Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus papyrus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 47 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, N. Israel. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

California, Canary Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Sicilia, Spain, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2018). https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.1870. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022). Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa: 1-532. Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 379 (1967).
  • F.T.A. 8: 374
  • Kük. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Cyper. 45 (1935)
  • Sp. Pl. 47 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 374 (1901).
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 66 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 177, figs.336,337 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar & Beentje in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 209, fig.31 (2010).
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 45 (1935).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 47 (1753).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2018). https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.1870. epublication.
  • (2018). https://doi.org/10.24310/abm.v43i0. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 45 (1936)
  • F.T.A. 8: 374 (1902)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 441. fig. 212.73 (1997).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 177, figs. 336, 337 (1983)
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 47 (1753)

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
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • 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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • 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/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
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  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1891 Hayne, W.A. [s.n.] Israel K000309419 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1891 Illegible. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K000321320 Type Yes
Letouzey, R. [7195] Cameroon K002357926 Yes
Troupin, G. [7677] Rwanda K002357953 Yes
Tadaro [1330] K002476667 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [1861] Tanzania K003151584 Yes
Soyaux, H. [106] Congo, Republic of the K002357932 Yes
Conrads, A. [5030] Tanzania K002357956 Yes
Sacleux, R.P. [1650] Tanzania K003151583 Yes
Hall, J.B. [1115] Nigeria K002355303 Yes
Robertson, V.C. [s.n.] Malawi K003721869 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E.; Biegel, H.M. [1494A] Botswana K003721885 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728835 Yes
Brown, E.S. [642B] Tanzania K003151570 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [12189] Tanzania K003151563 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5527] Zambia K003721877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002476665 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [2700] Zambia K003721871 Yes
Shabatai, J.R. [50] K003728834 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D227] Tanzania K003151580 Yes
Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J.; Festo, L.; Sitoni, D. [6311] Tanzania K003151572 Yes
Morwe, F.O. [54] Botswana K003721893 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Mauritius K001738647 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E.; Biegel, H.M. [1338] Botswana K003721883 Yes
s.coll. [5110] Madagascar K002955251 Yes
Killick; Leistner [3419] Namibia K002956140 Yes
Quarre [2546] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357945 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27576] Mozambique K003721867 Yes
Tuley, P. [T116] Nigeria K002355300 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI47376] Nigeria K002355301 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3432] Tanzania K003151581 Yes
Gibbs-Russell; Biegel [14944] Botswana K003721886 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002476676 Yes
Jefford, T.G.; Juniper, B.E.; Newbould, J. [2635] Tanzania K003151565 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2432] Botswana K003721890 Yes
Nee, M. [56054] Argentina K001574091 Yes
Larridon, I. [116] Uganda K001418740 No
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1255] Kenya K003151559 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4112] Angola K003721896 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [4000] Chad K002357923 Yes
Cosson [s.n.] K002476678 Yes
s.coll. [4615] Congo, Republic of the K002357929 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] Italy K002476674 Yes
Stephen; Graan, V. [1271A] South Africa K002956146 Yes
Fijamo, V.; Hudson, A.; Massunde, J.A.; Chimbiri, A. [79] Mozambique K003721863 Yes
Pichi Sermolli, R. [1956] K002476673 Yes
Harrison, E.R. [281] South Africa K002956143 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4229] Uganda K003151552 No
Mshasha, E. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003721880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728832 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002476669 Yes
Scott, L. [s.n.] Malawi K000362973 Lectotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728827 No
Hayne, W.A. [s.n.] Israel K002477588 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4112] Angola K003721897 Yes
Verdcourt [832] Uganda K003151551 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728837 Yes
Wild, H. [3131] Zambia K003721878 Yes
Quarre [2546] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357943 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [6765] Tanzania K003151577 Yes
Chuwa, S. [2729] K003151576 Yes
Peter, G.A. [36214] K003151566 Yes
Sargos [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357927 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728838 Yes
s.coll. [7998] Rwanda K002357952 Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [4803] Israel K002477591 Yes
Lebrun [5079] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357940 Yes
Gonan [s.n.] K003728841 Yes
