Cyperus tenuis

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 tenuis

Name

Cyperus tenuis Sw., 1788

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mariscus tenuis (Sw.) Nelmes in Amer. J. Bot. 39: 385 (1952), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Cyperus breviradiatus Liebm. in Mexic. Halvgr.: 214 (1850)
  • Cyperus camphoratus var. breviradiatus (Liebm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 422 (1936)
  • Cyperus caracasanus Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 86 (1837)
  • Cyperus discigerus Liebm. in Mexic. Halvgr.: 24 (1850)
  • Cyperus dussianus Duss in Ann. Inst. Colon. Marseille 3: 541 (1896 publ. 1897)
  • Cyperus dussii Boeckeler in Beitr. Cyper. 2: 37 (1890)
  • Cyperus eurystachys Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 143 (1884)
  • Cyperus flabelliformis (Kunth) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 228 (1825), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus flexibilis Maury in J. Bot. (Morot) 2: 392 (1888)
  • Cyperus hartii Boeckeler in Beitr. Cyper. 1: 9 (1888)
  • Cyperus platystachyus Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 567 (1864)
  • Cyperus sertularinus var. discigerus (Liebm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 411 (1936)
  • Cyperus tenuis var. aximensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 418 (1936)
  • Cyperus tenuis var. brevior Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 417 (1936)
  • Cyperus tenuis var. eurystachys (Ridl.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 418 (1936)
  • Cyperus tenuis var. fulvescens Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 417 (1936)
  • Cyperus tenuis var. grandiceps Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 417 (1936)
  • Cyperus tenuis var. luridus (T.Durand & De Wild.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 418 (1936)
  • Mariscus aximensis C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 398 (1902)
  • Mariscus discigerus (Liebm.) T.Koyama in Phytologia 29: 73 (1974)
  • Mariscus eurystachys (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 587 (1894)
  • Mariscus flabelliformis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 215 (1816)
  • Mariscus flabelliformis var. aximensis (C.B.Clarke) S.S.Hooper in Kew Bull. 26: 579 (1972)
  • Mariscus luridus T.Durand & De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 36: 89 (1897)
  • Mariscus tenuis var. fulvescens (Kük.) Nelmes in Amer. J. Bot. 39: 385 (1952)

Homonyms

• Cyperus tenuis Muhl. in Descr. Gram.: 22 (1817), nom. illeg. vide Cyperus polystachyos var. polystachyos

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Tropical America & Africa Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Introduced into: Galápagos References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 20

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cyperus tenuis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. 03. Published online. Accessed: June 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Cyperus tenuis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 June 2025. Reference page.