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Taxon:
Cyperus cyperoides
(L.) Kuntze
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cyperus
Family:
Cyperaceae
Subfamily:
Cyperoideae
Tribe:
Cypereae
Nomen number:
402854
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 3(3):333. 1898
Verified:
12/10/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Scirpus cyperoides
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Kyllinga sumatrensis
Retz.
Mariscus sumatrensis
(Retz.) J. Raynal
Mariscus umbellatus
Vahl
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Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Castroviejo, S. et al., eds.
1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Note:
=
Mariscus umbellatus
Vahl
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Note:
=
Mariscus sumatrensis
(Retz.) J. Raynal
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Note:
=
Mariscus sumatrensis
(Retz.) J. Raynal
Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson.
2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Note:
lists as
C. cyperoides
(Retz.) Kuntze
Haines, R. W. & K. A. Lye.
1983. Sedges and rushes of East Africa
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Note:
=
Mariscus sumatrensis
(Retz.) J. Raynal
Harden, G. J., ed.
1990-1993. Flora of New South Wales.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Hokche, O. et al.
2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Note:
=
Mariscus sumatrensis
(Retz.) J. Raynal
Molina G., A. M.
2011. Review of
Cyperaceae
data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 31 Mar.
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):226.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson.
1976. Flora of Hassan district.
Note:
=
Mariscus sumatrensis
(Retz.) J. Raynal
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Note:
=
Mariscus sumatrensis
(Retz.) J. Raynal
Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross.
1983-1989. Flora of south-eastern Queensland.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Common names
English
Pacific island flat sedge –
Reference(s)
Swedish
liten parasollsäv –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Macaronesia
Cabo Verde
1
Native
Africa
Middle Atlantic Ocean
St. Helena
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Eastern Cape
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Gauteng
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Limpopo
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Mpumalanga
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
North-West
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Burkina Faso
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Equatorial Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Comoros
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
s. & c.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Honshu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea, South
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Solomon Islands
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
New South Wales
e.
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Guam
1
Native
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
Cook Islands
1
Native
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
Society Islands
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Niue
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
Easter Island
3
Adventive
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tonga
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
MIDDLE ATLANTIC OCEAN:
St. Helena
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Equatorial Guinea
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Burkina Faso
,
Nigeria
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
[Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros
,
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
(s. & c.)
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Honshu, Ryukyu Islands],
Korea, South
,
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
,
Solomon Islands
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[New South Wales (e.), Queensland]
Pacific
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
,
United States
[Guam]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands
,
French Polynesia
[Society Islands]
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Niue
,
Samoa
Southern America
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
[Easter Island]
Adventive
Europe
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
Naturalized
Pacific
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
Tonga
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Grenada
,
Jamaica
,
Trinidad and Tobago
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):226.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Weed
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Name
References