Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus papyrus

Cyperus papyrus subsp. papyrus

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & S. Africa to Egypt, N. Israel. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, 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

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Quarré [5739] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cyperus papyrus subsp. ugandensis K002357934 Yes
Christaensen [1708] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cyperus papyrus subsp. ugandensis K002357935 Yes
Leonard, A. [2659] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cyperus papyrus subsp. ugandensis K002357936 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Cookson, A.J. [6366] Zambia Cyperus papyrus subsp. ugandensis K003721899 Yes
Quarré [5739] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cyperus papyrus subsp. ugandensis K002357933 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1564] Zambia Cyperus papyrus subsp. ugandensis K003721900 Yes
Schwinforth, G. [3749] Central African Republic Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150193 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8650] Ethiopia Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150199 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7413] Sudan Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150192 Yes
Lock, J.M. [83/6] South Sudan Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150190 Yes
[Schwinforth] [1154] Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150196 Yes
Petherick, J.; Brownell, C.M. [s.n.] Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K001738892 Yes
Schwinforth [1154] Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150197 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7491] South Sudan Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150194 Yes
Harrison, M.N. [1019] South Sudan Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150191 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K002477584 Yes
[Schwinforth] [1154] Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum K003150195 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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