Cyperus obtusatus

Cyperus obtusatus

Taxonavigation edit

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 obtusatus

Name edit

Cyperus obtusatus (J.Presl & C.Presl) Mattf. & Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 585 (1936).

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Kyllinga obtusata J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 183 (1828).
  • Heterotypic
    • Kyllinga vaginata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 148 (1791).
    • Kyllinga peruviana Lam., Encycl. 3: 366 (1792), nom. superfl.
    • Kyllinga capitata P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: t. 31 (1806).
    • Kyllinga globosa P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: t. 31 (1806).
    • Kyllinga rigida Baldwin, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 2: 169 (1825).
    • Kyllinga pungens Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 326 (1827).
    • Kyllinga vaginata Rchb.f. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 128 (1837), pro syn.
    • Schoenus angularis Spreng. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 128 (1837).
    • Kyllinga stricta Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 13 (1842).
    • Cyperus aphyllus Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 24 (1844), nom. illeg.
    • Cyprolepis denudata Steud., Flora 33: 229 (1850), not validly publ.
    • Kyllinga repens Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 67 (1854).
    • Lyprolepis denudata Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 130 (1855).
    • Kyllinga obtusata var. cylindrostachya Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 419 (1868).
    • Kyllinga obtusata var. subaphylla Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 418 (1868).
    • Kyllinga tenuis Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 423 (1868), nom. illeg.
    • Kyllinga obtusata var. aphylla Boeckeler, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1869: 159 (1869).
    • Cyperus peruvianus F.N.Williams, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 90 (1907).
    • Cyperus obtusatus var. africanus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 586 (1936).
    • Cyperus obtusatus var. cylindrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 586 (1936).
    • Cyperus obtusatus var. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 586 (1936).
    • Kyllinga erecta var. africana (Kük.) S.S.Hooper, Kew Bull. 26: 580 (1972).


Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Trop. America, Cape Verde, Trop. Africa
      • Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Cayman Is.; Central African Repu; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Rwanda; Sudan; Suriname; Tanzania; Togo; Uruguay; Venezuela; Windward Is.; Zare

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Caribbean island spikesedge
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