Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus giganteus Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 364 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Louisiana, Texas

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • 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?
Dec 1, 1891 Gardner, G. [1898] Brazil K000188702 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [9095] Argentina K003727099 Yes
Schinini, A. [27533] Argentina K003728464 No
Essed [130] Suriname K003727091 Yes
Sintenis, P. [5621] Puerto Rico K003726430 Yes
Hassler, E. Dr. [1103] Paraguay K003727092 Yes
Hassler, E. Dr. [1026] Paraguay K001613006 Yes
Lévy, P. [2] Nicaragua K003725639 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K003725637 Yes
Sintenis, P. [4941] Puerto Rico K003726431 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [6049] Guyana K003727082 Yes
Uittien, H. [263] Suriname K003727089 Yes
Schinini, A. [27533] Argentina K003728466 No
Banks, J. [[15]] K003726434 Yes
Hassler, E. [12497a] Paraguay K003727095 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [737] Cuba K003726426 Yes
Crueger, H. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003726433 Yes
Uittien, H. [263] Suriname K003727087 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003726428 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [55] Argentina K003728458 No
Kerr, J.G. [s.n.] Argentina K003728460 No
Lindman, C.A.M. [A1909] Paraguay K003727097 Yes
Schinini, A. [27533] Argentina K003728467 No
Burkart, A. [s.n.] Argentina K003728462 No
Jenman, G.S. [2453] Guyana K003727080 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8655] Paraguay K003727098 Yes
Hassler, E. [12479] Paraguay K003727094 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [22950] Argentina K003728459 No
Lanjouw, J. [263] Suriname K003727090 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8655] Paraguay K001651252 Yes
Wilson [294] Jamaica K003726429 Yes
Pipoly, J.J.; Ameer, M. [9086] Guyana K003727078 Yes
Burkart, A.; Troncoso, N. [s.n.] Argentina K003728461 No
Uittien, H. [263] Suriname K003727085 Yes
Uittien, H. [263] Suriname K003727086 Yes
Schinini, A. [27533] Argentina K003728465 No
s.coll. [308] Paraguay K003727093 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1217] Puerto Rico K003726432 Yes
Purdie, W. [s.n.] Jamaica K003726427 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [6052] Guyana K003727083 Yes
de Linden, J. [70] Mexico K003725636 Yes
Waby, G.F.; Jenman, G.S. [4612] Guyana K003727081 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [876] Paraguay K003727100 Yes
Balansa, B. [411] Paraguay K003727096 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [139] Guyana K003727079 Yes
Uittien, H. [263] Suriname K003727088 Yes
Sagot, P. [642] French Guiana K003727084 Yes
Matuda, E. [3350] Mexico K003725635 Yes
{Hugh O' Neill} [8942] Honduras K003725638 Yes
Parker, W.K. [s.n.] Guyana K003727101 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [9095] Argentina K003728463 No

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • '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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0