Cyperus laevigatus subsp. laevigatus
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bolivia, Botswana, Burundi, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf States, Hawaii, India, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Texas, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Chile North
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acorellus pallae Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 13: 31 (1907)
- Chlorocyperus junciformis (Desf.) Rikli in Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
- Cyperus careyi Britton in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 166 (1913)
- Cyperus cossyrensis Tineo ex Guss. in Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 779 (1844)
- Cyperus incurvus Spreng. ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 18 (1837)
- Cyperus juncellus Dinter in Deut. Südw. Afrik.: 41 (1909)
- Cyperus junciformis Desf. in Fl. Atlant. 1: 42 (1798)
- Cyperus laevigatus subsp. albidus (Vahl) Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afrique N. 4: 35 (1957)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. albidus Vahl in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 306 (1805)
- Cyperus laevigatus f. atratus Peter ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 325 (1936)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. caespitosus C.B.Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 282 (1883)
- Cyperus laevigatus f. macra C.B.Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 78 (1884)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. pallae (Kneuck.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 323 (1936)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. pictus Boeckeler in Linnaea 35: 487 (1868)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. ramlehensis Sickenb. in Contr. Fl. Egypte: 299 (1901)
- Cyperus laevigatus f. reptans (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 78 (1884)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. reptans (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 324 (1936)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. subaphyllus (Boeckeler ex Schinz) Kük. in R.E.Fries, Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, Erg.: 2 (1921)
- Cyperus laevigatus var. viridulus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 78 (1884)
- Cyperus lateralis Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 13 (1775)
- Cyperus leucostachys Link in Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 81 (1820)
- Cyperus maritimus Gouan ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., 1: 217 (1824), nom. illeg.
- Cyperus monostachyos Link in C.L.von Buch, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins.: 138 (1828), nom. illeg.
- Cyperus pleuranthus Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 73 (1834)
- Cyperus reptans Boeckeler in Linnaea 35: 485 (1868)
- Cyperus rivularis Steud. in W.Lechler, Berberid. Amer. Austral.: 56 (1857), nom. illeg.
- Cyperus roxburghianus C.Presl in Isis (Oken) 21: 272 (1828)
- Cyperus roxburghii A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 214 (1833)
- Cyperus subaphyllus Boeckeler ex Schinz in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 139 (1888)
- Cyperus submonastichyus Steud. & Jard. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, sér. 2, 9: 278 (1875)
- Cyperus teretifolius A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 477 (1850)
- Cyperus uliginosus Thouars ex Link in Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 82 (1820)
- Cyperus viridulus Boeckeler in Linnaea 35: 485 (1868)
- Juncellus laevigatus var. junciformis C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 597 (1893)
- Juncellus lateralis (Forssk.) M.R.Almeida in Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 355 (2009)
- Pycreus lateralis (Forssk.) Nees in Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
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.
- 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
- Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
- Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Peter, A. [43163], Tanzania | Cyperus laevigatus var. subaphyllus | K000321452 | syntype | Yes | |
Peter, A. [2684], Tanzania | Cyperus laevigatus var. subaphyllus | K000321453 | syntype | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0