Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus glaucophyllus Boeckeler

First published in Beitr. Cyper. 1: 4 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 1: 4 (1888).
  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 345 (1901).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 157, fig.290 (1983).
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 202 (1936).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beitr. Cyper. 1: 4 (1888)
  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 202 (1936)
  • F.T.A. 8: 345 (1902)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 157, fig. 290 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Volkens, G.L.A. [652] Tanzania K001089543 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Volkens, G.L.A. [650] Tanzania K001089542 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. [24] Zambia K000362647 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K003722835 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K003722837 Yes
Sousa, C. [1202] Mozambique K003722834 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5079] Tanzania K000190307 Yes
Whyte [s.n.] Malawi K003722838 Yes
Buchanan, J. [647] Malawi K003722836 Yes
Peter, A. [40902] Tanzania K000321429 Type Yes
Adamson, G. [419] Malawi K003722839 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [701] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722824 Yes
Armitage, F.B. [65/55] Zimbabwe Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722826 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [549] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722819 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5318] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722829 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1524] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722823 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [10746A] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722818 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [412] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722815 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [294] Zimbabwe Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722825 Yes
Pawek, J. [6862] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722811 Yes
Phillips, E. [766] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722803 Yes
Brass, L.J. [17664] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722797 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; K. Vollesen [8469] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722800 Yes
Brass, L.J. [16148] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722791 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; K. Vollesen [8910] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722802 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [10746A] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722817 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [597] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722799 Yes
Whyte [s.n.] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722812 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; K. Vollesen [8677] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722801 Yes
Pawek, J. [6558] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722810 Yes
Wheeler, J.A. [1113] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722821 Yes
Godfrey, H. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722827 Yes
Meller, C.J. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722793 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [H/722] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722820 Yes
Merrett, L. [1402] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722814 Yes
{J. Buchanan, C. M. G.} [1001] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722792 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K.; Banda, E.A.K. [1393] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722804 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1975] Zimbabwe Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722830 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10621] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722808 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722796 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8488] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722794 Yes
Azancot de Menezes [1395] Angola Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722805 Yes
Pawek, J. [6484] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722809 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [4514] Mozambique Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722798 Yes
de Koning, J. [7489] Mozambique Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722828 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1975] Zimbabwe Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722831 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722795 Yes
Jackson, G. [138] Malawi Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722813 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1691] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722822 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [81] Zambia Cyperus pseudoleptocladus K003722816 Yes

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