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genus

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.

Statistics

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

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