African Plant Database


Cyperus distans L. f.
Family : CYPERACEAE
Protologue : Suppl. Pl. 103 103 (1782) 
Information on the genus : Cyperus
 
 
Status
Status for MA : rejected (present)
Status for SA : rejected (present)
Status for TA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Cyperus distans L. f. subsp. distans
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye
=Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.
=Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük. (1929)
=Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S. S. Hooper
=Cyperus keniensis Kük.
=Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet
=Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye
=Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.
=Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm. (1919)
=*Mariscus bojeri C.B. Clarke (1895)
=Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B. Clarke) Lye
=Cyperus distans var. niger C.B. Clarke
=Cyperus ferrugineoviridis var. distantiformis Kük.
 
Taxon infra-specific
Cyperus distans L. f. subsp. distans
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Herb, Cyperoid, Mesophyte- Ht 0.5 - 1.4 m. Alt: 5 - 1370 m. Distribution: BOT, EC, KN, LP, MP
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; distribution: Comoros, Mascarenes, Africa, Asia, Australasia/Pacific, New World,

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Hutchinson, J. & J.M. Dalziel (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3[2]: 287

Bibliography other :
  • Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:44 (2012)
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide
see under chg
see under Fgui
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
 
Map
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Record n°37595 modified 2008-09-12
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