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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.

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Synonyms of Cyperus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mariscus Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 11 (1788) wfo-1200034357
Platylepis Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 269 (1837) wfo-1200034375
Pterogyne Schrad. ex Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): nota (1842) wfo-1200034378
Torreya Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 356 (1818) wfo-1200034424
Trentepohlia Boeckeler Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 16: 249 (1858) wfo-1200034425
Ungeria Nees ex C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 34 (1884) wfo-1200034430
Acorellus Palla ex Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 68 (1903) wfo-4000000347
Aliniella J.Raynal Adansonia , n.s., 13: 157 (1973) wfo-4000001203
Alinula J.Raynal Adansonia , n.s., 17: 43 (1977) wfo-4000001205
Androcoma Nees J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 396 (1840) wfo-4000001989
Androtrichum (Brongn.) Brongn. Voy. Monde, Phan. 177, t. 32 (1834) wfo-4000002025
Anosporum Nees Linnaea 9: 287 (1834) wfo-4000002336
Ascolepis Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 105 (1855) wfo-4000003256
Ascopholis C.E.C.Fisch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 104 (1931) wfo-4000003257
Atomostylis Steud. Flora 33: 229 (1850) wfo-4000003588
Borabora Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 71 (1855) wfo-4000005008
Chlorocyperus Rikli Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895) wfo-4000008005
Comostemum Nees Linnaea 9: 283 (1834) wfo-4000009071
Courtoisina Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 193 (1979 publ. 1980) wfo-4000009519
Crepidocarpus Klotzsch ex Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 414 (1870) wfo-4000009669
Cylindrolepis Boeckeler Bot. Centralbl. 39: 75 (1889) wfo-4000010328
Cyprolepis Steud. Flora 33: 229 (1850) wfo-4000010483
Diclidium Schrad. ex Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 51 (1842) wfo-4000011481
Didymia Phil. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 57 (1886) wfo-4000011620
Distimus Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105 (1819) wfo-4000012244
Duval-jouvea Palla Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. , ed. 3: 2555 (1905) wfo-4000012802
Epiphystis Trin. Fund. Agrost. 97, t. 1. wfo-4000013628
Eucyperus Rikli Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895) wfo-4000014138
Galilea Parl. Fl. Palerm. 1: 297 (1845) wfo-4000015231
Hemicarpha Nees Linnaea 9: 287 (1834) wfo-4000017356
Hydroschoenus Zoll. & Moritzi Syst. Verz. Java : 95 (1846) wfo-4000018561
Hypaelyptum Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 283 (1805) wfo-4000018731
Indocourtoisia Bennet & Raizada Indian Forester 107: 432 (1981) wfo-4000019062
Juncellus C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India 6: 594 (1893) wfo-4000019665
Kyllinga Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. : 12 (1773) wfo-4000020314
Kyllingiella R.W.Haines & Lye Bot. Not. 131: 176 (1978) wfo-4000020315
Lipocarpha R.Br. Narr. Exped. Zaire : 459 (1818) wfo-4000021912
Lyprolepis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 130 (1855) wfo-4000022546
Mariscopsis Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 60 (1919) wfo-4000023172
Marisculus Goetgh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47: 444 (1977) wfo-4000023173
Mariscus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 372 (1805) wfo-4000023174
Opetiola Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 14 (1788) wfo-4000026920
Oxycaryum Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 90 (1842) wfo-4000027542
Papyrus Willd. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1812-1813: 70 (1812) wfo-4000027959
Pseudomariscus Rauschert Taxon 31: 559 (1982) wfo-4000031588
Pterocyperus Opiz Seznam : 80 (1852) wfo-4000031960
Pycreus P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 2: 48 (1816) wfo-4000032248
Queenslandiella Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 415 (1915) wfo-4000032371
Raynalia Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 193 (1979 publ. 1980) wfo-4000032625
Remirea Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 44 (1775) wfo-4000032738
Rikliella J.Raynal Adansonia , n.s., 13: 154 (1973) wfo-4000033289
Sorostachys Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 71 (1854) wfo-4000035814
Sphaerocyperus Lye Bot. Not. 125: 214 (1972) wfo-4000035977
Sphaeromariscus E.G.Camus Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 239 (1910) wfo-4000035984
Thryocephalon J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl. : 129 (1776) wfo-4000038282
Torulinium Desv. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. : 15 (1825) wfo-4000038620
Volkiella Merxm. & Czech Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 317 (1953) wfo-4000040426
Megarrhena Schrad. ex Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 5 (1842) wfo-4000043744
Antrolepis Welw. Apont. : 578 (1859) wfo-4100002223
Hedychloe Raf. Ann. Nat. 1: 16 (1820) wfo-4100002228
Killinga T.Lestib. Essai Cypér. : 28 (1819) wfo-4100002230
Pterachne Schrad. ex Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 62 (1842) wfo-4100002235
Adupla Bosc ex Juss. Dict. Sci. Nat. 1: 263 (1804) wfo-4100002292
Courtoisia Nees Linnaea 9: 286 (1834) wfo-4100002293

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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 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 albomembranaceus Chiov. Webbia 8: 48, sine descr. lat. 1951 wfo-0001351919
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 angustatus Thunb. ex Spreng. & Link Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1820) wfo-0000915453
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus angustatus var. angustatus – – wfo-0001393222
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 arrhizus Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 577. 1894 [Dec 1894] wfo-0001351921
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus arrojadii H.Pfeiff. – — wfo-0001301642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus atronervatus subsp. angustifolius Lye ex Xanthos Kew Bull. 78(3): 425 2023 wfo-1200069251
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 baldwinii var. multiflorus Chapm. – wfo-0001391535
