Cyperaceae

Scirpus Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 51 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

New Zealand South

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.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 446 (1902).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 47 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1929 Smith, H. [2092] China K001057078 Type Yes
Apr 17, 1903 Harper, R.M. [156] United States K001057076 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1887 s.coll. [5635] South Africa K000671265 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1887 Buchanan [225] Lesotho K000671266 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1887 s.coll. [4036] South Africa K000671264 Type Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Talbot, H. [5901] New Zealand K002052564 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3457] India K001119453 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] India K001119448 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3461] India K001119463 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3469] K001119478 Unknown Type Material Yes
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 3467] Mauritius K001119475 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; romashchenko, K.; González-Eliozondo, M.S. [20630] Bolivia K001614282 Yes
Jenkins [S.n.] India K001615039 Yes
Adamson [359] Australia K001730275 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3462] India K001119464 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [536] South Africa K002052573 Yes
Lourteig, A.; Cour, P. [28] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572114 Yes
Aubert de la Rüe, E. [s.n.] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572167 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7338] United States K002052953 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1302] Yemen K002052283 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3459] K001119456 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Malaysia K002052505 Yes
Otruba, J. [673] Czech Republic K002052276 Yes
Steward, A.N. [2644] China K002052463 Yes
Johnston, I. [4911] Chile K002052967 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3465] India K001119468 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119445 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3467] K001119469 Unknown Type Material Yes
Labat, J.N.; Haevermans, T. [3903] Vanuatu K002052561 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3469] K001119477 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4471] Burma K001039069 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3463] India K001119465 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3459] K001119455 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [272] K002052570 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119447 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Peru K002052961 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Godley, E.J. [5802] New Zealand K002052565 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3457] Nepal K001119449 Unknown Type Material Yes
Horper, S. [s.n.] K002052965 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3467] India K001119473 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hansen, L. [1093/2] Czech Republic K002052275 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [21916] United States K002052935 Yes
Sandeman, C. [4656] Peru K002052963 Yes
Johnston, I.M. [s.n.] Chile K002052973 Yes
Johnston, I.M. [4712] Chile K002052972 Yes
Kellogg, A.; Harford, W.G.W. [1057] United States K002052954 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3469] India K001119481 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3467] India K001119470 Unknown Type Material Yes
Steyermark, J.; Guariglia, M.; Holmgren, N.; Luteyn, J.; Mori, S. [125922] Venezuela K002052955 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12981] Bolivia K002052959 Yes
Govindarajalu, E. [715] India K002052486 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] K001119459 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Bacle} [83] Argentina K002052969 Yes
Kairo, A. [Kairo 87] Papua New Guinea K002052537 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] India K001119462 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stafford, D. [568A] Peru K002052962 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119450 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119451 Unknown Type Material Yes
Inayat [22867] India K002052489 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F. [6829] New Zealand K002052568 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Burma K001132699 Unknown Type Material Yes
Furuse, M. [2690] Japan K002052334 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Talbot, H. [5901] New Zealand K002052562 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002052175 Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; González-Elizondo, M.S. [20665] Bolivia K002052960 Yes
Johnston, I.M. [4830] Chile K002052971 Yes
Lægaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70590] Ecuador K002052957 Yes
{Fuentes & de la Rosa} [38761] Philippines K002052513 Yes
Sato, K. [11124] Japan K002052353 Yes
Wilman, M. [24206] South Africa K002052572 Yes
Cardenda, M. [1924] K002052964 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3468] K001119476 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] K001119460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3463] India K001119466 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Atkinson, I.; Godley, E.J. [6748] New Zealand K002052567 Yes
Lloyd, J.R.; Marshall, J.K. [28] Peru K002052958 Yes
Levyns [940] South Africa K002052574 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119446 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mizushima, U. [10288] Japan K002052354 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3469] K001119480 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3460] K001119457 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Canada K002052938 Yes
Schindler, A.K. [314] China K002052462 Yes
Thomcroft, G. [38] South Africa K002052571 Yes
Hooper, S. [23/60] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002052267 Yes
Savatier, P.A.L. [1139] Chile K002052968 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3457] Burma K001119452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3469] Nepal K001119479 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3467] Nepal K001119472 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] K001119458 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3467] K001119474 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kellogg, A.; Harford, W.G.W. [1064] United States K002052939 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3464] K001119467 Unknown Type Material Yes
Steyermark, J.; Guariglia, M.; Holmgren, N.; Luteyn, J.; Mori, S. [125922] Venezuela K002052956 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F. [5964] New Zealand K002052569 Yes
Butler, T. [s.n.] Canada K002052937 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] India K001119461 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Godley, E.J. [5802] New Zealand K002052566 Yes
Venturi, S. [5562] Argentina K002052966 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3456] Burma K001119444 Unknown Type Material Yes
Araújo, A.C.; Brummitt, D.; Brummitt, N.A. [AC1814] United States K002052936 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3467] India K001119471 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Talbot, H. [5901] New Zealand K002052563 Yes
{Bacle} [85] Argentina K002052970 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3458] K001119454 Type Yes

Sources

  • 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 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