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This species is accepted, and its native range is Central & E. U.S.A. to Colombia.
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

[CPLC]

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 30 m.; Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Colombia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Introduced into:

Azores, Illinois, Spain

Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Oct 1, 2003 Riedel, L. [3], Bahia K000188889
Feb 4, 1898 Chapman, A.W. [10], USA K000950469
Tracy, S.M. [s.n.], Mississippi K000950468
Hage, J.L. [450], Bahia Cyperus retrorsus var. cylindricus K000188890
Drummond, T. [s.n.], Louisiana Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus K000950466
Sep 1, 1891 Chapman, A.W. [1], Florida Cyperus blodgettii K000950481
Sep 1, 1891 Blodgett, J.L. [s.n.], Florida Cyperus blodgettii K000950480

First published in Bot. Gaz. 3: 17 (1878)

Accepted by

  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • 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.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Verloove, F. & Sáchez Gullón, E. (2010). Further notes on Cyperaceae in the Iberian Peninsula: corrections, adjustments and additions Flora Mediterranea 20: 141-147.
  • Verloove, F. (2014). A conspectus of Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) in Europe (incl. Azores, Madeira and Canary islands), with emphasis on non-native naturalised species Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 69: 179-223.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • ColPlantA (2021). "ColPlantA. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.colplanta.org/"

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Verloove, F. & Sáchez Gullón, E. (2010). Further notes on Cyperaceae in the Iberian Peninsula: corrections, adjustments and additions Flora Mediterranea 20: 141-147.
  • Verloove, F. (2014). A conspectus of Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) in Europe (incl. Azores, Madeira and Canary islands), with emphasis on non-native naturalised species Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 69: 179-223.

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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0