Cyperus melanospermus

Cyperus melanospermus

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:
Subspecies: C. m. subsp. bifolius – C. m. subsp. elatus – C. m. subsp. melanospermus

Varietas: C. m. var. hexalatus

Name

Cyperus melanospermus (Nees) Valck.Sur., Cyperus Mal. Arch.: 50 (1898)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Kyllinga melanosperma Nees, R.Wight Contr. Bot. India: 91. (1834)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: Tropical Old World
      • Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • Fiji, Vanuatu

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

References

Primary references

Valck.Sur., 1898. Cyperus Mal. Arch. 50

Additional references

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. & Simpson, D.A. 2007. World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges. 765 pp., The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-199-0 Reference page. .