167.0000
						Family
						Cyperaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 26 (1789), nom. cons.
						
91 genera, ca. 5700 spp. Phylogeny: Larridon et al. 2021
						Species listed in database: 5730; hybrids: 297
						
							
								
								= Kobresiaceae    Gilly; Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 26: 210 (1952)
= Mapaniaceae    Shipunov; Zhurn. Obshchei Biol. 64: 505 (2003)
= Papyraceae    Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 761, 1129 (1835)
= Scirpaceae    Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 2: 340 (1797)
= Scleriaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 263 (1820)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
						167.4221
						Genus
						Cyperus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 44 (1753)
						
Distribution: Tropical, subtropical and temperate regions. The genus is taken in a very broad sense following extensive molecular studies (Larridon et al. 2014 and others). Many species are widely introduced, causing long synonym lists and numerous taxonomic problems.
						Species listed in database: 956; hybrids: 6
						
							
								
								= Acorellus    Palla ex Kneuck.; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 68 (1903)
= Adupla    Bosc ex Juss.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier] 1: 263 (1804)
= Aliniella    J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13: 157 (1973), nom. illeg.
= Alinula    J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 17: 43 (1977)
= Androcoma    Nees; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 396 (1840)
= Androtrichum    (Brongn.) Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 177 (1834)
= Anosporum    Nees; Linnaea 9: 287 (1834)
= Antrolepis    Welw.; Apont. 578 (1859), nom. inval.
= Ascolepis    Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 105 (1855)
= Ascopholis    C.E.C.Fisch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 104 (1931)
= Atomostylis    Steud.; Flora 33: 229 (1850)
= Borabora    Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 71 (1855)
= Chlorocyperus    Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Comostemum    Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Courtoisia    Nees; Linnaea 9: 286 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Courtoisina    Soják; Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 193 (1979 publ. 1980)
= Crepidocarpus    Klotzsch ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 414 (1870)
= Cylindrolepis    Boeckeler; Bot. Centralbl. 39: 75 (1889)
= Cyprolepis    Steud.; Flora 33: 229 (1850), nomen
= Diclidium    Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 51 (1842)
= Didymia    Phil.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 57 (1886)
= Distimus    Raf.; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105 (1819)
= Duval-jouvea    Palla; Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3 [Hallier & Brand] 3: 2555 (1905)
= Epiphystis    Trin.; Fund. Agrost. [Trinius] 97 (1820)
= Eucyperus    Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
= Galilea    Parl.; Fl. Palerm. 1: 297 (1845)
= Hedychloe    Raf.; Ann. Nat. 1: 16 (1820)
= Hemicarpha    Nees; Linnaea 9: 287 (1834)
= Hydroschoenus    Zoll. & Moritzi; Syst. Verz. Arch. Ind. [Moritzi et al.] 95 (1846)
= Hypaelyptum    Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 283 (1805), nom. rej.
= Indocourtoisia    Bennet & Raizada; Indian Forester 107: 432 (1981), nom. illeg.
= Juncellus    C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 594 (1893)
= Killinga    T.Lestib.; Essai Cypér. 28 (1819)
= Kyllinga    Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12 (1773), nom. cons.
= Kyllingiella    R.W.Haines & Lye; Bot. Not. 131: 176 (1978)
= Lipocarpha    R.Br.; Narr. Exped. Zaire [Tuckey] 459 (1818)
= Lyprolepis    Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 130 (1855)
= Mariscopsis    Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 60 (1919)
= Marisculus    Goetgh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47: 444 (1977)
= Mariscus    Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 11 (1788), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus    Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 372 (1805), nom. cons.
= Megarrhena    Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 5 (1842), pro syn.
= Opetiola    Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 14 (1788)
= Oxycaryum    Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 90 (1842)
= Papyrus    Willd.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1812-1813: 70 (1812)
= Platylepis    Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 269 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Pseudomariscus    Rauschert; Taxon 31: 559 (1982), nom. illeg.
= Pterachne    Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 62 (1842), nom. inval.
= Pterocyperus    Opiz; Seznam [Opiz] 80 (1852)
= Pterogyne    Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): nota (1842), nom. inval.
= Pycreus    P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 2: 48 (1816)
= Queenslandiella    Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 415 (1915)
= Raynalia    Soják; Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 193 (1979 publ. 1980)
= Remirea    Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 44 (1775)
= Rikliella    J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13: 154 (1973)
= Sorostachys    Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 71 (1854)
= Sphaerocyperus    Lye; Bot. Not. 125: 214 (1972)
= Sphaeromariscus    E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 239 (1910)
= Thryocephalon    J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.; Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2: 129 (1776)
= Torreya    Raf.; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105 (1819), nom. illeg.
= Torulinium    Desv.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 15 (1825)
= Trentepohlia    Boeckeler; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 16: 249 (1858)
= Ungeria    Nees ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 34 (1884)
= Volkiella    Merxm. & Czech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 8: 317 (1953)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
					
					
					
					
						
						
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											Cyperus abietinus
										
