Cyperus surinamensis

Cyperus surinamensis

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 surinamensis
Varieties: C. s. var. lutescens – C. s. var. surinamensis

Name

Cyperus surinamensis Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 35 (1773).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. America Alabama; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Arkansas; Bahamas; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Chagos Archipelago; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Florida; French Guiana; Georgia; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Jamaica; Kansas; Leeward Is.; Louisiana; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Nicaragua; Oklahoma; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; South Carolina; Suriname; Tennessee; Texas; Trinidad-Tobago; Uruguay; Venezuela; Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rottbøll, C.F. 1772. Descriptiones plantarum rariorum iconibus illustrandas : cum earum, quae primo proximeque prodituro fasciculo continebuntur, elencho, programmate : quo lectiones in horto botanico ao. 1772 BHL Reference page. : 20. 1772; 35, pl. 6.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus surinamensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyperus surinamensis. Published online. Accessed: Feb 11 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus surinamensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cyperus surinamensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyperus surinamensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: tropical flatsedge
中文: 刺桿莎草

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