- Family:
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Cyperus L.
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 30–30 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Magdalena.
- Habit
- Herb.
[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 blodgettii Britton
- Cyperus cylindricus (Elliott) Britton
- Cyperus globulosus var. robustus (Boeckeler) Shinners
- Cyperus nashii Britton
- Cyperus ovularis var. cylindricus (Elliott) Torr.
- Cyperus ovularis var. robustus Boeckeler
- Cyperus ovularis var. tenellus Torr.
- Cyperus plankii Britton ex Small
- Cyperus retrorsus var. cylindricus (Elliott) Fernald & Griscom
- Cyperus retrorsus var. multiflorens Kük.
- Cyperus retrorsus var. nashii (Britton) Fernald & Griscom
- Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Cyperus retrorsus var. typicus Fernald & Griscom
- Cyperus retroversus Chapm.
- Cyperus torreyi Britton
- Mariscus aureus Bertol.
- Mariscus avenicola C.B.Clarke ex Britton
- Mariscus blodgettii (Britton) T.Koyama
- Mariscus brittonii C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus cylindricus Elliott
- Mariscus neglectus Schult.
- Mariscus ovularis Torr.
- Mariscus retrorsus (Chapm.) C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus umbellatus Pursh
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Oct 1, 2003 | Riedel, L. [3], Bahia | K000188889 | Yes | ||
Feb 4, 1898 | Chapman, A.W. [10], USA | K000950469 | Yes | ||
Tracy, S.M. [s.n.], Mississippi | K000950468 | Yes | |||
Hage, J.L. [450], Bahia | Cyperus retrorsus var. cylindricus | K000188890 | Yes | ||
Drummond, T. [s.n.], Louisiana | Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus | K000950466 | Yes | ||
Sep 1, 1891 | Chapman, A.W. [1], Florida | Cyperus blodgettii | K000950481 | Yes | |
Sep 1, 1891 | Blodgett, J.L. [s.n.], Florida | Cyperus blodgettii | K000950480 | Yes |
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
- 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
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.
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
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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