										
									 (Goetgh.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 18 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; S-Chad; Tanzania; Angola; Botswana
			22 IVO MLI SEN 23 BUR CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA 25 TAN 26 ANG 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha abietina   Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 19 (1989)
= Lipocarpha triceps var. latinux Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40, Anhang 123 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus absconditicoronatus
										
										
									 Bauters, Reynders & Goetgh.; Novon 20(2): 133 (2010)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; Zambia
			26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus absconditicoronatus   (Bauters, Reynders & Goetgh.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 147 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus acaulescens
										
										
									 Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 41 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Malawi
			26 MLW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus acaulis   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [10]: 91 (1955), non Cyperus acaulis Steud. 1842
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus acholiensis
										
										
									 Larridon; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 144(3): 351 (2011), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?South Sudan; Uganda
			25 UGA
			
				Remarks: known only from type specimen
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllingiella ugandensis   R.W.Haines & Lye; Bot. Not. 131(1): 177 (1978)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus acuminatus
										
										
									 Torr. &  Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 435 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tapertip flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Saskatchewan); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, Wyoming); Mexico  (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
			71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus acuminatus var. cyrtolepis (Torr. & Hook.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 178 (1936)
= Cyperus cyrtolepis   Torr. & Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 436 (1836)
= Cyperus cyrtolepis var. caepitosus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 558 (1868)
= Cyperus cyrtolepis var. denticarinatus (Britton) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 209 (1886)
= Cyperus cyrtolepis var. glaucescens Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 557 (1868)
= Cyperus rufescens var. denticarinatus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 11: 85 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus acuticarinatus
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 93 (1913)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; ?Cameroon; South Sudan
			22 BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN TOG 24 SSU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus crustaceus   Raymond; Garcia de Orta 11: 374 (1963)
= Cyperus macranthus f. acuticarinatus (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 389 (1936)
= Pycreus acuticarinatus   (Kük.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 262 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus aethiops
										
										
									 Welw. ex Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 129 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; ?D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; N-Botswana; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, Limpopo, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			22 BKN GHA GUI IVO 23 CAF CON 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus aberdarensis   Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 301 (1925)
= Cyperus aethiops var. aberdarensis (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 367 (1936)
= Cyperus aethiops var. tessmannii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 366 (1936)
= Cyperus betschuanus   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 406 (1890)
= Cyperus cooperi   (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Bot. Not. 68 (1934)
= Cyperus neocooperi   Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 41 (2014), nom. nov. for Pyreus cooperi
= Pycreus aethiops   (Welw. ex Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 534 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Pycreus betschuanus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Pycreus cooperi   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus affinis
										
										
									 Roem. &  Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 213 (1817)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Bolivia  (Beni); Brazil
			81 CUB HIS 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus comosus   (Kunth) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 185 (1817), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus giganteus   G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 35 (1818)
= Cyperus giganteus var. comosus (Kunth) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 32: 74 (1933)
= Cyperus pseudogiganteus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 39 (1854)
= Papyrus comosus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 218 (1816)
= Papyrus comosus   Willd.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1812-1813: 74 (1816)
= Papyrus elegans   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 59 (1842)
= Papyrus radiatus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 57 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus africanus
										
										
									 (S.S.Hooper) Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 41 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sierra Leone; Nigeria; Cameroon; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Zambia; Madagascar; India
			22 NGA SIE 23 BUR CMN RWA 24 ETH 26 ZAM 29 MDG 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus africanus   (S.S.Hooper) Reynders; Blumea 55(3): 227 (2010)
= Pycreus divulsus subsp. africanus S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 579 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afroalpinus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 226 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; N-Tanzania
			23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afrodunensis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 222 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Somalia; Kenya
			24 SOM 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afroechinatus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burkina Faso; Ghana
			22 BKN GHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ghanechinatus   Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 39 (2014)
= Kyllinga echinata   S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 580 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afromontanus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 225 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uganda; ?Tanzania
			25 UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afrooccidentalis
										
										
									 (Lye) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 38 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ivory Coast
			22 IVO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga afrooccidentalis   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 744 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afropumilus
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
			25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga afropumila   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 741 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afrorobustus
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 7(4): 96 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
			22 GAM GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE 23 BIO CON GAB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus densicaespitosus var. major (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 599 (1936)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. robusta (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 96 (1929)
= Kyllinga caespitosa var. major Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 12 (1842)
= Kyllinga robusta   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 409 (1868)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus afrovaricus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 222 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus aggregatus
										
										
									 (Willd.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 93 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Inflatedscale flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Australia [I]  (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); USA  (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. Thomas); Antigua; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Trinidad; Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Boyacá, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, La Guajira, Meta, Nariño, Santander, Valle, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Durazno, Flores Prov., Florida Prov., Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman); Chile  (Biobío)
			50 aus 73 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS HON NIC PAN 81 ABA CUB GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE STL STV TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
				
			 
			
