Cyperus echinatus

Cyperus echinatus

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 echinatus

Name

Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 734 (1861).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scirpus echinatus L., Sp. Pl.: 50 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Mariscus echinatus (L.) Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 75 (1816).
• Heterotypic
  • Schoenus umbellatus Jacq., Collectanea 1: 113 (1787).
  • Kyllinga ovularis Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 29 (1803).
  • Mariscus ovularis (Michx.) Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 374 (1805).
  • Mariscus ovularis var. tenellus Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 58 (1824).
  • Cyperus ovularis (Michx.) Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 278 (1836).
  • Mariscus retroflexus Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 121 (1837).
  • Mariscus sphaericus Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 121 (1837).
  • Mariscus rivularis Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 674 (1852).
  • Mariscus bracheilema Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 317 (1855).
  • Mariscus drummondii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 316 (1855).
  • Mariscus sphaerocephalus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 316 (1855).
  • Cyperus ovularis var. americanus Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 377 (1862), not validly publ.
  • Cyperus ovularis var. sphaericus Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 378 (1870).
  • Cyperus wolfii Alph.Wood, Bot. Gaz. 1: 38 (1876).
  • Mariscus globulosus Urb., Symb. Antill. 2: 165 (1900).
  • Cyperus ovularis var. wolfii (Alph.Wood) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 512 (1936).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Missouri; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Rhode I.; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wood, A., 1861. A Class-book of Botany. Editon of 1861 ed. s.n.(b), 734.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus echinatus 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 echinatus. Published online. Accessed: Feb 07 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus echinatus 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 echinatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyperus echinatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: globe flatsedge

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