Cyperus compressus

Cyperus compressus

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 compressus

Name

Cyperus compressus L., Sp. Pl.: 46 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cyperus brachiatus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 259 (1806).
  • Cyperus pectinatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 195 (1820), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus pectiniformis Schult., Mant. 2: 128 (1824).
  • Cyperus compressus var. compositus J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 177 (1828).
  • Cyperus compressus var. simplex J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 177 (1828).
  • Cyperus compressus var. brachiatus (Poir.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 77 (1834).
  • Cyperus meyenii Nees & Arn. in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Cyperaceae: 5 (1841).
  • Cyperus caffer G.Bertol., Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 5: 464 (1854).
  • Cyperus giraudyi Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 28 (1854).
  • Cyperus compressus var. pectiniformis (Schult.) C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 97 (1884).
  • Cyperus compressus var. capillaceus C.B.Clarke in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 32 (1900).
  • Cyperus compressus var. floribundus E.G.Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243 (1910).
  • Cyperus compressus var. laxus E.G.Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 242 (1910).
  • Cyperus compressus f. depauperatus Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 430 (1915).
  • Cyperus dilutus f. decolorans Kük., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 45 (1924).
  • Cyperus compressus subsp. micranthus T.Koyama, Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 139 (1977).

Homonyms

• Cyperus compressus Jacq., nom. illeg. = Cyperus surinamensis var. surinamensis
• Cyperus compressus Krock., nom. illeg. = Cyperus fuscus L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Afghanistan; Alabama; Andaman Is.; Angola; Arkansas; Assam; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Borneo; Botswana; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Caroline Is.; Cayman Is.; Central African Repu; Chagos Archipelago; China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; Christmas I.; Colombia; Comoros; Cook Is.; Costa Rica; Cuba; Delaware; Dominican Republic; East Himalaya; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Fiji; Florida; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Gilbert Is.; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Hainan; Haiti; Hawaii; Honduras; Illinois; India; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Japan; Jawa; Kazan-retto; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Laccadive Is.; Laos; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Line Is.; Louisiana; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Maluku; Manchuria; Marianas; Marshall Is.; Maryland; Mauritius; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Missouri; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nansei-shoto; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands Antilles; New Caledonia; New Guinea; New Mexico; New South Wales; New York; Nicaragua; Nicobar Is.; Nigeria; Niue; North Carolina; Northern Provinces; Northern Territory; Ohio; Pakistan; Panam; Pennsylvania; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Runion; Samoa; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Society Is.; Socotra; Somalia; South Carolina; South China Sea; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Suriname; Swaziland; Taiwan; Tanzania; Tennessee; Texas; Thailand; Tibet; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad-Tobago; Uganda; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Vietnam; Virginia; Wallis-Futuna Is.; West Himalaya; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe 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. : 46.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus compressus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyperus compressus. Published online. Accessed: Feb 07 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus compressus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cyperus compressus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyperus compressus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: poorland flatsedge, Poorland flatsedge
日本語: クグガヤツリ
português: Capim-barba-de-bode
中文: 扁穗莎草, 莎田草

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