Cyperaceae

Hypolytrum Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 1: 70 (1805)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 486 (1902)
  • Nelmes in Kew Bull. 10: 63–82 (1955).
  • in Pers. Syn. 1: 70 (1805)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K.B. 1955: 63–82 (1955)
  • Pers., Syn. 1: 70 (1805)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1959 Moseley [s.n.] Indonesia K000291090 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1959 Moseley [s.n.] Indonesia K000291091 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1888 Gerrard [201] Madagascar K000244872 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight India K000357552 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3405] India K001119325 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3405] Nepal K001119324 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3404] Burma K001119318 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3402] Malaysia K001119314 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3404] Burma K001119322 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ashton, P.S. [S.17923] Malaysia K002060826 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3403] Malaysia K001119316 Unknown Type Material Yes
S.coll. [S.n.] K002061220 Yes
Wallich [Wall. Cat. 3404] India K001615038 Yes
Zapfack, L.; Nana [1698] Cameroon K001562215 Yes
Simpson, D.A. [88/33] Madagascar K001615358 Yes
M'Boungou, R.; van der Burgt, X.; Gislain, F. [451] Congo, Republic of the K000023916 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3402] K001119315 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ashton, P.S. [S.18115] Malaysia K002060825 Yes
Beaman, J.H.; Nickrent, D.; Calvin, C. [11546] Malaysia K002060833 Yes
Beaman, J.H.; Beaman, R.S.; Beaman, T.E. [7029] Malaysia K002060831 Yes
Bartlett, A.W. [s.n.] Guyana K002061466 Yes
Haba, P.M., Délamou, P., Dolo, B. [467] Guinea K001310121 Yes
[illegible] [164] India K001590444 Yes
s.n. [22935] India K001590443 Yes
Smith, A.C. [8413] Fiji K001590442 Yes
Baron, R. [6241] Madagascar K000244871 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ashton, P.S. [S.17967] Malaysia K002060824 Yes
Runi, Y.; Al [S.63221] Malaysia K002060834 Yes
Godefroy-Lebeuf, M. [s.n.] Vietnam K000291084 Type Yes
Madagascar K000244882 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [1859] India K000357551 Type Yes
Lim, C.L.; Phoon, S.N.; Kueh, H.L.; Nazri, A. [52965] Malaysia K002060683 Yes
Ashton, P.S. [A.108] Brunei K002060828 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3404] Burma K001119317 Unknown Type Material Yes
Anderson, J.A.R. [S3,072] Malaysia K002060830 Yes
Lugas, L. [2818] Malaysia K002060832 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3404] Sri Lanka K001119321 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3404] Burma K001119319 Unknown Type Material Yes
Main; Polak, E. [1713] Indonesia K002060823 Yes
Chen, L.M.J. [SING 2017-784] Singapore K002060682 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3404] Burma K001119323 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ashton, P.S. [A.319] Brunei K002060827 Yes
Ashton, P.S. [A. 200] Brunei K002060829 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3404] K001119320 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3401] Singapore K001119313 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images