Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus amabilis Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Arizona, Aruba, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pereira-Silva, L., Larridon, I., de Oliveira Ribeiro, A.R., Santos, V.M. & Trevisan, R. (2022). Diversity and taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in the Central-West region of Brazil. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 480-545. MBG press.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 381 (1967).
  • Cherm. in Arch. Bot. Caen 7, Mém. 4: 11 (1936)
  • Enum. 2: 318 (1806)
  • F.T.A. 8: 327
  • Kük. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Cyper. 265 (1936)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 327 (1901).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 266, figs. 544,545 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 158, fig.26.(2010)
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 265 (1936).
  • Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 318 (1805).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 265 (1936)
  • Enum. Pl. 2: 318 (1805)
  • F.T.A. 8: 327 (1902)
  • Fl. Somalia 4: 125 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 266, figs. 544, 545 (1983)

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2006 Magogo, F.C.; Glover, P.E. [1024] Kenya K000333788 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 G; L [336] Kenya K000333787 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Rawlins, S.P. [88] Kenya K000333789 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Muasya, A.M.; Kirika, P.; Muthoka, P. [299] Kenya K000333781 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Bogdan, A. [3116] Kenya K000333784 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Robertson, S.A. [3224] Kenya K000333792 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Bogdan, A. [2526] Kenya K000333790 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Robertson, S.A.; Schrire, Stirton [7013] Kenya K000333793 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [5900] Kenya K000333791 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Muasya, J.; Innes, R.R.; Mbale, M.; Hinds, S.; Dempewolf [719] Kenya K000333780 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [1061] Kenya K000333778 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [7191] Kenya K000333782 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74] Kenya K000333783 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Gilbert, J.B. [6171] Kenya K000333785 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [861] Kenya K000333779 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Gillespie, J.B. [147] Kenya K000333786 Yes
Jul 1, 1892 s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K001613009 No
Guy, P.R. [2414] Zambia K003723759 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3988] India K003067135 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1902] Zambia K003723721 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Luwiika, B. [11818] Zambia K003723723 Yes
Goodier, R. [50] Zimbabwe K003723746 Yes
Watmough, R. [179] Zambia K003723710 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Pope, G.V.; Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3052] Zambia K003723724 Yes
Kotschy [s.n.] Sudan K000362983 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1178] Zambia K003723714 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [534] Zambia K003723711 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [1724] Zambia K003723719 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Schmidt, H.H.; Zimba, N.; Luwiika, B. [3869] Zambia K003723703 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003725960 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [420] Zambia K003723726 Yes
Craster, W. [47] K003723740 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [12501] Zambia K003723706 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2754] Botswana K001612937 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4939] Zambia K003723705 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [100] Angola K003723772 Yes
[FG] [4896] Zimbabwe K003723739 Yes
Pardy, A.A. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K003723735 Yes
Moris [s.n.] Venezuela K003728021 No
Füncke, [N.] [701] Venezuela K003728020 No
Verboom, W.C. [92S] Zambia K003723725 Yes
Giess, W. [10053] K003723763 Yes
Teixeira, J.B. [2172] Angola K003723771 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Schmidt, H.H.; Zimba, N.; Luwiika, B. [3869] Zambia K003723704 Yes
s.coll. [121] Botswana K003723764 Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico K000632036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [1716] Zimbabwe K003723736 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5297] Tanzania K000190527 Yes
Brain, C.K. [8800] Zimbabwe K003723737 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [2746] India K003067136 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1163] Zambia K003723713 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8174] Zambia K003723707 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [3783] Angola K003723774 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merett, L.; K. Vollesen [9402] Zambia K003723694 Yes
Mavi, S. [941] Zambia K003723755 Yes
s.coll. [7518] Zambia K003723718 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [1898] Benin K001562009 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] K003067132 Yes
Kornas, J. [3344] Zambia K003723720 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [24889 A] India K003067139 Yes
Merrett, L. [1519] Zambia K003723696 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [Q1600] Zimbabwe K003723752 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; K. Vollesen [9134] Zambia K003723698 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003725964 Yes
Rushworth, J.E. [1524] Zambia K003723757 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5984] Tanzania K000468441 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2753] Zambia K003723756 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4364] Costa Rica K003725961 Yes
Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8738] Zimbabwe K003723761 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [3084] Zimbabwe K003723754 Yes
Thomson, T. [24] India K003067133 Yes
Brain, C.K. [8846] Zimbabwe K003723738 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [640A] Zambia K003723717 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merett, L.; K. Vollesen [8825] Zambia K003723695 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [K.1553] Zimbabwe K003723744 Yes
Couto, C. [337] Angola K003723775 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [95] Zimbabwe K003723753 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4795] Zambia K003723701 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [113] Zambia K003723712 Yes
Heyde; Lux [3893] Guatemala K003725962 Yes
Martin, J.D. [[A17/34 576]] Zambia K003723715 Yes
Lovemore, D.F. [410] Zimbabwe K003723745 Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [45] Zimbabwe K003723733 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [33653 D ] India K003067137 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [624] Botswana K003723765 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Harder, D.K.; Zimba, N.B.; Luwiika, B. [2429] Zambia K003723702 Yes
Wild, H. [6790] Zambia K003723758 Yes
Pope, G. [1568] Zimbabwe K003723760 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5428] Tanzania K000190658 Yes
Fisher; Schweickerdt [470] Zimbabwe K003723731 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [25079] India K003067138 Yes
Nascimento, M.S.B. [231] Brazil K000188798 Yes
Wright, J.M. (Mrs.) [169] Zambia K003723730 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6397] Zambia K003723729 Yes
Weber, O. [240] Zimbabwe K003723741 Yes
Lye, K.A. [23725] Zimbabwe K003723743 Yes
Menezes, A. [3244] Angola K003723769 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3447] Zambia K003723700 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5343] Zimbabwe K003723749 Yes
Kotschy [139] Sudan K000362987 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [139] Sudan K000362984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phipps, J.B. [987] Zimbabwe K003723742 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6334] Tanzania K000468091 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6148] Tanzania K000468277 Yes
[Shmir] [s.n.] Guatemala K003725963 Yes
Nawa, M.M.; Harder, D.K.; Zimba, N.B.; Luwiika, B. [211] Zambia K003723708 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [4547] Mexico K003725958 Yes
Mullin, L.J. [12/55] Zimbabwe K003723747 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4204] Angola K003723770 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [6011] Zambia K003723716 Yes
Angus, A. [2501] Zambia K003723727 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1963] Zambia K003723751 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; K. Vollesen [8715] Zambia K003723697 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Robson; Angus [984] Zambia K003723709 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [3200] K003723750 Yes
Angus, A. [3560] Zambia K003723728 Yes
Broun, R.C. [s.n.] Botswana K003723762 Yes
Noel, A.R.A. [1934] Zimbabwe K003723748 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Luwiika, B.; Zimba, N. [3562] Zambia K003723722 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [167] Zambia K003723699 Yes
Pearson, H.W. [2373] Angola K003723773 Yes
Colvile, P.A. [51] Zimbabwe K003723732 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [H.2476] Zimbabwe K003723734 Yes
da Silva, M. [3647] Angola K003723768 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003725959 Yes
Muller, F. [1986] Mexico K000632037 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [27395] India K003067134 Yes
s.coll. [4285] Angola K003723767 Yes
H. [9305] Mexico Cyperus amabilis var. macrostachyus K003725965 Yes

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