				
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							= Carex sieberi   Nees ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 118 (1837)
= Cyperus argentinus   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 502 (1884)
= Cyperus bracteifer   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 28 (1854)
= Cyperus cayennensis   (Lam.) Britton; Bull. Dept. Agric. Jamaica 5: Suppl. 1: 8 (1907) [not Willd. ex Link 1820
= Cyperus cayennensis var. argentinus (Boeckeler) Kük. ex Barros; Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 39: 357 (1938)
= Cyperus flavomariscus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 567 (1864)
= Cyperus flavus   (Vahl) Nees; Linnaea 19: 698 (1847), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus flavus var. aggregatus (Willd.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 532 (1936)
= Cyperus flavus var. angustatus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 186 (1926)
= Cyperus flavus var. argentinus (Boeckeler) Kük. ex Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3(2): 151 (1931)
= Cyperus flavus var. laevis (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 531 (1936)
= Cyperus flavus var. obesus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 532 (1936)
= Cyperus obesus   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 211 (1851)
= Cyperus productus   C.Wright; Anales Real Acad. Ci. Méd. Fís. Nat. Habana Revista Ci. 8: 77 (1871)
= Didymia cyperomorpha   Phil.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: t. 1 (1887)
= Kyllinga cayennensis   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 149 (1791)
= Kyllinga squarrosa   Baldwin; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 2: 170 (1825)
= Mariscus aggregatus   Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 70 (1809)
= Mariscus brasiliensis   Raddi; Atti Reale Accad. Lucchese Sci. 2: 342 (1823)
= Mariscus cayennensis   (Lam.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 165 (1900)
= Mariscus confertospicatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 64 (1854)
= Mariscus confertus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 213 (1816)
= Mariscus elatus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 116 (1837)
= Mariscus flavus f. umbellatoflavus C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(App. 1): 20 (1898)
= Mariscus flavus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 374 (1805)
= Mariscus laevigatus   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 243 (1817)
= Mariscus laevis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 214 (1816), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus latibracteatus   Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 404 (1913)
= Mariscus littoralis   G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 37 (1818)
= Mariscus mexicanus   Willd. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 90 (1820)
= Mariscus rigidus   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2), Cur. Post.: 29 (1827)
= Mariscus sylvestris   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 377 (1816)
= Mariscus toluccensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 65 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. gigas
									 (Lindm.) Guagl.; Hickenia 2(31): 137 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba; Peru; Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Central, Cordillera, Guaira); Uruguay  (Paysandu); Argentina  (Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			81 CUB 83 PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cayennensis var. gigas (Lindm.) Barros; Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 39: 355 (1938)
= Cyperus flavus var. gigas (Lindm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 532 (1936)
= Cyperus retrorsus var. australis (Lindm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 512 (1936)
= Mariscus cylindricus var. australis Lindm.; Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 26(3
= Mariscus flavus var. gigas Lindm.; Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 26(3
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ajax
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 343 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique
			23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus derreilema var. ajax (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 302 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus alaticaulis
										
										
									 R.Booth, D.J.Moore & Hodgon; Austrobaileya 8(1): 40 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus alatus
										
										
									 (Nees) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 272 (1874)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. alatus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Seychelles [I]
			23 EQG 24 ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 sey
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus alatus var. serratus Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 611 (1936)
= Cyperus cristatus var. exalatus Merxm.; Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 80 (1951)
= Kyllinga alata   Nees; Linnaea 10: 139 (1835)
= Kyllinga alba var. alata (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 526 (1894)
= Kyllinga alba var. exalata (Merxm.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 525 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. albus
									 (Nees) Lye; Lidia 3(5): 172 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Chad; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			22 GHA IVO NGA TOG 23 CAF CON 24 CHA SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cartilagineus var. laevissimus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 609 (1936)
= Cyperus cristatus   (Kunth) Mattf. & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 609 (1936)
= Cyperus cristatus var. nigritanus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 610 (1936)
= Cyperus nigripes var. grandiceps Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 572 (1936)
= Cyperus nigritanus   (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
= Kyllinga alata var. alba (Nees) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 335 (1895)
= Kyllinga alba   Nees; Linnaea 10: 140 (1836)
= Kyllinga alba subsp. nigritana (C.B.Clarke) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 190 (1995)
= Kyllinga alba var. diminuta Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 91 (1913)
= Kyllinga alba var. laevissima Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 334 (1935)
= Kyllinga alba var. nigritana (C.B.Clarke) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 525 (1960)
= Kyllinga cristata   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 136 (1837)
= Kyllinga nigritana   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 272 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. ascolepidioides
									 (Cherm.) Lye; Lidia 3(5): 172 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ivory Coast; ?Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; Angola
			22 IVO NGA 23 CAF EQG GAB ZAI 24 CHA SUD 26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ascolepidioides   (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.) 610 (1936)
= Cyperus cristatus subsp. ascolepidioides (Cherm.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: 2 (1983)
= Kyllinga alba subsp. ascolepidioides (Cherm.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 746 (1981 publ. 1982), et in R. W. Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr., Appendix 3: p. 2 (1983)
= Kyllinga ascolepidioides   Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): p. 4 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus albescens
										
