Cyperus ligularis

Cyperus ligularis

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 ligularis

Name

Cyperus ligularis L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 867 (1759).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mariscus ligularis (L.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 2: 165 (1900).
• Heterotypic
  • Cyperus rufus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 210 (1816).
  • Mariscus rufus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 216 (1816).
  • Cyperus callophorus G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 32 (1818).
  • Mariscus coriaceus G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 38 (1818).
  • Cyperus dissolutus Kunth, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 87 (1820).
  • Cyperus ubertus Willd. ex Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 87 (1820).
  • Mariscus glandulosus Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 382 (1837).
  • Cyperus coriaceus (G.Mey.) Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 42 (1842).
  • Cyperus vulnerans Salzm. ex Schltdl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 98 (1849).
  • Cyperus punctatifolius Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 27 (1854).
  • Cyperus spicatocapitatus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 27 (1854).
  • Cyperus thyrsiflorus Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 365 (1869), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus glandulosus (Bojer) Rolfe, J. Bot. 20: 362 (1882).
  • Cyperus rionensis Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 1: 12 (1888).
  • Cyperus sintenisii Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 1: 12 (1888).
  • Cyperus trigonus Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 1: 11 (1888).
  • Cyperus glaucoviridis Boeckeler, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 230 (1895).
  • Cyperus ligularis var. spicatocapitatus (Steud.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 476 (1936).
  • Mariscus dissolutus (Kunth) T.Koyama, Phytologia 29: 73 (1974).

Homonyms

• Cyperus ligularis Hemsl., nom. illeg. = Cyperus appendiculatus var. appendiculatus

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama; California; Florida; Louisiana Continental: Africa Aldabra; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mauritania; Mexican Pacific Is.; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Nigeria; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Togo; Zare Continental: Southern America Aruba; Bahamas; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil West-Central; Cayman Is.; Central American Pac; Chagos Archipelago; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Galpagos; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Southwest Caribbean; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Turks-Caicos Is.; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 2:867.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus ligularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyperus ligularis. Published online. Accessed: Feb 09 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus ligularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cyperus ligularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyperus ligularis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Alabama swamp flatsedge

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