Cyperus pectinatus

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:

Name

Cyperus pectinatus Vahl, 1805

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Anosporum pectinatum (Vahl) Lye in Nordic J. Bot. 1: 188 (1981)
  • Heterotypic
    • Anosporum nudicaule (Poir.) Boeckeler in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 27: 26 (1869)
    • Atomostylis cyperiformis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 315 (1855)
    • Atomostylis flavescens Steud. in Flora 33: 229 (1850)
    • Cyperus nudicaulis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 240 (1806)

Homonyms

  • Cyperus pectinatus Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 1: 195 (1820), nom. illeg. vide Cyperus compressus L. in Sp. Pl.: 46 (1753)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
    • Regional: Central Africa
      • Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • KwaZulu-Natal
    • Introduced into:
      • Windward Is.

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

References

Primary references

  • Vahl, M. 1805. Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab aliis, vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. Vol. II. XVI+423 pp. Typis N. Mölleri & filii, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2: 298

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.

Vernacular names