										
									 (Steud.) Larridon & Govaerts; Kew Bull. 71(2)-30: 1 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]  (Tshopo etc.); W-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius; China  (Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Sumatra  (incl. Bangka Isl., Lingga Arch.); Borneo  (incl. Natuna Isl., Anambas Isl.); Sulawesi; Philippines; Java  (incl. Madura Isl.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland)
			22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CON EQG ZAI 24 CHA SSU SUD 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD LAO THA 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus lipocarpha   T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960), nom. nov. superfl.
= Cyperus submaculatus   (Vahl) T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960) [non Cyperus argenteus Ridl.]
= Hypaelyptum argenteum   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 283 (1805), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Hypaelyptum senegalense   (Lam.) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 127 (1895)
= Hypaelytrum argenteum   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 283 (1805) [nom. illeg.]
= Hypolytrum albidum   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 266 (1837), pro syn.
= Hypolytrum argenteum   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 218 (1816)
= Hypolytrum laevigatum   (Roxb.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 233 (1824)
= Kyllinga albescens   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 68 (1854)
= Lipocarpha argentea   (Kunth) R.Br.; Narr. Exped. Zaire [Tuckey] 477 (1818), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Lipocarpha bawangensis   R.H.Miao; Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 30(2): 86 (1991)
= Lipocarpha chinensis   (Osbeck) J.Kern; Blumea, Suppl. 4: 167 (1958)
= Lipocarpha debilis   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 243 (1916)
= Lipocarpha laevigata   (Roxb.) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 92 (1834)
= Lipocarpha senegalensis   (Lam.) T.Durand & H.Durand; Syll. Fl. Congol. 619 (1909)
= Rikliella chinensis   (Osbeck) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 381 (2009)
= Scirpus chinensis   Osbeck; Dagb. Ostind. Resa 220 (1757)
= Scirpus senegalensis   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 140 (1791)
= Tunga laevigata   Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 188 (1820)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus albiceps
										
										
									 Ridl.; J. Bot. 22: 16 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; N-Namibia; N-Botswana
			23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus merxmuelleri   (Podlech) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Cyperus retzii   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 255 (1806)
= Kyllinga albiceps   (Ridl.) Rendle; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 2: 106 (1899)
= Kyllinga merxmuelleri   Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 525 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus albogracilis
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania; Zambia
			25 TAN 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga albogracilis   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 742 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus albopilosus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Bot. Not. 69 (1934)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			22 NGA 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus albopilosus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 394 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus albopurpureus
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 34 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus albosanguineus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 555 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			23 ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus albosanguineus   (Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 16 (1971)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus albostriatus
										
										
									 Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 107 (1832)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Australia [I]  (South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; ?Vanuatu [I]
			26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES SAF SWZ 50 aus nfk 51 nzl
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus albostriatus var. mossii (Turrill) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 66 (1934)
= Cyperus braunii   Vatke; Index Sem. (Berlin) 1872(App.): 5 (1872)
= Cyperus mariscus   Nees; Linnaea 7: 515 (1832)
= Cyperus mossii   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 67 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus albus
										
										
									 J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 175 (1828)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Botswana; South Africa  (Transvaal, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 BOT LES SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus algeriensis
										
										
									 Väre & Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 481 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Algeria
			20 ALG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus conglomeratus f. strictus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 274 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus alleizettei
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 390 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus alleizettei   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 140 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus almensis
										
										
									 D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 48(4): 699 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Bahia)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus alopecuroides
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 38, t. 8 fig. 2 (1772)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fuchsschwanz-Zypergras (DE); Foxtail Flatsedge (EN); Juncia colazorro (ES)
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Canary Isl. [I]  (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Palma [I]); Cape Verde Isl.  (Ilha de Sao Tiago); Mauritania; Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores; Seychelles; East Aegaean Isl. [I]  (Rhodos [I]); Iraq  (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Jordania  (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore); India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, Sumba, Timor); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); USA [I]  (Florida [I]); Nevis [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Marie-Galante [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Grenada [I]
			20 EGY 21 cny CVI 22 BEN BKN GHA IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CMN ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 29 COM MDG SEY 34 eai IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN 35 SAU 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 42 JAW LSI 50 AUS 78 usa 81 gdl gre mts stk stl
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus alopecuroides   (Rottb.) Grossh.; Fl. Kavkaza [Grossheim] 1: 150 (1928)
= Cyperus alopecuroides f. latifolius Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 73 (1935)
= Cyperus alopecuroides f. pallidiflorus (Peter) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 72 (1935)
= Cyperus alopecuroides var. digynus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 322 (1870)
= Cyperus bidentatus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 250 (1808)
= Cyperus compositus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 217 (1810)
= Cyperus exaltatus var. digynus (Boeckeler) F.N.Williams; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(4): 224 (1904)
= Cyperus fastigiatus   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 14 (1775)
= Cyperus glaucus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 20 (1837)
= Cyperus glomeratus   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 277 (1797), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus poiretii   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 223 (1817)
= Juncellus alopecuroides   (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 595 (1893)
= Juncellus pallidiflorus   Peter; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., Ser. 2, 13(2): 48 (1928)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus alterniflorus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 216 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus alternifolius   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 54 (1854), orth. var.
= Cyperus pictus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 43 (1854)
= Mariscus alterniflorus   (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus alternifolius
										
