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Cyperus distans L.f.

This species name was first published in Suppl. Pl. : 103 (1782)  

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-0000372020.

Synonyms of Cyperus distans L.f.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl. Rep. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 23 (1885) wfo-0000371311
Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 140 (1935) wfo-0000372027
Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 141 (1935) wfo-0000372034
Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 140 (1935) wfo-0000372039
Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983) wfo-0000372049
Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 350 (1901) wfo-0000372055
Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 140 (1935) wfo-0000372064
Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 140 (1935) wfo-0000372072
Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 140 (1935) wfo-0000372075
Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983) wfo-0000372079
Cyperus elatus Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 37 (1773) wfo-0000372500
Cyperus graminicola Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 49 (1854) wfo-0000374212
Cyperus keniaeensis Kük. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 306 (1925) wfo-0000375785
Cyperus kurrii Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 38 (1854) wfo-0000376000
Cyperus laxus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 362 (1805) wfo-0000376679
Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929) wfo-0000377100
Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye Lidia 3: 131 (1994) wfo-0000377107
Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929) wfo-0000377115
Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 271 (1828) wfo-0000378414
Cyperus psilostachys Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 47 (1854) wfo-0000380599
Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. 2: 8 (1890) wfo-0000380908
Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929) wfo-0000381713
Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 38 (1854) wfo-0000382214
Cyperus squamulatus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 49 (1854) wfo-0000382881
Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 584 (1894) wfo-0000468402
Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper Kew Bull. 26: 579 (1972) wfo-0000469382
Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 407 (1919) wfo-0000469468
Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58: 265 (1988) wfo-0000469472
Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 407 (1919) wfo-0000469930
Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929) wfo-0000909492
Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut wfo-0001301814
Cyperus keniensis Kük. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 306 (1925) wfo-1000047922
Cyperus distans subsp. distans wfo-1200024346