Cyperus polystachyos

Cyperus polystachyos

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 polystachyos
Varietates: C. p. var. polystachyos – C. p. var. holosericeus

Name

Carex polystachyos Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 39 (1773).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 48 (1816).
  • Chlorocyperus polystachyus (Rottb.) Rikli, Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895).
  • Pycreus polystachyos var. typicus Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 416 (1915), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Alabama; Algeria; Andaman Is.; Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Arkansas; Ascension; Assam; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bismarck Archipelago; Bolivia; Borneo; Botswana; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Burundi; Cambodia; Canary Is.; Cape Provinces; Cape Verde; Caroline Is.; Cayman Is.; Central African Repu; Chad; Chagos Archipelago; China North-Central; China Southeast; Cocos (Keeling) Is.; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Cook Is.; Costa Rica; Cuba; Delaware; District of Columbia; Dominican Republic; East Himalaya; Easter Is.; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Fiji; Florida; French Guiana; Gabon; Galpagos; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Gilbert Is.; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Hainan; Hawaii; Honduras; India; Iraq; Italy; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Japan; Jawa; Kazan-retto; Kentucky; Kenya; Kermadec Is.; Korea; KwaZulu-Natal; Laccadive Is.; Laos; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Libya; Line Is.; Louisiana; Madagascar; Maine; Malawi; Malaya; Maldives; Mali; Maluku; Manchuria; Marianas; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Missouri; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nansei-shoto; New Guinea; New Jersey; New South Wales; New York; Nicaragua; Nicobar Is.; Niger; Nigeria; Norfolk Is.; North Carolina; Northern Provinces; Northern Territory; Ogasawara-shoto; Oklahoma; Pakistan; Palestine; Panam; Paraguay; Pennsylvania; Peru; Philippines; Primorye; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Runion; Samoa; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Society Is.; Solomon Is.; South Carolina; South China Sea; Sri Lanka; St.Helena; Sudan; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Suriname; Swaziland; Taiwan; Tanzania; Tennessee; Texas; Thailand; Togo; Tokelau-Manihiki; Tonga; Trinidad-Tobago; Tuamotu; Uganda; Uruguay; Venezuela; Victoria; Vietnam; Virginia; West Virginia; Western Australia; Windward Is.; Yemen; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rottbøll, C.F. 1773. Descriptionum et Iconum Rariores et pro maxima parte novas plantas illustrantium liber primus

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cyperus polystachyos in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2024 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Cyperus polystachyos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 15 Feb 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cyperus polystachyos. Published online. Accessed 15 Feb 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cyperus polystachyos. Accessed: 15 Feb 2024.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cyperus polystachyos. Accessed: 2024 Feb 15.

Vernacular names

English: manyspike flatsedge
日本語: イガガヤツリ
中文: 多枝扁莎

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