Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus nutans

Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides (Kunth) Haines

First published in Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 898 (1924)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical Africa to N. & E. Australia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
  • 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.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Cyperus eleusinoides.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 898 (1924)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 453, fig. 212.95 (1997).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 198, figs. 393, 394 (1983)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schweinfurth, G. [2006] Ethiopia K003150721 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1336] Yemen K002478277 Yes
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] K002478273 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Afghanistan K002478274 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2585] Yemen K002478279 Yes
Schimper [1021] Ethiopia K000321372 Isolectotype Yes
Miller, A.G. [2700] Oman K002478280 Yes
Gallagher, M.D. [8656 7] Oman K002478282 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2005] Ethiopia K003150718 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7633] Oman K002478284 Yes
Gereau, R. [1295] Ethiopia K003150714 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M 9312] Oman K002478285 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Afghanistan K002478275 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000592542 Type Yes
s.coll. [19311] China K002479820 Yes
Wm. Burger; Amere [G]etahun [239] Ethiopia K003150713 Yes
Henry, A. [10012] China K002479819 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [528] Ethiopia K003150712 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000592543 Type Yes
Miller, A.G. [7142] Oman K002478283 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Semon, F.; Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M. [7734] Ethiopia K003150720 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Wondefrash, M.; Getachew, E. [10802] Ethiopia K003150719 Yes
[illegible] [528] United Kingdom K003150711 Yes
McLeish, I. [2494] Oman K002478286 Yes
Cope, T.A. [334] Oman K002478287 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1331] Yemen K002478276 Yes
Schimper [s.n.] Ethiopia K003150716 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5323] Oman K002478278 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [2446] Ethiopia K003150717 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [370] China K002479818 Yes
Aweke, G.; Gilbert, M.G. [1041] Ethiopia K003150715 Yes
McLeish, I. [1411] Oman K002478281 Yes
Law [s.n.] India Cyperus eleusinoides K001613083 No
Wight [2382] India Cyperus eleusinoides K003066458 No
Griffith [399] India Cyperus eleusinoides K003066474 No
Thomson, T. [399] India Cyperus eleusinoides K001613111 No
Oct 1, 1977 Larsen, K.; Larsen, S.S. [33979] Thailand Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides K000467269 Yes
s.coll. [56] Taiwan Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides K002479821 Yes
Dunn, S.T. [9267] Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides K002479824 Yes
s.coll. [1600] Taiwan Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides K002479823 Yes
Henry, A. [768] Taiwan Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides K002479822 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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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