Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus squarrosus L.

First published in Cent. Pl. II: 6 (1756)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics to N. America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alberta, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, China South-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Italy

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Campbell, D. (2012). Noteworthy collections. North Carolina. Castanea 77: 80-81.
  • 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.
  • Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Rothrock, P.E. (2009). Sedges of Indiana and adjacent states: the non-Carex species: 1-271. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  • Verloove, F. (2014). A conspectus of Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) in Europe (incl. Azores, Madeira and Canary islands), with emphasis on non-native naturalised species. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 69: 179-223.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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 Zambesiaca

  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 253, figs.501,502 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 215, fig.33. (2010)
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 505 (1936).
  • L., Cent. Pl. II: 6 (1756).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Verloove, F. (2014). A conspectus of Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) in Europe (incl. Azores, Madeira and Canary islands), with emphasis on non-native naturalised species. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 69: 179-223.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cent. Pl. II: 6 (1756)
  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 505 (1936)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 461, fig. 212.109 (1997).
  • Flora of Somalia 4: 125 (1995)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 253, figs. 501, 502 (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
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1967 Burkill, H.M. [HMB.1250] Thailand K000467919 No
Jan 1, 1966 Demange [29] Mali K000391904 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Jaeger, P. [59] Mali K000391905 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Jaeger, P. [65] Mali K000391906 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Chevalier, A. [25] Burkina Faso K000391907 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; van Rensburg, H.J. [10575] Tanzania K003720775 Yes
Verdcourt [3251] Kenya K003720732 Yes
Bojer [s.n.] K002956007 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V. [6610] Tanzania K003720756 Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [1611] Uganda K003720716 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [CP966] Sri Lanka K003067701 No
Speke; Grant [1860] Tanzania K003720780 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7506] Oman K002479243 Yes
St.Clair-Thompson, G.W. [497] Tanzania K003720785 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9230] Oman K002479249 Yes
Put [2501] Thailand K000467921 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13970] Tanzania K003720757 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2992] Kenya K003720725 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4710] Kenya K003720748 Yes
Merrett, L. [2003] Zambia K001561888 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [C22] Tanzania K003720786 Yes
Peter, G.A. [34753] Tanzania K003720790 Yes
Ngweno, F. [34] Kenya K003720749 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13467] Thailand K000467920 No
Bullock, A.A. [2663] Tanzania K003720779 Yes
Richards, M. [17537A] Tanzania K003720759 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4775-4776] Kenya K003720747 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4239] Kenya K003720742 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K.; Katende, A. [5434] Uganda K003720722 Yes
McLeish, I. [2521] Oman K002479251 Yes
Griffith [337] K003067771 No
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/719] Kenya K003720737 Yes
Festo, L.; Luke, Q. [2474] Kenya K003720723 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9002] Oman K002479254 Yes
Peter, G.A. [34242] Tanzania K003720771 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8739] Tanzania K003720754 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5096] Oman K002479239 Yes
Richards, M. [20261] Tanzania K003720762 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2119B] Tanzania K003720765 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1734] K002956008 Yes
Leippert, H. [5041] Kenya K003720726 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10347] Tanzania K003720752 Yes
McLeish, I. [2673] Oman K002479252 Yes
Perrier, H. [16095] Madagascar K002956006 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2965] Yemen K002479245 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [4135] Tanzania K003720784 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3094] Kenya K003720743 Yes
McLeish, I. [2664] Oman K002479253 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [802] Uganda K003720720 Yes
{G. W. St.-C. Thompson} [234a] Tanzania K003720782 Yes
Luke; Mbinda, J.; Mududu, H. [6325] Kenya K003720746 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9085] Oman K002479250 Yes
Wingfield, R. [1972] Tanzania K003720760 Yes
Smith, K.A.H. [4908] China K003065283 Yes
Sinclair, J. [9369] Malaysia K002452231 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 4957] Kenya K003720745 Yes
Scheffler, G. [435] Kenya K003720736 Yes
Richards, H.M. [17839] Tanzania K003720778 Yes
Sinclair, J. [39292] Thailand K002452234 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [171] Kenya K003720739 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13039] Kenya K003720724 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8806] Tanzania K003720755 Yes
Lind, E. (Dr.) [Lind 383] Uganda K003720721 Yes
Carter, H. [1286] Afghanistan K002479242 Yes
Abdallah, R. [1134] Tanzania K003720766 Yes
Peter, G.A. [10875] Tanzania K003720769 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10469] Kenya K003720750 Yes
{Miss. C. Jack} [16] Kenya K003720735 Yes
Richards, M. [25536] Tanzania K003720767 Yes
Peter, G.A. [34473] Tanzania K003720791 Yes
Agric. Assistants [35] Tanzania K003720783 Yes
Hammond, M.M. [211] Tanzania K003720772 Yes
Kirrika [85] Kenya K003720733 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9158] Tanzania K003720753 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1485] Bolivia K000295442 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8806A] Tanzania K003720758 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5338] Oman K002479241 Yes
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M. [140] Kenya K003720729 Yes
Richards, H.M. [17586] Tanzania K003720776 Yes
Thulin, M.; Gifri, A.N. [8868A] Yemen K002479248 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Luke, P.A. [10885] Kenya K003720730 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13407] Tanzania K003720770 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6906] Saudi Arabia K002479247 Yes
[V. Soner] [11] Tanzania K003720774 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K003720717 Yes
Tanner, R. [4198] Tanzania K003720773 Yes
Richards, M. [20307] Tanzania K003720761 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2290] Kenya K003720738 Yes
Miller, A.G. [7505] Oman K002479240 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2473A] Yemen K002479244 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [C47] Tanzania K003720787 Yes
Vollesen, K. [MRC 1955] Tanzania K003720763 Yes
Kostermans; Wirawan [361] Indonesia K002291953 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6269] Oman K002479238 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [72/25] Kenya K003720751 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K.; Katende, A.B. [[Ly]5593] Uganda K003720715 Yes
Haines, R.W. [4032] Uganda K003720719 Yes
Napper, D. (Miss) [1524] Kenya K003720740 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P.4047] Singapore K002452233 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5206] Tanzania K000190434 Yes
Peter, G.A. [34452] Tanzania K003720789 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [511] Kenya K003720741 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3241] Saudi Arabia K002479246 Yes
{Mohd. Kasim bin Rajab} [392] Malaysia K002452232 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9602] Kenya K003720734 Yes
Davis, R.L. [227] Tanzania K003720781 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9951] Tanzania K003720777 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [[Ly]6415] Uganda K003720718 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4636] Tanzania K003720768 Yes
[A. C. Brooks] [23] Tanzania K003720788 Yes
Björnstad, A. [AB 2572] Tanzania K003720764 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6224] Kenya K003720744 Yes
Thomson, G. [s.n.] India Mariscus squarrosus K001613094 No
Hohenacker, R.F. [823] India Mariscus squarrosus K003067772 No

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