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Cyperus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 44 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000010449.

Literature

Synonyms of Cyperus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ascolepis Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 105. 1855. — wfo-4000003256
Juncellus (Griseb.) C.B. Clarke Fl. Brit. India 6(18): 594. 1893. — wfo-4000019665
Kyllinga Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12, pl. 4. 1773. — wfo-4000020314
Mariscus Vahl Enum. Pl. 2: 372. 1805. — wfo-4000023174
Pycreus P. Beauv. Fl. Oware 2: 48. 1816. — wfo-4000032248
Torulinium Desv. ex Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 14–15. 1825. (Oct 1825) — wfo-4000038620

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cyperus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus abnormis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 43 1854 wfo-0000367426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus achalensis Hieron. – — wfo-0001302228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus acutiusculus Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2 1816 wfo-0000367450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus adscendens Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 14 1854 wfo-0000367459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus albidus Retz. Observ. Bot. 6: 21 1791 wfo-0000367520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus amuricocompressus T.Koyama J. Jap. Bot. 33: 256 1958 wfo-0000367673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus amuricoides T.Koyama J. Jap. Bot. 30: 130 1955 wfo-0000367677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus apatris Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 47 1854 wfo-0000367741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus arenarius Salzm. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 46 1854 wfo-0000367770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus aristatus Boeckeler Linnaea 35: 501 1868 wfo-0000367783
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus arrojadii H. Pfeiff. – — wfo-0001301642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus aureolus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 23 1854 wfo-0000368129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus babae T.Koyama Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 194 1961 wfo-0000368285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus baldwinii Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. 511 1860 wfo-0000368362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus benghalensis C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 151 1884 wfo-0000368522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus bifidus Pourr. Chlor. Hisp. 174 1788 wfo-0000368631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus boeckleri Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 93: 344 1896 wfo-0000368723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus boninensis Ohwi Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 18(1): 161 1944 wfo-0000368739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus borealikiiensis T.Koyama & Ogawa J. Jap. Bot. 33: 256 1958 wfo-0000368755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus brizimorphus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 5 1854 — wfo-0000368946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus bromoides Britton ex Parish Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 49 1904 wfo-0000368951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus bufonius (L.) Maack ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 289 1884 wfo-0000369037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus caducus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 315 1855 wfo-0000369135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus capensis Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 378 1870 wfo-0000369248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus carrii Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 256 1938 wfo-0000369345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus catharinensis Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. 2: 9 1890 wfo-0000369401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus chlorocephalus C.B. Clarke – — wfo-0001302126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus coercens Rchb. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 20 1837 wfo-0000369664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus condensatus T.Koyama J. Jap. Bot. 28: 344 1953 wfo-0000369845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus convallium Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 5 1854 wfo-0000370217
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus cylindricus Boeckeler Flora 42: 437 bis 1859 wfo-0000370878
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus cyrtostachys C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 59 1884 wfo-0000371101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus dentifer Kom. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 198 1931 publ. 1932 — wfo-0000371428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus denudatus Vahl Enum. Pl. 2: 324 324 1805 — wfo-0001301912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus depauperatus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 34 1854 wfo-0000371534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus dichromennaeformis Kunth – — wfo-0001301644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus donianus Boeckeler Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 165 1895 wfo-0000372173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus drummondii Nees ex Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 314 1870 wfo-0000372193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus dubius Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 192 1820 — wfo-0000372219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus elytropiptos Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 27 1854 wfo-0000372632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus fezelianus C.B. Clarke – — wfo-0001229041
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus filiculmis A.Rich. Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 285 1850 — wfo-0000373419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus filifolius Willd. – wfo-0001301645
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus flavicomus Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 24 1831 wfo-0000373593
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus fossarum Schltdl. Linnaea 31: 316 1862 — wfo-0000373800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus frionensis Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. 2: 10 1890 wfo-0000373850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus fusciformis Drobow Key Pl. Envir. Tashkent 46 1923 wfo-0000373951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus gardneri Baker Fl. Mauritius 413 1877 wfo-0000373986
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus ginge Welw. Apont. 586 1859 wfo-0000374017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus globularis Zinserl. – — wfo-0001302068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus guatemalensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 47 1854 wfo-0000374309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus hangianus Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 297 1919 publ. 1920 — wfo-0000374418
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus heptaphyllus Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 24 1923 wfo-0000374501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus heribaudii Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 4: 328 1905 wfo-0000374517
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus holciformis J. Presl & C. Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1(3): 173 173 1828 — wfo-0001229106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus honoluluensis Steud. ex Jard. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie II, 9: 287 1875 — wfo-0000374822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus hybridus Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.f., 13-14: 34 1899 wfo-0000374968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus intersita Zinserl. – — wfo-0001302069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus jenmani C.B. Clarke – — wfo-0001301646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus jouannatii Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 4: 328 1905 wfo-0000375633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus kadzusensis T.Koyama Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 193 1961 wfo-0000375714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus kamtschatica Kom. – — wfo-0001302070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus kerstingii Engl. Veg. Erde 9: 204 1908 wfo-0000375814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus kuekenthalii Merr. J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 322 1938 wfo-0000375982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus kuntzei Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. 1: 1 1888 wfo-0000375996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus lamprocarpus Boeckeler Linnaea 35: 490 1868 wfo-0000376369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus lanuginosulus Ruiz ex Buchenau Krit. Verz. Juncac. 1 1897 wfo-0000376474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus lapidicola Kük. Pflanzenr. IV, 20(101): 17 1935 — wfo-0000376480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus laxispicatus Kük. Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exped. Erg.: 3 1921 wfo-0000376600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus laxus Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 6 1796 — wfo-0000376647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus leavenworthii Dewey – — wfo-0001220330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus leonensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 470 1840 wfo-0000376775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus leptanthos Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 26 1854 wfo-0000376794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus leptophyes C.B.Clarke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(68): 14 1902 wfo-0000376822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus ligusticus Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 2: 28 1876 wfo-0000376980
