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Cyperus compressus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 46 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000369779.

Synonyms of Cyperus compressus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cyperus brachiatus Poir. Encycl. 7: 259 (1806) wfo-0000368796
Cyperus afer G.Bertol. Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 5: 464 1854 wfo-0000369154
Cyperus compressus var. brachiatus (Poir.) Nees Contr. Bot. India : 77 (1834) wfo-0000369786
Cyperus compressus var. capillacea C.B.Clarke Symb. Antill. 2: 32 (1900) wfo-0000369790
Cyperus compressus var. floribundus E.G.Camus Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243 (1910) wfo-0000369796
Cyperus compressus var. laxus E.G.Camus Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 242 (1910) wfo-0000369802
Cyperus compressus subsp. micranthus T.Koyama Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 139 (1977) wfo-0000369807
Cyperus compressus var. pectiniformis (Schult.) C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 97 1884 wfo-0000369815
Cyperus gyraudini Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 28 (1854) wfo-0000374356
Cyperus myyenii Nees & Arn. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 57. 1843 wfo-0000378174
Cyperus pectinatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 195 (1820) wfo-0000379347
Cyperus pectiniformis Schult. Mant. 2: 128 (1824) wfo-0000379351
Cyperus compressus var. compositus J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 177 (1828) wfo-0000793579
Cyperus compressus f. depauperata Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 430 (1915) wfo-0000793580
Cyperus compressus var. simplex J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 177 (1828) wfo-0000793581
Cyperus meyenii Nees, Wight & Arn. Cyperaceae : 5 (1841) wfo-0000916212
Chlorocyperus compressus (L.) Palla Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 451 1909 wfo-0001230343
Cyperus giraudyi Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 28 (1854) wfo-1000047921
Cyperus dilutus f. decolorans Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 45 (1924) wfo-1200032881