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 xciii. 344. 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 brainerdii Britton ex Urbina Cat. Pl. Mexic. 366. 1897 wfo-0001219432
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus brevibracteatus (Domin) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001350904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus breviflorus A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 316 (1833) wfo-0000368867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus brevifolius var. stellulatus J.V.Suringar Het Gesl. Cyperus Mal. Archip. 48, pl. 2, f. 5 1898 wfo-0001302273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus brizaemorphus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(7): 5. 1854 [1855 publ. 28-29 Nov 1854] wfo-0000368946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus brizimorphus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 5 (1854) wfo-1000037137
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 bubani Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 4: 769. 1882 [Oct 1882] wfo-0001351922
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus buchtienii Palla in Buchtien, Contrib. Fl. Boliv. 87 (1910), nomen. wfo-0001351923
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 cleaveri Roem. & Schult. Mant. 2: 25 wfo-0001302150
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 compressus subsp. compressus – – wfo-0001367374
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus concinnus var. concinnus – – wfo-0001393250
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 congestus f. gigantea F.Muell. Fragm. 8: 18 1872 — wfo-0000369904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus conglomeratus f. pachyrhizus (Nees ex Boeckeler) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 310. 2009 wfo-0000370007
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus conicus var. conicus – – wfo-0001393255
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 coracana B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3815. 1831 wfo-0001351926
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 cylindricus var. elatior Boeckeler Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1869: 131 (1869) wfo-0000793586
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 var. triqueter Boeck. Flora oder Allgemeine Botanische Zeitung 58 1875 wfo-0001393277
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 distans var. major Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 432 — wfo-0001301913
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 ehrenbergii f. fulvescenss Kük. Ark. Bot. 22A, no. 17: 5. 1929 wfo-0000793600
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 eragrostis var. cyrtostachys (Miq.) C.B.Clarke Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 21 1884 wfo-0000372778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus excurrens J.R.Carter & P.D.Lowe Castanea 87(2): 229. 2022 [31 Dec 2022] wfo-1000044575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus expansus Bojer Hortus Maurit. 380. 1837 wfo-0001301736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus fasciculigerus (F.Muell.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 wfo-0001350910
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus ferox var. acicularis (Schrad. ex Nees) Kük. – wfo-0001392107
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus fezelianus C.B.Clarke – — wfo-0001229041
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(1): 24. 1831 [Mar 1831] wfo-0000373593
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus flavus var. redolens Kük. ex Osten – wfo-0001391709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus foliatus Ehrenb. ex C.B.Clarke Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 559, in syn. 1894 [Dec 1894] wfo-0001351927
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 fulgens var. fulgens – Unknown — wfo-0000373890
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 gangeticus Roxb. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 3351. 1831 wfo-0001351928
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 globosus f. fusco-ater (Meinsh. ex Korsh.) Kük. Pflanzenr. IV, 20(101): 355 1936 — wfo-0000374068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus globosus f. strictus Valck.Sur. Nova Guinea 8 1910 wfo-0001327112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus globularis Zinserl. – — wfo-0001302068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus globuliferus J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 165 (1828) — wfo-0000374101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus gracilis f. gracilis – – wfo-0001327113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus gracilis var. gracilis – – wfo-0001393311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus gunnii subsp. gunnii – – wfo-0001367541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus halpan J.Kern Flora Malesiana Series I 1974 wfo-0001350911
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus hangianus Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 297 (1920) wfo-0000374418
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus haspana var. coarctatus Nees – wfo-0001392339
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 hildebrandtii K.Schum. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C (1895) 118. wfo-0000374650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus holciformis J.Presl & C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1(3): 173 1828 — wfo-0001229106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus honoluluensis Steud. ex Jard. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie , sér. 2, 9: 287 (1875) wfo-0000374822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus hookerianus Arnott ex Wight – — wfo-0001301905
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 javanicus Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 194 (1931) wfo-0000375599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus jenmani C.B.Clarke – — wfo-0001301646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus jouannetii 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(II): 204 (1908) wfo-0000375814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyperus kuekenthalii Merr. J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 322 (1938) wfo-0000375982