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus litvinovii Meinsh. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 233 233 1901 — wfo-0001033454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus lividus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 35 1854 wfo-0000377076
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus lomatophyllus Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas A: 125 1895 wfo-0000377087
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus lucidulus Link Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 86 1820 wfo-0000377303
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus macrostachys Link J. Bot. (Schrader) 2: 310 1799 wfo-0000377444
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus mariscoides Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 67 1816 wfo-0000377537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus mauritianus Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 4 1796 — wfo-0000377579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus mihashii T.Koyama J. Jap. Bot. 28: 346 1953 wfo-0000377797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus minimus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 202 1775 wfo-0000377812
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus minutiflorus J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 351 1830 wfo-0000377827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus minutus J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 130 1791 wfo-0000377867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus navicularis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 32 1854 wfo-0000378215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus niger var. niger – – — wfo-0001286607
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus ogawai T.Koyama J. Jap. Bot. 31: 325 1956 wfo-0000378668
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus ostenii Kük. ex Osten Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3(2): 135 1931 wfo-0000378816
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus oxilepis Nees – — wfo-0001302233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus pallidus Link Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 86 1820 wfo-0000378958
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus paniculatus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 99 1832 wfo-0000379057
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus paradoxus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 8 1854 wfo-0000379192
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus paramattensis Link Enum. Pl. 46 1809 — wfo-0000379218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus parvus Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 24 1844 wfo-0000379292
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus patulus Willd. ex Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 46 1821 wfo-0000379303
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus paucidentata Zinserl. – — wfo-0001302074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus pauciflora Link – — wfo-0001302075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus pellucida C. Presl – — wfo-0001302076
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus pentabracteus Govind. & Hemadri Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 82(6): 207 207 1975 — wfo-0001271188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus perusillus Boeck. Linnaea 35: 499 499 1868 — wfo-0001302310
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus pes-avium Bertol. Misc. Bot. 8: 30 1849 wfo-0000379538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus petasata Zinserl. – — wfo-0001302077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus phgmaeus Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 20, 4. 14, f. 4 20 1773 — wfo-0001302270
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus philippensis J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 174 1828 wfo-0000379610
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus phleoides (Nees) Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 469 469 1888 wfo-0001301915
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus politus Welw. ex Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 125 1884 wfo-0000380115
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus polyphyllus Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 24 1923 wfo-0000380143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus polystachyus var. hookeriana (Arnott ex Wight) C.B. Clarke in Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 280 280 1883 — wfo-0001301904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus potundus L. – — wfo-0001302098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus propinguus Schrad. – — wfo-0001301647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus pubescens J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 181 1830 wfo-0000380642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus punctorius Schrad. ex Boeckeler Linnaea 35: 567 1868 wfo-0000380861
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus pungens Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 32 1837 wfo-0000380868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus purpureo-glandulosus Mattf. & Kuek. – — wfo-0001302209
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus purpurrhizus Boeckeler – — wfo-0001301648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus quinqueflora O. Schwarz – — wfo-0001302078
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus reticulatus Schimper 1872 — wfo-0001302307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus rheedei F.Muell. Descr. Notes Papuan Pl. 7: 34 1886 wfo-0000381326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus rhenanus Schrad. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 60 1837 wfo-0000381331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus rhigiophyllus Hochst. ex C.Krauss Flora 28: 756 1845 wfo-0000381333
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus rigidulus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 342 1805 wfo-0000381405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus riparius Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 30 1796 wfo-0000381419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus rotundifolius L. – — wfo-0001302235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus ruberosus Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 28, t. 7, f. 1 28 1773 — wfo-0001302267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus rubromarginatus Meinsh. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 236 1901 wfo-0000381704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus rufescens Schrad. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 27 1854 wfo-0000381740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus sanguineofuscus Hook.f. Fl. Tasman. 2: 80 1858 wfo-0000381846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus scoparius Poir. Encycl. 7: 253 1806 wfo-0000382265
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus seminudus Zoll. & Moritzi Syst. Verz. 96 1854 wfo-0000382344
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus st-crucei Liebm. Mexic. Halvgr. 223 1850 — wfo-0000382912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus subanceps Boeckeler Linnaea 38: 368 1874 wfo-0000383195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus tener Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 299 1805 wfo-0000383748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus triceps F.N.Williams Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 7: 90 1907 wfo-0000384124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus triphyllus Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 24 1923 wfo-0000384200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus tropicalis M.T. Strong Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 199 199 2001 — wfo-0001286546
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus tuberosus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 199 1820 wfo-0000384258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus umbellatus Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 470 1888 wfo-0000384328
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus umbellatus Burm.f. Fl. Indica 21 1768 wfo-0000384331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus umbellatus var. panicea Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 15, t. 4, f. 1 15 — wfo-0001301916
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus uncinatus Desv. ex Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 12 1825 wfo-0000384382
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus uniflorus Thunb. Fl. Jav. 8 1825 wfo-0000384411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus venustus Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 68 1837 wfo-0000384679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus violifolia Rodriguez & Alfonso Rev Centr. Agricol. 15(1): 88 88 1989 — wfo-0001302011
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus weatherbianus Fernald Rhodora 20: 190 1918 wfo-0000384949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus weatherbianus Fernald – — wfo-0001302141
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus yamamotoi T.Koyama J. Jap. Bot. 28: 344 1953 wfo-0000385054