										
									 L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 28 (1767)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. alternifolius
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena [I]; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Bonin Isl. [I]  (Chichijima [I], Hahajima [I]); New Caledonia [I]
			28 asc sth 29 MAU MDG REU 38 nns oga 60 nwc
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus alternifolius var. gracilis Pynaert; Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1894-1895: 16 (1894)
= Cyperus frondosus   Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 30 (1796), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus onustus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 20 (1854)
= Eucyperus alternifolius   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. flabelliformis
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 193 (1936)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Wechselblättriges Zypergras (DE); Umbrella Plant (EN); Juncia paragüitas (ES)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Crete [I]; Algeria [I]; Tunisia [I]; Azores [I]  (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I]); Madeira [I]  (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I]  (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Gomera [I], La Palma [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I]  (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Sao Vicente Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Ilha Brava [I]); Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ghana; Togo; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; East Aegaean Isl. [I]  (Rhodos [I]); Saudi Arabia; Yemen; China [I]; Pakistan [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Sumatra [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Australia [I]  (South Australia [I], Queensland [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Tonga [I]  (Tongatapu [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Tuvalu [I]; Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Aitutaki [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Hiva Oa [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I]); Palau [I]  (Koror [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I]  (Majuro [I], Jaluit [I]); Hawaii [I]  (Midway Isl. [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I]  (Arizona [I], California [I], Florida [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], New York [I], Texas [I]); Mexico [I]  (widespread); Guatemala [I]; Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]  (St. Croix [I]); Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Barbados [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Isla Margarita [I]; Surinam [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Argentina [I]; Chile [I]  (Antofagasta [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], Maule [I], Los Lagos [I])
			11 ger 12 por spa 13 kri 20 alg tun 21 azo cny cvi mdr 22 GHA GUI SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF 29 mau reu 34 eai 35 SAU YEM 36 chi 40 ban pak srl 41 lao tha 42 jaw phi sum 50 aus lhi nfk 51 nzl 60 fij nue nwc ton tuv van 61 coo mrq sci 62 gum mic mrs plu 63 haw 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos gua hon nic 81 bah bbd cub dom gdl his jam pue stl trt ven vir 82 clm sur 83 bol ecu per 84 bra 85 arg cle
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
			 
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus alternifolius var. albovariegatus Anon.; J. Gén. Hort. 14: 233 (1861)
= Cyperus alternifolius var. flabelliformis (Rottb.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 304 (2009)
= Cyperus alternifolius var. petersianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 194 (1936)
= Cyperus flabelliformis   Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 42
= Cyperus flagellatus   Hochst.; Flora 24(1. Intell.): 21 (1841)
= Cyperus gradatus   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 13 (1775)
= Cyperus involucratus   Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 22 (1772)
= Cyperus petersianus   Boeckeler; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 537 (1864)
= Cyperus proximus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 19 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. textilis
									 (Thunb.) Verloove; Webbia 69(2): 195 (2014)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Greece [I]  (Kerkyra [I]); Azores [I]  (Sao Miguel Isl. [I]); South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			13 grc 21 azo 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus asperifolius   Desf.; Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3 (Cat. Pl. Horti Paris.) 387 (1829)
= Cyperus burchellii   Schrad; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 111 (1832)
= Cyperus smithii   Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 112, in adn. (1832)
= Cyperus textilis   Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 18 (1794)
= Eucyperus pungens   Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
= Eucyperus textilis   (Thunb.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus altochrysocephalus
										
										
									 Lye; Candollea 43(2): 508 (1988)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; W-Zambia
			26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus altomicroglumis
										
										
									 Lye; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 65(1-2): 249 (1996)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus altsonii
										
										
									 Kük.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 322 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Amazonas, Barinas, Bolívar, Tachira); Surinam; Guyana; French Guiana; Peru
			82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus hoppiifolius   Uittien; Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 30: 186 (1933)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus alulatus
										
