Cyperus elegantulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cypereae
Subtribus: Cyperinae
Genus: Cyperus
Species: Cyperus elegantulus

Name

Cyperus elegantulus Steud., Flora 25: 583 (1842).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Pycreus elegantulus (Steud.) C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 536 (1894).
    • Pycreus niger subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye, Nordic J. Bot. 1: 622 (1981).
    • Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye in R.W.Haines & K.A.Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 271 (1983).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cyperus melanocephalus R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App.: lxii (1814), nom. nud.
    • Cyperus atronitens Hochst., Flora 24(1 Intell.): 20 (1841), nom. nud.
    • Cyperus ischnocormus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 11 (1854).
    • Cyperus elegantulus var. submelanostachyus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 343 (1936).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Angola; Burundi; Cameroon; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Malawi; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Rwanda; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Yemen; Zambia; Zaire; Zimbabwe
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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