Cyperus hortensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 hortensis

Name[edit]

Cyperus hortensis (Salzm. ex Steud.) Dorr, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 100: 62 (2014).

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Kyllinga hortensis Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 68 (1854).
Heterotypic
- Kyllinga viridiflora Roxb. ex Spreng., Index Seminum (HAL, Halensis): ? (.
- Kyllinga pumila Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 28 (1803).
- Kyllinga odorata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 211 (1816), nom. illeg.
- Hedychloe fragrans Raf., Ann. Nat. 1: 16 (1820), nom. superfl.
- Kyllinga uncinata Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 47 (1821).
- Kyllinga viridiflora Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 322 (1833), pro syn.
- Kyllinga pumila var. elatior Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 132 (1837).
- Kyllinga monocephala Sieber ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 851 (1840), not validly publ.
- Kyllinga caespitosa Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 12 (1842).
- Kyllinga rigidula Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 71 (1854).
- Kyllinga fraterna Steud. in W.Lechler, Berberid. Amer. Austral.: 56 (1857), nom. nud.
- Kyllinga caespitosa var. elatior (Kunth) Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 413 (1868).
- Kyllinga caespitosa var. pumila (Michx.) Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 412 (1868).
- Kyllinga pumila var. humilis Kunth ex Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 411 (1868).
- Kyllinga naumanniana Boeckeler, Flora 62: 516 (1879).
- Kyllinga naumanniana var. tenuis Boeckeler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 89 (1883).
- Kyllinga flexuosa Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 2: 1 (1890).
- Kyllinga caespitosa subvar. debilis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 754 (1891).
- Kyllinga blepharinota Hochst. ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 146 (1892), pro syn.
- Thryocephalon pumilum (Michx.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 94 (1915).
- Cyperus densicaespitosus Mattf. & Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 597 (1936).
- Cyperus densicaespitosus var. rigidulus (Steud.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 599 (1936).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa, C. & E. U.S.A. to N. Argentina
- - Alabama; Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Arkansas; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Repu; Central American Pac; Chad; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Cuba; Delaware; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Florida; French Guiana; Gabon; Galpagos; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Illinois; Indiana; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Kansas; Kentucky; Kenya; Leeward Is.; Liberia; Louisiana; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Maryland; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Missouri; New Jersey; New York; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Panam; Paraguay; Pennsylvania; Peru; Puerto Rico; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Carolina; Sudan; Suriname; Tanzania; Tennessee; Texas; Togo; Trinidad-Tobago; Uganda; Uruguay; Venezuela; Virginia; West Virginia; Windward Is.; Zare

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

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Dorr, L.J., 2014. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 100: 62.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus hortensis 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 hortensis. Published online. Accessed: Feb 13 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus hortensis 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 hortensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Feb 2020.

Vernacular names[edit]

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