Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh

First published in Phytotaxa 166: 39 (2014)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Caucasus. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., DR Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Brazil Northeast, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Colombia, Fiji, Hawaii, Jamaica, Kermadec Is., Leeward Is., Line Is., Marquesas, Nicobar Is., Niue, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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