										
									 J.Kern; Reinwardtia 1: 463 (1952). 1: 463 (1952)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Afghanistan  (Laghman, Nangarhar); Oman  (Dhofar); Pakistan  (Pakistani Punjab, Hazara); Nepal; India  (almost throughout)
			34 AFG 35 OMA 40 IND NEP PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus iria var. rectangularis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] 11: 152 (1935)
= Cyperus rectangularis   (Kük.) Bennet; Indian Forester 95: 692 (1969)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus alvesii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Harvard Pap. Bot. 13(2): 237 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Bahia)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus amabilis
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 318 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Foothill flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Fogo Isl.); Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores; India  (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Myanmar  (Kachin, Yangon); Vietnam; USA  (Arizona); Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (Amazonas, Cesar, Huila, Magdalena, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Sucre, Trujillo, Yaracuy); Guyana; Surinam; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil
			21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 COM MDG 40 IND 41 MYA VIE 76 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ARU BON CUB CUR HIS 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus amabilis var. macra C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 328 (1901)
= Cyperus amabilis var. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 266 (1936)
= Cyperus amabilis var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 67 (1934)
= Cyperus amabilis var. subacaulis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 266 (1936)
= Cyperus anisostachyos   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 20 (1837)
= Cyperus aurantiacus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 205 (1816)
= Cyperus aureus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 205 (1816), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus aureus var. aurantiacus (Kunth) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 494 (1868)
= Cyperus aureus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 494 (1868)
= Cyperus aureus var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 495 (1868)
= Cyperus brachyphyllus   Willd. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 82 (1820)
= Cyperus castaneus subsp. amabilis (Vahl) Lye; Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 6: 460 (1997)
= Cyperus glareosus   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 204 (1851)
= Cyperus guadalajaranus   M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 25 (1933-5)
= Cyperus lepidus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 14 (1854)
= Cyperus microstachyus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 318 (1805)
= Cyperus muelleri   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 434 bis (1859)
= Cyperus oligostachyus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 204 (1816)
= Cyperus quitensis   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 224 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus amauropus
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 33 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Rwanda; ?Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Saudi Arabia; Yemen  (W-Yemen, Aden Desert)
			23 RWA 24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus concinniformis   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 548 (1936)
= Cyperus cruentus subsp. amauropus (Steud.) Lye; Lidia 3(4): 131 (1994)
= Cyperus friesii   Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 4 (1921)
= Cyperus ibeensis   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 565 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Cyperus leptolepis   Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 550 (1936)
= Cyperus leptophyllus   (C.B.Clarke) Hochst. ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 548 (1936)
= Cyperus leptophyllus f. conglobata Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 549 (1936)
= Cyperus leptophyllus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 33 (1844) [nomen]
= Cyperus leptophyllus var. deliciosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 549 (1936)
= Cyperus leptophyllus var. friesii (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 549 (1936)
= Cyperus leptophyllus var. ibeensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 550 (1936)
= Mariscus amauropus   (Steud.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40: Suppl., 1448 (1970)
= Mariscus concinnus   C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 34: 224 (1896), nom. illeg., non R. Br.
= Mariscus leptophyllus   (Hochst. ex Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 589 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ampullaceus
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis ampullacea   J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13(2): 159 (1973)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus amuricus
										
										
									 Maxim.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 296 (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Asian flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Italy [I]; Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; USA [I]  (Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Kentucky [I], Massachusetts [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I])
			13 ita 31 RFE 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NKO NNS TAI 75 usa 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus amuricus   (Maxim.) Palla ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 152 (1935), pro syn.
= Chlorocyperus franchetii   Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 59: 193 (1909)
= Cyperus amuricus f. nanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 153 (1935)
= Cyperus amuricus f. perdebilis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 153 (1935)
= Cyperus amuricus var. japonicus Miq.; Prolus. Fl. Jap. 73 (1866)
= Cyperus amuricus var. pterygorrachis (H.Lév.) Ohwi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 184 (1931)
= Cyperus amuricus var. subirioides Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 107 (1929)
= Cyperus aristatus var. maingayi C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 94 (1884)
= Cyperus japonicus   Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 18: 53 (1904), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus krameri   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 104, 539 (1877)
= Cyperus pterygorhachis   C.B.Clarke ex H.Lév.; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 14: 202 (1904)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus anderssonii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 388 (1869 publ. 1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Galapagos
			83 GAL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus brachystachys   (Hook.f.) Andersson; Galapagos Veg. 53 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus brachystachys   Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 179 (1847)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus angolensis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 63: 435 (1880)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo)
			22 GHA NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus angolensis var. ampibulbus Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 282 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus angustatus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 214 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			42 NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus angustatus   (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus anisitsii
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 221 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Paraguay  (Guaira)
			85 PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ankaizinensis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 19 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ankaratrensis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 329 (1920 publ. 1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus antillanus
										
										
									 (Kük.) O´Neill; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 6: 9 (1946)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba
			81 CUB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus refractus var. antillanus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 222 (1926)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus appendiculatus
										
										
									 (Brongn.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 81 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ascension Isl.; St. Helena
			28 ASC STH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus appendiculatus var. gordonii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 436 (1936)
= Cyperus capito   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 28 (1854)
= Cyperus dianae   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 28 (1854)
= Cyperus ligularis   Hemsl.; Rep. Voy. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 23 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus stroudii   Alan Gray & G.L.Stott; Phytotaxa 331(1): 69 (2017) (synonymy fide Lambdon et al. 2023)
= Cyperus umbellatus   Hemsl.; Rep. Voy. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 23 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus appendiculatus   Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 178, t. 34 (1834)
= Mariscus polycephalus   A.Rich.; Voy. Astrolabe 2: lii (1834)
= Mariscus polystachyus   Brongn. ex A.Rich.; Voy. Astrolabe 2: liv (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. atlanticus
									 (Hemsl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 436 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ilha da Trindade
			84 ITR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus atlanticus   Hemsl.; Rep. Voy. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 130 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. noronhae
									 (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 436 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Fernando Noronha Isl.
			84 FNI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus noronhae   Ridl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 66 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus aquatilis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
			42 NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus trinervis var. aquatilis (R.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 294 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus arenarius
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 9 (1786-1787)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iraq  (NE-Iraq); Iran; Saudi Arabia  (NE-Saudi Arabia); Kuwait; Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Yemen  (Aden Desert); Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Daman, Goa, Gujarat, Raryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Taninthayi); Vietnam; Australia [I]  (South Australia [I])
			34 IRN IRQ 35 BAR KUW SAU UAE YEM 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 MYA VIE 50 aus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus arenarius var. nairii Yarrayya, G.V.S.Murthy & Ratna Kumar; Taiwania 61: 221 (2016)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. arenarius (Retz.) Coss.; Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 245 (1868)
= Cyperus persicus   Boiss. & Hohen.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 39 (1854)
= Scirpus glomeratus   B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 3460 (1831), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aristulatus
										
