Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus aromaticus (Ridl.) Mattf. & Kük.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 581 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Fiji, India, Malaya, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Kyllinga polyphylla.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Kyllinga polyphylla.]
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466. [Cited as Kyllinga polyphylla var. polyphylla.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagner, W.L. (2019). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 1: 1-411. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022). Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa: 1-532. Meise Botanic Garden.
  • 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.
  • Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (eds.) (1999). Ecology of the Chagos archipelago: 1-350. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gerrard, W.T. [84] South Africa K002451177 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [10296] Australia K002294693 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2025] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207555 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Wingfield, R. [940] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207578 No
s.coll. [382] Kyllinga polyphylla K003207564 No
Faulkner, H.G. [872] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207551 No
Peter, G.A. [20300] Kyllinga polyphylla K003207563 No
Harris, B.J. [BJH4990] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207576 No
Peter, G.A. [45022] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207546 No
Peter, G.A. [12445] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207565 No
Vaughan, J.H. [944] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207585 No
Shabani [168] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207541 No
Linderman, H.A. [471] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207575 No
Pócs, T. [87263] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207571 No
Faulkner, H.G. [2527] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207581 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8856] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207543 No
Peter, G.A. [23910] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207554 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Wingfield, R. [984] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207558 No
Peter, G.A. [20942] Kyllinga polyphylla K003207562 No
Vaughan, J.H. [840] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207583 No
Williams, R.O. [161] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207591 No
Vaughan, J.H. [1700] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207588 No
Wingfield, R. [1245] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207540 No
Iversen, S.T.; Mwasha, I.V.; Mziray, W.R.; Pettersson, B.; Pócs, T. [87203] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207572 No
Tanner, R. [2752] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207559 No
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1065] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207586 No
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207545 No
Richards, H.M. [18021] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207548 No
Taylor [43/2] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207582 No
Wingfield, R. [2343] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207577 No
Peter, G.A. [13439] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207542 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1474] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207567 No
Tanner, R. [2252] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207561 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7328] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207557 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7328] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207556 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs); Arasululu, S. [25920] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207549 No
Archbold, N.E. [443] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207550 No
Batty, M. (Mrs.) [24] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207547 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Kyllinga polyphylla K003207566 No
Boivin [s.n.] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207590 No
Wingfield, R. [2476] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207569 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [937] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207574 No
Sacleux, R.P. [1639] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207589 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1474] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207568 No
Richards, H.M. [21261] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207544 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3377] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207570 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [1955] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207573 No
Taylor [133] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207587 No
Greenway, P.J. [1951] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207553 No
Wingfield, R. [2343] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207579 No
Williams, R. [134] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207584 No
Faulkner, H.G. [872] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207552 No
Peter, G.A. [7703] Kyllinga polyphylla K003207560 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Wingfield, R. [935] Tanzania Kyllinga polyphylla K003207580 No

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