Cyperus obtusatus

Cyperus obtusatus

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 obtusatus

Name

Cyperus obtusatus (J.Presl & C.Presl) Mattf. & Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 585 (1936).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Kyllinga obtusata J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 183 (1828).
Heterotypic
- Kyllinga vaginata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 148 (1791).
- Kyllinga peruviana Lam., Encycl. 3: 366 (1792), nom. superfl.
- Kyllinga capitata P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: t. 31 (1806).
- Kyllinga globosa P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: t. 31 (1806).
- Kyllinga rigida Baldwin, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 2: 169 (1825).
- Kyllinga pungens Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 326 (1827).
- Kyllinga vaginata Rchb.f. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 128 (1837), pro syn.
- Schoenus angularis Spreng. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 128 (1837).
- Kyllinga stricta Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 13 (1842).
- Cyperus aphyllus Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 24 (1844), nom. illeg.
- Cyprolepis denudata Steud., Flora 33: 229 (1850), not validly publ.
- Kyllinga repens Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 67 (1854).
- Lyprolepis denudata Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 130 (1855).
- Kyllinga obtusata var. cylindrostachya Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 419 (1868).
- Kyllinga obtusata var. subaphylla Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 418 (1868).
- Kyllinga tenuis Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 423 (1868), nom. illeg.
- Kyllinga obtusata var. aphylla Boeckeler, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1869: 159 (1869).
- Cyperus peruvianus F.N.Williams, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 90 (1907).
- Cyperus obtusatus var. africanus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 586 (1936).
- Cyperus obtusatus var. cylindrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 586 (1936).
- Cyperus obtusatus var. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 586 (1936).
- Kyllinga erecta var. africana (Kük.) S.S.Hooper, Kew Bull. 26: 580 (1972).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. America, Cape Verde, Trop. Africa
- - Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Cayman Is.; Central African Repu; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Rwanda; Sudan; Suriname; Tanzania; Togo; Uruguay; Venezuela; Windward Is.; Zare

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

References

Primary references

Mattfeld, J. & Kükenthal, G. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1936. Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 585.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus obtusatus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 13. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyperus obtusatus. Published online. Accessed: Feb 13 2020.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus obtusatus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 13. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2020. Cyperus obtusatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Feb 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Caribbean island spikesedge

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