										
									 (Coville) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 18 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Awned halfchaff Sedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
			73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Hemicarpha aristulata   (Coville) A.Nelson; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 400 (1902)
= Hemicarpha intermedia   Piper; Fl. Palouse Reg. [Piper & Beattie] 36 (1901)
= Hemicarpha micrantha var. aristulata Coville; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 36. 1894 (1894)
= Lipocarpha aristulata   (Coville) G.C.Tucker; J. Arnold Arbor. 68(4): 410 (1987)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus armstrongii
										
										
									 Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 289 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pennatus var. armstrongii (Benth.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 479 (1936)
= Mariscus armstrongii   (Benth.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 17 (1908)
= Mariscus javanicus subsp. armstrongii (Benth.) K.L.Wilson
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus aromaticus
										
										
									 (Ridl.) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.) 581 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Sudan; South Sudan; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Malawi; Botswana; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Comores; Seychelles  (incl. Remire Isl., Coetivy Isl.); Chagos Arch. [I]  (Diego Garcia [I]); India [I]  (Kerala [I], Tamil Nadu [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]  (South Andaman Isl. [I]); Nicobar Isl. [I]  (Car Nicobar Isl. [I]); Thailand [I]; Singapore [I]; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea [I]  (Irian Jaya [I], Papua New Guinea [I]); Solomon Isl. [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I]  (Savai´i [I], ´Upolu [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I]); Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]
			22 NGA TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW 27 BOT SAF 29 cgs COM MDG SEY 40 ind srl 41 and ncb tha 42 nwg sng xms 43 sol 60 fij nwc rot sam 61 mrq 81 mar stl
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aromaticus var. brachyrhizomatosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 583 (1936)
= Cyperus aromaticus var. repens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 583 (1936)
= Cyperus aromaticus var. teres (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 582 (1936)
= Cyperus brevifolius f. babiensis (Wad.Khan & Lakshmin.) V.P.Prasad; Nelumbo 63(1): 7 (2021)
= Cyperus teres   (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
= Kyllinga aromatica   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 146 (1884)
= Kyllinga erecta var. polyphylla (Willd. ex Kunth) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26: 580 (1972)
= Kyllinga involucrata   Bojer ex Baker; Fl. Mauritius [J.G.Baker] 415 (1877)
= Kyllinga macrantha   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 420 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Kyllinga planiceps   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 531 (1894), nomen
= Kyllinga polyphylla subsp. babiensis Wad.Khan & Lakshmin.; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 273 (2014)
= Kyllinga polyphylla   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 134 (1837)
= Kyllinga teres   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 276 (1901)
= Kyllinga teres var. aphylla Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): 8 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus arsenei
										
										
									 O´Neill & Ben.Ayeres; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 33 (1944)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Sinaloa)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus articulatus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 44 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Camelote, Junco (Cuba), Junco, Junquillo (Dominican Republic), Junco cimarron (Puerto Rico)
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; ?Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Seychelles; Iran; Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai, N-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (N-Saudi Arabia, Asir); Yemen  (Tihama); Ryukyu Isl. [I]; S-Pakistan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Raryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Australia [I]  (Northern Territory [I]); USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola); Nevis; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Trinidad; Curacao; Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Córdoba, Guainía, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés); Isla Margarita; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Central, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay  (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman)
			20 EGY 21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA ZAI 24 CHA SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG REU SEY 34 IRN ISR SIN 35 SAU YEM 38 nns 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 MYA THA VIE 50 aus 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA CUB CUR GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE STK STL TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR 83 ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus articulatus   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Chlorocyperus cordobensis   Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903)
= Cyperus articulatus   Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 124 (1844), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus articulatus f. longispiculosus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929)
= Cyperus articulatus var. conglomeratus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 210 (1886)
= Cyperus articulatus var. erythrostachys Graebn.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 25 (1919)
= Cyperus articulatus var. fistulosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 79 (1935)
= Cyperus articulatus var. multiflorus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 79 (1935)
= Cyperus autumnalis   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 51 (1813), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus borbonicus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 31 (1854)
= Cyperus cordobensis   (Palla) Hicken; Darwiniana 1: 112 (1924)
= Cyperus corymbosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Kük.; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 147 (1931)
= Cyperus fistulosus   Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 275 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus gymnos   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 97 (1824)
= Cyperus interceptus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 31 (1854)
= Cyperus niloticus   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 13 (1775)
= Cyperus nodosus var. aphyllus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 275 (1870)
= Cyperus nodosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 276 (1870)
= Cyperus subarticulatus   Nees & Meyen; Linnaea 9: 285 (1834), nom. inval.
= Cyperus subnodosus   Nees & Meyen; Cyperaceae [Nees] 7 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. nodosus
									 (Humb. &  Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 79 (1935)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico; Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; St. Barthélémy; Nevis; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); French Guiana; Peru; Bolivia  (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
			79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC 81 ABA GDL MAR SBA STK STL 82 FRG VEN 83 BOL PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus nodosus   Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 72 (1809)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus aschenbornianus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 460 (1867 publ. 1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus aschenbornianus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 2 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ascocapensis
										
