Cyperus procerus

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 procerus Rottb., 1773

Homotypic
- Duval-jouvea procera (Rottb.) H.Pfeiff. in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 167 (1928)
Heterotypic
- Cyperus anceps B.Heyne ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 466 (1840), nom. nud.
- Cyperus carnosus B.Heyne ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 3355 A (1831), nom. nud.
- Cyperus griffithianus Boeckeler in Linnaea 35: 601 (1868)
- Cyperus heynei Boeckeler in Linnaea 35: 600 (1868)
- Cyperus procerus var. griffithianus (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 91 (1935)
- Cyperus procerus var. lasiorrhachis C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 610 (1893)
- Cyperus procerus var. stenanthus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 92 (1935)
- Cyperus procerus var. straminicolor (Cherm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 91 (1935)
- Cyperus procerus var. trachycladus (Cherm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 92 (1935)
- Cyperus procerus var. vanderystii Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 92 (1935)
- Cyperus straminicolor Cherm. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 349 (1919 publ. 1920)
- Cyperus straminicolor var. betsileensis Cherm. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 554 (1921)
- Cyperus trachycladus Cherm. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 348 (1919 publ. 1920)
- Mariscus thwaitesii Livera in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 103 (1928)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
  - Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China Southeast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Jamaica

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cyperus procerus 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 procerus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 June 2025. Reference page.