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December 2024

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Cyperus elegantulus Steud.

This species name was first published in Flora 25: 583 (1842)  

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-0000372553.

Synonyms of Cyperus elegantulus Steud.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cyperus atronitens Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 20 (1841) wfo-0000368031
Cyperus elegantulus var. submelanostachyus Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 343 (1936) wfo-0000372560
Cyperus ischnocormus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 11 (1854) wfo-0000375495
Cyperus melanocephalus R.Br. Voy. Abyss. , App.: lxii (1814) wfo-0000377616
Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. : 271 (1983) wfo-0000378287
Pycreus elegantulus (Steud.) C.B.Clarke Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 536 (1894) wfo-0000505979
Pycreus niger subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye Nordic J. Bot. 1: 622 (1981) wfo-0000506798
Cyperus melanostachyus var. elegantulus (Steud.) G.C.Tucker & Gandhi Harvard Pap. Bot. 27: 112 (2022) wfo-1200008613