Cyperus articulatus

Cyperus articulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cypereae
Subtribus: Cyperinae
Genus: Cyperus
Species: Cyperus articulatus

Name

Cyperus articulatus L., Sp. Pl.: 44 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chlorocyperus articulatus (L.) Rikli, Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895).
• Heterotypic
  • Cyperus niloticus Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 13 (1775).
  • Cyperus nodosus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Enum. Pl.: 72 (1809).
  • Cyperus autumnalis Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 51 (1813), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus gymnos Schult., Mant. 2: 97 (1824).
  • Cyperus subarticulatus Nees & Meyen, Linnaea 9: 285 (1834), not validly publ.
  • Papyrus pangorei Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 88 (1834).
  • Cyperus subnodosus Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Cyperaceae: 7 (1841).
  • Cyperus articulatus Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 124 (1844), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus borbonicus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 31 (1854).
  • Cyperus interceptus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 31 (1854).
  • Cyperus fistulosus Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 275 (1870).
  • Cyperus nodosus var. aphyllus Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 275 (1870).
  • Cyperus nodosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 276 (1870).
  • Cyperus articulatus var. conglomeratus Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 210 (1886).
  • Cyperus corymbosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Kük. ex Osten, Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 147 (1898).
  • Chlorocyperus cordobensis Palla, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903).
  • Cyperus articulatus var. erythrostachys Graebn., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 25 (1919).
  • Cyperus cordobensis (Palla) Hicken, Darwiniana 1: 112 (1924).
  • Cyperus articulatus f. longispiculosus Kük., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929).
  • Cyperus articulatus var. fistulosus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 79 (1935).
  • Cyperus articulatus var. multiflorus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 79 (1935).
  • Cyperus articulatus var. nodosus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 79 (1935).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Alabama; Algeria; Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Assam; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Botswana; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Burkina; Burundi; Cabinda; Cameroon; Cape Provinces; Cape Verde; Central African Repu; Chad; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Florida; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; India; Iran; Iraq; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Lebanon-Syria; Leeward Is.; Liberia; Louisiana; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Pakistan; Palestine; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Runion; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Sinai; Somalia; South Carolina; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Swaziland; Tanzania; Texas; Thailand; Togo; Trinidad-Tobago; Uganda; Uruguay; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Vietnam; West Himalaya; Western Australia; Windward Is.; Yemen; Zare References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 44.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus articulatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyperus articulatus. Published online. Accessed: Feb 06 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus articulatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cyperus articulatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyperus articulatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: jointed flatsedge, Jointed Flatsedge
français: Souchet articulé
português: Priprioca

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