727043 Yes
Sintenis, P. [4477] Puerto Rico K003727031 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6076] Trinidad and Tobago K003727051 Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico K000632004 Isotype Yes
Harris, W.H. [12853] Jamaica K003727027 Yes
Lowe, R.T. (Rev.) [G182] Spain K002479552 Yes
Alizzi; Mohammed [32152] Iraq K002479286 Yes

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