Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus alopecuroides Rottb.

First published in Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 38 (1773)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, SW. Syria to Tropical Asia, N. Australia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Palestine, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Florida, Leeward Is., Nansei-shoto, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Cherm. in Arch. Bot. Caen 7, Mém. 4: 17 (1936).
  • Descr. Pl. Rar. Programm. 20 (1772)
  • Descr. et Icon. 38, t. 8 fig. 2 (1773)
  • Kük. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Cyper. 71 (1936)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 53 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 181, fig.348 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 219 (2010).
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 71 (1935).
  • Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 38 (1773).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Hassler, M. (2012). Flora of Rhodes. Systematic list of flora of Rhodes http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~db111/flora/rhodos/list.php.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 38 (1773)
  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 71 (1936)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 445 (1997).
  • Fl. Somalia 4: 120 (1995)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 181, fig. 348 (1983)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1891 Hooker, J.D. [100] Cabo Verde K001134086 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003065638 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [2344] India K003065633 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003065634 Yes
Thompson, J. [347] India K003065632 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002479444 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K003065639 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6492] India K003065640 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [7055] India K003065631 Yes
s.coll. [6150] Afghanistan K003065635 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Portugal K002479442 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003065641 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [279] India K003065643 Yes
Findley [s.n.] Spain K002479446 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [24,684] India K003065630 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [438] India K003065642 Yes
[J. Ellenston Stokes] [s.n.] India K003065637 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [462] Spain K002479443 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [7055] India K003065636 Yes
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] Spain K002479445 Yes

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