Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus zollingeri Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 17 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to W. Pacific. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • C. rubroviridis Cherm. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 66: 350 (1920)
  • Kern in Reinwardtia 3: 28 (1954).
  • Kük. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Cyper. 135. (1936)
  • Synops. Cyper. 17 (1855), not of C.B. Cl.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 360 (1901).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 196, fig.387 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae, 194 (2010).
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 133 (1935).
  • Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 2: 17 (1854).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 133 (1936)
  • F.T.A. 8: 360 (1902)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 196, fig. 387 (1983).
  • Syn. Pl. Glum. 2: 17 (1854)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1970 Peter, A. [12577] Tanzania K000321426 Syntype Yes
Mar 7, 1961 Hens. [178 (Series C)] Congo, Republic of the K000321322 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1953 Heudelot [485] Cote d'Ivoire K000321310 Type Yes
May 1, 1892 Zeyher [s.n.] K002090220 Yes
Mar 1, 1892 Dallachy, J. [s.n.] Australia K000309532 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1892 Wallich [3321] India K000592515 Yes
Feb 1, 1892 Hens. [220 (Series a)] Congo, Republic of the K000321323 Syntype Yes
Feb 1, 1889 Hens. [159 (Series C)] Congo, Republic of the K000321321 Lectotype Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson [360] India K000592516 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2068] Ghana K001600754 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] India Cyperus lucidulus K001132694 Unknown Type Material Yes

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