- Family:
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Cyperus L.
- Species:
- Cyperus laevigatus L.
Cyperus laevigatus subsp. laevigatus

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
- Acorellus pallae Kneuck.
- Chlorocyperus junciformis (Desf.) Rikli
- Cyperus careyi Britton
- Cyperus cossyrensis Tineo ex Guss.
- Cyperus incurvus Spreng. ex Kunth
- Cyperus juncellus Dinter
- Cyperus junciformis Desf.
- Cyperus laevigatus subsp. albidus (Vahl) Maire & Weiller
- Cyperus laevigatus f. macra C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus laevigatus var. pictus Boeckeler
- Cyperus laevigatus f. reptans (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus laevigatus var. subaphyllus (Boeckeler ex Schinz) Kük.
- Cyperus lateralis Forssk.
- Cyperus leucostachys Link
- Cyperus maritimus Gouan ex Spreng.
- Cyperus monostachyos Link
- Cyperus pleuranthus Nees
- Cyperus reptans Boeckeler
- Cyperus rivularis Steud.
- Cyperus roxburghianus C.Presl
- Cyperus roxburghii A.Dietr.
- Cyperus subaphyllus Boeckeler ex Schinz
- Cyperus submonastichyus Steud. & Jard.
- Cyperus teretifolius A.Rich.
- Cyperus uliginosus Thouars ex Link
- Cyperus viridulus Boeckeler
- Juncellus lateralis (Forssk.) M.R.Almeida
- Pycreus lateralis (Forssk.) Nees
Cyperus laevigatus subsp. laevigatus appears in other Kew resources:
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 |
Accepted by
- 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.
Literature
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.
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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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/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 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 Selected Plant Families 2022. 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