Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus rubicundus Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 308 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa to India, Lesser Sunda Islands to N. Australia. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Verloove, F. & Mesterházy, A. (2013). Cyperus glaber L. (Cyperaceae), an enigmatic species "new" to Spain. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 68: 67-71.
  • Verloove, F. & Sáchez Gullón, E. (2010). Further notes on Cyperaceae in the Iberian Peninsula: corrections, adjustments and additions. Flora Mediterranea 20: 141-147.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Enum. Pl. 2: 308 (1806)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 464 (1997).
  • Fl. Somalia 4: 133 (1995)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 258, figs. 520, 521 (1983)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1984 Mauritius K000362660 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Gardner [s.n.] Mauritius K000362702 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1892 s.coll. [s.n.] India K000592550 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1892 Watson South Africa K003153807 No
Jul 1, 1892 Schimper, W. [2340] K000362981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1892 Schimper [603] Ethiopia K000362980 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4066] Uganda K003069961 Yes
{Dinter} [7332] South Africa K003153796 Yes
Perraudière, H.R.L.T.; Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Spain K002479521 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [15] Kenya K003720029 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67/914] Kenya K003720006 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [362] Kenya K003720088 Yes
Friis, I.; Crawford, F.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [14121] Ethiopia K003151144 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [2134] Kenya K003069987 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [1795] Kenya K003720023 Yes
Spjut, R.W.; Ensor, P.D. [2672] Kenya K003720037 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] India K003067340 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Mutangah, J.; Rucina, S. [23958] Kenya K003720009 Yes
Burger, W. [882] Ethiopia K003151154 Yes
Luke, Q. [3463] Kenya K003720020 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [7322] Tanzania K003720056 Yes
Lewalle, J. [1905] Burundi K002359643 Yes
St.Clair-Thompson, G.W. [583] Tanzania K003720044 Yes
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M. [93] Kenya K003069979 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Wandefrash, M.; Legesse, M.; Giibre-Hiwot, G. [8433] Ethiopia K003151152 Yes
{Mrs. Jonquil Ash} [2455] Ethiopia K003151149 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [13654] Ethiopia K003151145 Yes
Richards, M. [20265] Tanzania K003720074 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [5949] Kenya K003720087 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2300] Namibia K003153797 Yes
Burger, W. [1115] Ethiopia K003151142 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Wandefrash, M.; Legesse, M.; Giibre-Hiwot, G. [8392] Ethiopia K003151153 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [6611] Tanzania K003720083 Yes
Wingfield, R. [1118] Tanzania K003720061 Yes
Bogdan, A. [338] Kenya K003720084 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1057] Kenya K003720090 Yes
Agnew, A.D.Q.; Agnew, J. [s.n.] Kenya K003069988 Yes
Napier, E.R. [2649] Kenya K003720040 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [5214] Kenya K003720024 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2420] Angola K003724210 Yes
Katende, A.B. [K3125] Uganda K003069967 Yes
Richards, H.M. [25703] Tanzania K003720081 Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India K003067338 Yes
Bloembergen, S. [3450] K002291853 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2837] Kenya K003720026 Yes
Wingfield, R. [1121] Tanzania K003720066 Yes
Richards, M. [25537] Tanzania K003720058 Yes
Taton [1550] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002359649 Yes
de Witte [8506] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002359648 Yes
Polhill [441] Kenya K003069989 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6574] Kenya K003069981 Yes
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [72] Kenya K003069993 Yes
Welch, J.R. [15] Tanzania K003720071 Yes
Vartak, V.D. [14147] India K003067330 Yes
Woodrow, G.M. [143] India K003067327 Yes
Gereau, R. [1567] Tanzania K003720067 Yes
Leauthaud, C.; Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [038] Kenya K003720039 Yes
de Witte [11521] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002359647 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1476] Tanzania K003720047 Yes
Lind [2262] Tanzania K003720045 Yes
Richards, M. [20147] Tanzania K003720019 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [281] K003151172 Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [1450] Uganda K003069966 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Gandhi, K.N. [HFP2487] India K003067331 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [5819] Yemen K002478908 Yes
Wood, D. [1353] Kenya K003720031 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [8983] Kenya K003720017 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6268] Oman K002478916 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67/736] Kenya K003720015 Yes
Gander, H. [s.n.] India K003067344 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel; Napier, P. [2667] Kenya K003720010 Yes
Borhidi, A.; Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R. [85371] Tanzania K003720068 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Aweke, G. [2612] Ethiopia K003151140 Yes
Lindley; Griffiths (Dr.) [s.n.] India K003067339 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5154] Oman K003151151 Yes
