Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus polystachyos

Cyperus polystachyos var. holosericeus (Link) C.B.Clarke

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 55 (1884)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Belize, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Kentucky, Kenya, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Namibia, New Jersey, New York, Nicobar Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Zaïre

Extinct in:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pycreus polystachyos var. microdontus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Naik, M.C. & al. (2017). Additions to Flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Indian Journal of Forestry 40: 289-292.
  • Prasad, V.P. (2017). Notes on sedges (Cyperaceae) of Andaman and Nicobar islands - seven new records and five exclusions. Nelumbo 59: 155-158.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hale, J. [s.n.] United States Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis K001615211 No
Drummond [454] United States Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis K002543977 No
[1392] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cyperus polystachyos var. laxiflorus K002540823 Yes
Nov 27, 1897 Grey, I. [s.n.] Mauritius Pycreus polystachyos var. laxiflorus K000363059 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1897 Grey, I. [s.n.] Mauritius Pycreus polystachyos var. laxiflorus K000363060 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0