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Cyperus esculentus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 45 (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-0000372964.

Synonyms of Cyperus esculentus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Chlorocyperus aureus (K.Richt.) Palla ex Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903) wfo-0000354488
Chlorocyperus phymatodes (Muhl.) Palla Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903) wfo-0000354778
Cyperus aureus Ten. Fl. Napol. 3: 45 (1824) wfo-0000368185
Cyperus bahiensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 35 (1854) wfo-0000368334
Cyperus buchananii Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. i. 4. wfo-0000369022
Cyperus bulamensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 19 (1854) wfo-0000369041
Cyperus chrysostachys Boeckeler Flora 42: 438 bis (1859) wfo-0000369582
Cyperus damiettensis A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 269 (1833) wfo-0000371145
Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 211 (1886) wfo-0000372975
Cyperus esculentus subsp. aureus K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 135 (1890) wfo-0000372982
Cyperus esculentus var. cyclolepis Boeckeler ex Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 119 (1935) wfo-0000372989
Cyperus esculentus var. hermannii Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13(11): 211. 1886 [Nov 1886] wfo-0000372998
Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 290 (1870) wfo-0000373007
Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 291 (1870) wfo-0000373015
Cyperus esculentus var. nervosostriatus (Turrill) Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(101): 119 (1935) wfo-0000373024
Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Muhl.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 185 (1926) wfo-0000373032
Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 290 (1870) wfo-0000373037
Cyperus esculentus var. sprucei C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 181 (1884) wfo-0000373042
Cyperus fulvescens Liebm. Mexic. Halvgr. : 210 (1850) wfo-0000373912
Cyperus gracilescens Schult. Mant. 2: 100 (1824) wfo-0000374156
Cyperus gracilis Link Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1820) wfo-0000374169
Cyperus heermannii Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 10 (1863 publ. 1864) wfo-0000374466
Cyperus helodes Schrad. ex Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 37 (1842) wfo-0000374477
Cyperus hydra Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 205 (1816) wfo-0000374977
Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 433 (1836) wfo-0000377333
Cyperus melanorhizus Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 50 (1813) wfo-0000377620
Cyperus nervosostriatus Turrill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 68 (1925) wfo-0000378269
Cyperus nervosus Bertol. Opusc. Sci. 3: 407 (1819) wfo-0000378273
Cyperus officinalis T.Nees Pl. Med. , Abbild.: t. 25, f. B (1830) wfo-0000378666
Cyperus pallidus Savi Cat. Piant. Egiz. : 23, 31 wfo-0000378953
Cyperus phymatodes Muhl. Descr. Gram. : 23 (1817) wfo-0000379634
Cyperus repens Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 68 (1816) wfo-0000381225
Cyperus ruficomus Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 9 (1863 publ. 1864) wfo-0000381752
Cyperus sieberianus Link Hort. Berol. 1: 313 (1827) wfo-0000382614
Cyperus tenoreanus Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3(Add. 1): 544 (1827) wfo-0000383797
Cyperus tenorei C.Presl Fl. Sicul. : xliii (1826) wfo-0000383798
Cyperus tuberosus Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 52 (1813) wfo-0000384248
Cyperus variabilis Salzm. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 46 (1854) wfo-0000384599
Pterocyperus esculentus (L.) Opiz Seznam : 80 (1852) wfo-0000503175
Pycreus esculentus (L.) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 147 (1932) wfo-0000505985
Cyperus esculentus f. angustispicatus (Britton) Fernald Rhodora 44: 151 (1942) wfo-0000793608
Cyperus esculentus f. evolutus C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 180 (1884) wfo-0000793610
Cyperus esculentus var. helodes (Schrad. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 181 (1884) wfo-0000793611
Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. ex Osten Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo , ser. 2, 3: 146 (1931) wfo-0000793612
Cyperus esculentus f. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Fernald Rhodora 44: 151 (1942) wfo-0000793613
Cyperus esculentus f. princeps C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 179 (1884) wfo-0000793614
Cyperus phymatodes var. heermannii (Buckley) S.Watson Bot. California 2: 215 (1880) wfo-0000793680
Cyperus tenorianus Schult. Mant. 3(Add. 1): 544 (1827) wfo-0001229040
Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. wfo-0001229042
Cyperus gracilescens Roem. & Schult. wfo-0001229043
Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus wfo-0001301919
Cyperus esculentus f. esculentus wfo-0001301920
Cyperus esculentus var. nervoso-striatus (Turrill) Kuk. wfo-0001440743
Cyperus aureus subsp. esculentus (L.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882) wfo-1200012770
Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii (Buckley) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 214 (1886) wfo-1200032800
Cyperus esculentus prol. aureus (K.Richt.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France : 127 (1935) wfo-1200034573
Cyperus esculentus prol. sativus (Boeckeler) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France : 127 (1935) wfo-1200034574