Cyperus squarrosus

Cyperus squarrosus

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 squarrosus

Name

Cyperus squarrosus L., Cent. Pl. II: 6 (1756).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pycreus squarrosus (L.) Nees, Linnaea 9: 283 (1834).
  • Dichostylis squarrosa (L.) Palla, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 296 (1888).
  • Mariscus squarrosus (L.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 623 (1893).
• Heterotypic
  • Scirpus intricatus L., Mant. Pl. 2: 182 (1771).
  • Cyperus aristatus Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 22 (1773), nom. superfl.
  • Scirpus lappaceus Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 139 (1791).
  • Cyperus uncinatus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 215 (1810), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus brownii Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 228 (1817).
  • Cyperus inflexus Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 16 (1817).
  • Cyperus purshii Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 177 (1817).
  • Cyperus aureus J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 168 (1828), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus versicolor Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 78 (1834).
  • Cyperus pygmaeus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 142 (1835), nom. illeg.
  • Isolepis echinulata Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 205 (1837).
  • Cyperus inflexus var. acaulis Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 178 (1847).
  • Cyperus inflexus var. elongatus Hook.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 178 (1847).
  • Cyperus falciculosus Liebm., Mexic. Halvgr.: 204 (1850).
  • Cyperus aristatus var. versicolor (Nees) Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 500 (1868).
  • Cyperus squarrosus var. congestus Benth., Fl. Austral. 7: 268 (1878).
  • Cyperus squarrosus var. cylindraceus Benth., Fl. Austral. 7: 268 (1878).
  • Cyperus aristatus f. inflexus (Muhl.) C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 92 (1884).
  • Dichostylis aristata (Rottb.) Palla, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888).
  • Cyperus aristatus var. floribundus E.G.Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243 (1910).
  • Chlorocyperus inflexus (Muhl.) Palla, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 17(Beibl.): 6 (1911).
  • Cyperus arsitatus var. perennis M.E.Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 18: 25 (1933).
  • Cyperus aristatus f. falciculosus (Liebm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 505 (1936).
  • Cyperus aristatus var. inflexus (Muhl.) Boeckeler ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 504 (1936).
  • Cyperus aristatus var. semiglobosus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 504 (1936).
  • Mariscus aristatus (Rottb.) Cherm., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 366 (1938), nom. illeg.
  • Cyperus aristatus var. runyonii O'Neill, Rhodora 44: 56 (1942).
  • Mariscus intricatus (L.) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40(Suppl.): 1453 (1970).
  • Cyperus squarrosus var. runyonii (O'Neill) S.D.Jones & Wipff, Phytologia 77: 462 (1994 publ 1995).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. to N. America Afghanistan; Alabama; Alberta; Andaman Is.; Angola; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Argentina South; Arizona; Arkansas; Aruba; Assam; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Benin; Bolivia; Botswana; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; British Columbia; Burkina; Burundi; California; Cape Provinces; Cape Verde; Central African Repu; Chad; Chile Central; China South-Central; Colombia; Colorado; Connecticut; Cuba; Delaware; District of Columbia; East Himalaya; Ecuador; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Florida; Free State; Gabon; Galpagos; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Idaho; Illinois; India; Indiana; Iowa; Italy; Ivory Coast; Kansas; Kentucky; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Louisiana; Madagascar; Maine; Malawi; Mali; Manitoba; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mauritania; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nebraska; Nepal; Netherlands Antilles; Nevada; New Brunswick; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New South Wales; New York; Niger; Nigeria; North Carolina; North Dakota; Northern Provinces; Northern Territory; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oman; Ontario; Oregon; Pakistan; Paraguay; Pennsylvania; Peru; Puerto Rico; Quebec; Queensland; Rhode I.; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Socotra; Somalia; South Australia; South Carolina; South Dakota; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Tennessee; Texas; Thailand; Tibet; Togo; Turks-Caicos Is.; Uganda; Uruguay; Utah; Venezuela; Vermont; Victoria; Vietnam; Virginia; Washington; West Himalaya; West Virginia; Western Australia; Wisconsin; Wyoming; Yemen; Zaire References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1756. Centuria II. Plantarum. 34 pp., Upsaliae, exc. L.M. Höjer. BHL Reference page. : 6.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus squarrosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyperus squarrosus. Published online. Accessed: Feb 11 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyperus squarrosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cyperus squarrosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyperus squarrosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: bearded flatsedge

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