de Winter, B.; Wiss, H.J. [4230] Botswana K003721884 Yes
Adamson, G. [51] K003721873 Yes
Morwe, F.O. [54] Botswana K003721891 Yes
Hayne, W.A. [s.n.] Israel K002477587 Yes
Lewalle, J. [370] Burundi K002357950 Yes
Baron, R. (Rev.) [3274] Madagascar K002955249 Yes
s.coll. [11945] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357931 Yes
Peter, G.A. [2718] K003151579 Yes
Wolfe (He[rn]) [s.n.] K002476672 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [4000] Chad K002357920 Yes
Whyte, A.; Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Malawi K003721870 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4713] South Africa K002956144 Yes
Devred [3199] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357938 Yes
Ayres, P.B. [s.n.] Mauritius K002955259 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4229] Uganda K003151549 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [10096] Chad K002357924 Yes
Gutzwiller [1946] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357930 Yes
Bamps, P. [637] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357946 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7232] Tanzania K003151568 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728828 No
Kornas, J. [2857] Zambia K003721872 Yes
Michel; Reed [223] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357937 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8200] Kenya K003151560 No
Robison, T. [1064] Tanzania K003151574 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8650] Ethiopia K003151575 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728831 Yes
Jefford, T.G.; Juniper, B.E.; Newbould, J. [2635] Tanzania K003151569 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 431] Kenya K003151554 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728836 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [658] Uganda K003151550 No
{Gomes e Sousa} [1751] Mozambique K003721864 Yes
Wild, H. [3131] Zambia K003721875 Yes
Forbes, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K003721865 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002476670 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P3338] Uganda K003151548 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K003151556 No
Greenway, P.J. [3432] Tanzania K003151582 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [22714] K002355306 Yes
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [7116] Botswana K003721882 Yes
Degener, O. [9017] United States K003728840 Yes
Onochie, C. [FHI 20690] Nigeria K002355305 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3286] Zambia K003721874 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3798] Madagascar K000362618 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [8779] Angola K003721895 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Madagascar K002955250 Yes
Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J.; Festo, L.; Sitoni, D. [6311] Tanzania K003151573 Yes
s.coll. [8996] Rwanda K002357951 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [11] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357942 Yes
Alexander, G. [s.n.] K002476666 Yes
Jarett, T. [153] Uganda K003151553 No
Liben, L. [3292] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357928 Yes
Hayne, W.A. [s.n.] Israel K002477590 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [RHT71878] K003728839 Yes
Geerinck-Coutrez [3395] Rwanda K002357955 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002476671 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [4000] Chad K002357921 Yes
Raynal, J. [20747] Rwanda K002357954 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [3689] Chad K002357925 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1306] Kenya K003151558 No
de Saeger, H. [1142] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357939 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3688] Tanzania K003151564 Yes
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/E/22] Kenya K003151557 No
Golding, F. [23] Nigeria K002355302 Yes
Wingfield, R. [4284] Tanzania K003151562 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [494] Botswana K003721892 Yes
s.coll. [3432] Cameroon K002357922 Yes
Huet du Pavillon, E.; Huet du Pavillon, A. [s.n.] K002476677 Yes
Procter, J. [823] Tanzania K003151571 Yes
[Moagnagus] [s.n.] K002476675 Yes
Decary, M.R. [6855] Madagascar K002955252 Yes
Musil, C.F. [441] South Africa K002956145 Yes
Walter, M.A. [202] Paraguay K003727077 Yes
Aguiar Macedo, J. [66] Mozambique K003721868 No
Greenway, P.J.; Fitzgerald, V. [14961] Tanzania K003151578 Yes
Wagemans, J. [1553] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357944 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Hanbury, D. [s.n.] K002477586 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [9395] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357947 Yes
s.coll. [2153] Nigeria K002355304 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003728826 No
Gonde, P. [354] Zimbabwe K003721881 Yes
Stevenson, D. [266/31] Zambia K003721876 Yes
Zohary, D.; Amdursky, I. [s.n.] Jordan K002477585 Yes
Schmitz, A. [1625] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357948 Yes
{J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg; Banak, N.; Issembé; Nzabi, T.} [2837] Gabon K002357949 Yes
Clayton; Weerasooriya [6019] Sri Lanka K003065472 Yes
Peter, G.A. [15743] K003151567 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7522] Angola K003721894 Yes
Simpson, D.A. [88/91] Madagascar K002955248 Yes
K:SPC-22203.000 No
Smith, P.A. [95] Botswana K003721887 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [30053] Mozambique K003721866 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2361] Botswana K003721889 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [11760] Zambia K003721879 Yes
Risopoulos [1047] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002357941 Yes
Dormer, K.T.; Akeroyd, H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003728833 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002476668 Yes
Johnston, H. [s.n.] Uganda K003151555 No
Peter, G.A. [44537] K003151561 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A.; Jéremie, J.; Grouzis, M. [24896] Madagascar K002955247 Yes

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