Cyperus tenuispica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

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

Cyperus tenuispica Steud., 1854

Heterotypic
- Cyperus delicatulatus Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 21 (1854)
- Cyperus fieldingii Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 2 (1854)
- Cyperus guaricensis Schnee in Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 9: 17 (1944)
- Cyperus leptostachys Nees in Linnaea 9: 285 (1834), not validly publ.
- Cyperus pseudohaspan Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6: 47 (1892)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
  - Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Brazil West-Central, Costa Rica, Guyana, Venezuela

Steudel, E. 1854–1855. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Pars II. Cyperaceae et Familiae affines, Restiaceae, Eriocauloneae, Xyrideae, Desvauxieae, Junceae. iii + 348 pp., J.B.Metzler, Stuttgardiae. BHL Reference page. : 2: 11

Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cyperus tenuispica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. 03. Published online. Accessed: June 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Cyperus tenuispica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 June 2025. Reference page.