Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus latifolius Poir.

First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 268 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, 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:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 351
  • Kük. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Cyper.. 87, t. 11. (1936)
  • in Lam., Encycl. 7: 268 (1806)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 351 (1901).
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 61 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 182, figs.350,351 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 233 (2010).
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 87 (1935).
  • Poir. in Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 268 (1806).

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 87 (1936)
  • F.T.A. 8: 351 (1902)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 446 (1997).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 182, figs. 350, 351 (1983)
  • Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 268 (1806)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1892 Krauss [211] South Africa K000362738 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1892 Krauss [211] South Africa K000362736 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1892 Buchanan [5] South Africa K000362737 Unknown Type Material Yes
Napier, E.R. [5822] Kenya K003152085 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [488] Kenya K003152082 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67/918] Kenya K003152095 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5078] Tanzania K000190306 Yes
Brunt, M. [1346] Kenya K003152090 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6905] Kenya K003152077 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1305] Kenya K003152075 Yes
Faden, R.B. [68/115] Kenya K003152087 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [1792] Kenya K003152078 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [9878] Kenya K003152086 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [576] Kenya K003152094 Yes
Routledge, W.S. [s.n.] Kenya K003152079 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3139] Kenya K003152093 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4141] Kenya K003152091 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1569] Kenya K003152096 Yes
Luke, Q.; Chidzinga, S. [203] Kenya K003152081 Yes
Owen, R.E.A. [1] Kenya K003152088 Yes
Brunt, M. [36] Kenya K003152092 Yes
s.coll. [4216] Kenya K003152080 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1647] Kenya K003152084 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4843] Kenya K003152083 Yes

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