Tanner, P. [4107] Tanzania K003720077 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15753] Somalia K003151165 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10482] Tanzania K003720080 Yes
Spellenberg, R. [7458] Yemen K002478912 Yes
Ryding, O. [1316] Eritrea K003151143 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [2998] Australia K002293747 Yes
Bolus, H. [5812] South Africa K003153806 No
Collenette, I.S. [3242] Saudi Arabia K002478904 Yes
Festo, L.; Luke, Q.; Luke, P. [2704] Kenya K003069992 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003067342 Yes
Tyson, W. [s.n.] South Africa K003153809 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12479] Tanzania K003720055 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002479518 Yes
Napper, D.M. [835] Kenya K003069985 Yes
Ouren, T. [21199] Ethiopia K003151155 Yes
J. [Balshati] [s.n.] Eritrea K003151138 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002479519 Yes
Deflers, M. [490] Iraq K002478902 Yes
Comins, D.M. [921A] South Africa K003153800 Yes
Bisset, E. [81] Yemen K002478913 Yes
Richards, M. [20308] Tanzania K003720076 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [11127] Somalia K003151169 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Katende, A.B. [5488] Uganda K003069964 Yes
Chandler, P. [2406] Kenya K003069976 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1256] Eritrea K000362982 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [594] Uganda K003069963 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [650] Tanzania K003720075 Yes
Chuwa, S. [3092] Tanzania K003720049 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002479523 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002479524 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [5175] Tanzania K003720060 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, G.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR625] Kenya K003720034 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003067336 Yes
Reekmans, M. [7718] Burundi K002359644 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3770] Ethiopia K003151141 Yes
{Polhill} [375] Kenya K003720018 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR691] Kenya K003720033 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [7] Kenya K003720027 Yes
Tyson, W. [s.n.] South Africa K003153808 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, Q. [4093] Kenya K003720038 Yes
Heeg, M.J. [s.n.] South Africa K003153812 Yes
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [350] Kenya K003069977 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8008] Eritrea K003151139 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [4839] Kenya K003720014 Yes
Magor, A. [37] Kenya K003720082 Yes
s.coll. [6731] Burundi K002359642 Yes
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M. [110] Kenya K003069986 Yes
Napper, D.M. [1940] Kenya K003720007 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1451] Ethiopia K003151157 Yes
s.coll. [15763] India K003067334 Yes
Lort Phillips [s.n.] Somalia K000362979 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [[117]] K003151135 Yes
Wendelberger [94/1970] Tanzania K003720054 Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India K003067333 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [221] Kenya K003720030 Yes
Deshmukh, I. [JESS404] Somalia K003151163 Yes
B.Stannard; Gilbert, M.G. [1053] Kenya K003069997 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3745] Kenya K003720036 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E4354] Uganda K003069969 Yes
Bally [B7477] Kenya K003720022 Yes
Arnold, T.H. [359] South Africa K003153801 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BS6283] South Africa K003153814 Yes
Gilliland, H.B.; Stower, W. [4045] Eritrea K003151137 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [486] Tanzania K003720043 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kirrika [11117] Tanzania K003720057 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10467] Kenya K003069999 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18571] Kenya K003720005 Yes
Rehmann, A. [5349] South Africa K003153799 Yes
Williams, G.R. [228] Kenya K003069974 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Evans, A.M. [74/633] Kenya K003720089 Yes
Burger, W. [856] Ethiopia K003151148 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [10884] Kenya K003069973 Yes
s.coll. [[I-49]] Ethiopia K003151160 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [897] Iraq K002478900 Yes
Oteke, J. [154] Kenya K003069983 Yes
Zwanziger, S. [782] South Africa K003153803 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BS6293] South Africa K003153815 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3395] Uganda K003069970 Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Fries, R.E. [986] Kenya K000321441 Type Yes
Richards, M. [20171B] Tanzania K003720041 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR689] Kenya K003720032 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [K206] Kenya K003070000 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2803] Ethiopia K003151158 Yes
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [193] Kenya K003069990 Yes
Henning, C.F. [422] Somalia K003151161 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [S/71/1] Somalia K003151166 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1594] Kenya K003720085 Yes
Bally [B6715] Eritrea K003151136 Yes
s.coll. [[I-20]] Ethiopia K003151146 Yes
{Verdcourt; Napper} [2164] Kenya K003720016 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara's, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [10360] Yemen K002478906 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [463] Spain K002479522 Yes
Pappi, A. [3865] Eritrea K003151159 Yes
Henning, C.F. [423] Somalia K003151170 Yes
Symes, Y.E. [663] Uganda K003069965 Yes
Jean Louis [4775] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002359646 Yes
s.coll. [241] K003720059 Yes
