Cyperus tenax subsp. tenax

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is Gabon to Kenya and S. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Taxonomy

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Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Free State, Gabon, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Heterotypic Synonyms

Cyperus actinostachys Welw. ex Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 140 (1884)
Cyperus amabilis var. pseudocastaneus Kük. in R.E.Fries, Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, Erg.: 2 (1921)
Cyperus andongensis Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 140 (1884)
Cyperus boehmii Boeckeler in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 498 (1884)
Cyperus grantii Boeckeler in Flora 58: 260 (1875)
Cyperus sabulicola Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 7: 136 (1884)
Cyperus tenax var. actinostachys (Welw. ex Ridl.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 260 (1936)
Cyperus tenax var. andongensis (Ridl.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 259 (1936)
Cyperus tenax var. angustissimus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 260 (1936)
Cyperus tenax var. pseudocastaneus (Kük.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 260 (1936)
Cyperus tenax var. sabulicola (Ridl.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 259 (1936)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Poales

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Family
Cyperaceae

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Genus
Cyperus

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Species
Cyperus tenax
Subspecies
Cyperus tenax subsp. tenax

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Kew Backbone Distributions

Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Cabezas, F., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2004). Checklist of the Cyperaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko, Río Muni). Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 3-26.
Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

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- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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
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Cyperus tenax subsp. tenax

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