Cyperus prolixus

Cyperus prolixus

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 prolixus Kunth, 1816

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Chlorocyperus prolixus (Kunth) Palla in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 180 (1908)
    • Comostemum prolixum (Kunth) Nees in J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 397 (1840)
  • Heterotypic
    • Comostemum schottii Nees in Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
    • Cyperus amplissimus Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 316 (1855)
    • Cyperus bisumbellatus Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 46 (1854)
    • Cyperus longeradiatus Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 37 (1854)
    • Cyperus multifolius Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 91 (1837)
    • Cyperus penicillatus Conz. in Fl. Taxon. Mex., ed. 2, 1: 334 (1946)
    • Cyperus prolixus var. vialis (Ridl.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 147 (1935)
    • Cyperus schottii (Nees) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 1: 220 (1839)
    • Cyperus vialis Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 65 (1890)
    • Mariscus multifolius (Kunth) T.Koyama in Phytologia 29: 74 (1974), nom. illeg.
    • Mariscus polyphyllus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 217 (1816)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Panamá, Paraguay, Uruguay
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Central American Pacific Is., Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru,
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern USA
      • Louisiana
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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

References

Primary references

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.
  • Pereira-Silva, L., Larridon, I., de Oliveira Ribeiro, A.R., Santos, V.M. & Trevisan, R. (2022). Diversity and taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in the Central-West region of Brazil. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 480-545. MBG press.

Vernacular names

  • English: mosquito flatsedge
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