Reid, C. [1089] South Africa K003153802 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9872] Tanzania K003720072 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kirrika [11051] Tanzania K003720048 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6625] Kenya K003069991 Yes
Leippert [5214] Kenya K003069996 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [19913] India K003067347 Yes
s.coll. [67] Yemen K002478909 Yes
Lubke, R.A. [104] South Africa K003153813 Yes
Napper, D. (Miss) [1633] Kenya K003720008 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Eggeling, W.J. [7075] Uganda K003069959 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6186] Tanzania K003720051 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13185] Kenya K003069982 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mwasumbi, L.; K. Vollesen [1022] Tanzania K003720063 Yes
[Aebes] [378] Yemen K002478911 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [15747] South Africa K003153811 Yes
K. Vollesen [MRC4643] Tanzania K003720062 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2118] Namibia K003153798 Yes
Tanner, R. [4118] Tanzania K003720078 Yes
s.coll. [[90]] Spain K002479517 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1688] Kenya K003069998 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB790] Kenya K003720001 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Guarino, L.; Obadi, N.; Hassan, M.; Mohammed, N. [8328] Yemen K002478914 Yes
Larridon, I.; Darbyshire, I.; Gosline, G.; Samuel, P. [121] Uganda K003069958 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1330] Kenya K003720021 Yes
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [259] Kenya K003069984 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5880] Saudi Arabia K002478903 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6489] Tanzania K003720053 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [981] Uganda K003069971 Yes
White, M. [131] Somalia K003151167 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [3226] Kenya K003151162 Yes
Richards, H.M. [24940] Tanzania K003720050 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB655] Kenya K003720086 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [470] Kenya K003720028 Yes
Tanner, R. [4285] Tanzania K003720070 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Evans, A.N. [74/634] Kenya K003720003 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [5935] Tanzania K003720052 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003067341 Yes
Bally [B7328] Somalia K003151171 Yes
McLeish, I. [2379] Oman K002478915 Yes
Rama Rao, M. [1856] India K003067335 Yes
Jarrett, T. [251] Uganda K003069968 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [1549] Kenya K003069994 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2375] Ethiopia K003151156 Yes
Agric. Assistants [38] Tanzania K003720069 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [9945] Somalia K003151168 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [889] Ethiopia K003151147 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [1485] Kenya K003720013 Yes
Germain [3848] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002359645 Yes
Woodrow [5] K003067328 Yes
Tanner, R. [4051] Tanzania K003720079 Yes
Bally [B2371] Tanzania K003720046 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4667] Yemen K002478907 Yes
Wallich [3314] India K003067343 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3612] South Africa K003153810 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K001739805 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [17772] India K003067345 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [877711] Oman K002478917 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [2204] Namibia K003153795 Yes
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M. [81] Kenya K003069978 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3042] Yemen K002478910 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4237] Kenya K003069980 Yes
Eagleton, G. [87] Somalia K003151164 Yes
Tanner, R. [1384] Tanzania K003720073 Yes
s.coll. [[90]] Spain K002479516 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1116] Kenya K003069995 Yes
Kimani, Z.J. [97] Kenya K003720012 Yes
{Chisholm, H.;} Davidson, A. [s.n.] India K003067329 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [4584] Kenya K003069975 Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [1542] Uganda K003069972 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Saldanha, C. [18091] K003067332 Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [1293] India K003067337 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [3204] India K003067346 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5984] Saudi Arabia K002478899 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B13141] Kenya K003720011 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M.; Aweke, G. [332] Ethiopia K003151150 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E.; [L. Harter] [[113]] K003151134 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4040] Uganda K003069960 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4104] Tanzania K003720064 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [354] Kenya K003720004 Yes
Peter, G.A. [110935] K003720065 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4369] Tanzania K003720042 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4748] Yemen K002478905 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [s.n.] Uganda K003069962 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [2658] Kenya K003720002 Yes
Bally [B12644] Kenya K003720025 Yes
[Berweu Simonds]; Trott, A. [1463] Saudi Arabia K002478901 Yes
Bamps, P.; Martins, S.; Matos, C. [4456] Angola K003724211 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [3] Spain K002479520 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BS8603] South Africa K003153816 Yes
Nov 1, 1893 Flanagan, H.G. [1013] South Africa Cyperus teneriffae K003153805 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [9967] South Africa Cyperus teneriffae K003153804 Yes

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