										
									 Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN GAB ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis capensis   (Kunth) Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, Bot. 2: 164 (1884)
= Ascolepis capensis var. lacera C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 651 (1894), nom. inval.
= Ascolepis capensis var. pleiostachya Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 9 (1921)
= Platylepis capensis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 269 (1837)
= Platylepis dioica   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 131 (1855)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ascodensus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe
			25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis densa   Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 285 (1980)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ascofibrillosus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; N-Angola; W-Zambia
			23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis fibrillosa   Goetgh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47(3-4): 439 (1977)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus ascohemisphaericus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burundi; Tanzania
			23 BUR 25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis hemisphaerica   Peter ex Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 283 (1980)
= Ascolepis hemisphaerica   Peter; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., Ser. 2, 13(2): 111 (1928), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus asconeglectus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis neglecta   Goetgh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47(3-4): 441 (1977)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ascopinguis
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Congo [Brazzaville]; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; W-Tanzania; N-Zambia
			23 BUR ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis pinguis   C.B.Clarke; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 2, 1(2): 69 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ascopusillus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 36 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; SW-Chad; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Thailand; Vietnam
			22 BEN GHA GUI MLI NGA SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM 41 THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis pusilla   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, Bot. 2: 164 (1884)
= Ascolepis pusilla var. cylindrica S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 37(4): 608 (1983)
= Ascolepis pusilla var. echinata S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 37(4): 607 (1983)
= Ascolepis pusilla var. microcuspis Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 564 (1983)
= Lipocarpha multibracteata   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 650 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ascospinulosus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis spinulosa   Goetgh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47(3-4): 438 (1977)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus ascotrigonus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
			23 ZAI 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis trigona   Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 286 (1980)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus assimilis
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 584 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Free State); Madagascar
			23 CON RWA ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Courtoisia assimilis   (Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 596 (1894)
= Courtoisia assimilis   (Steud.) Maquet; Fl. Rwanda 4: 630 (1988), isonym
= Courtoisia assimilis   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 596 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Courtoisina assimilis   (Steud.) Maquet; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(1-2): 265 (1988)
= Cyperus assimilis var. depressa Steud.; Flora 25: 585 (1842)
= Indocourtoisia assimilis   (Steud.) Bennet & Raizada; Indian Forester 107(7): 432 (1981)
= Mariscus assimilis   (Steud.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 523 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus astartodes
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 421 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Western Australia)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aster
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.) 551 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aster var. andringitrensis (Cherm.) Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 551 (1936)
= Mariscus andringitrensis   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 552 (1921)
= Mariscus aster   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 584 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Mariscus aster   C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 302 (1919), descr.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. biflorus
									 Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 551 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aterrimus
										
										
									 Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 31 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi
			23 BIO BUR CMN RWA ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aterrimus var. agglomeratus Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 304 (1925)
= Cyperus aterrimus var. atroviridis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 142 (1935)
= Cyperus atroviridis   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 548 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus atkinsonii
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 109 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iran; Pakistan  (Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); India  (Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Raryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh)
			34 IRN 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus niveus   Herb.Royle ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 109 (1884) [non Retz.]
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus atractocarpus
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 141 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; Zambia
			26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus atriceps
										
										
									 (Kük.) C.Archer & Goetgh.; Bothalia 41(2): 300 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov.)
			27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aristatus var. atriceps Kük.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 2(50): 8 (1943)
= Mariscus aristatus var. atriceps (Kük.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 523 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus atrobrunneus
										
										
									 Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 281 (1883)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus atrobrunneus   (Baker) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus atronervatus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 358 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea
			24 ERI ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus atronervatus subsp. angustifolius Lye; Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 6: 480 (1997)
= Cyperus atronervatus subsp. angustifolius Lye ex Xanthos; Kew Bull. 78(3): 425 (2023)
= Pycreus atronervatus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus atrorubidus
										
										
									 (Nelmes) Raymond; Naturaliste Canad. 91: 127 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; W-Zambia
			22 GUI IVO LBR SIE 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus atrorubidus   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [7]: 320 (1951 publ. 1952)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aucheri
										
										
									 Jaub. &  Spach; Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 1, t. 101 (1844)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt  (Eastern Desert); Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Sudan; Iraq  (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran; Afghanistan  (Helmand, Nimroz); Kuwait; Bahrain; Oman  (Mascat & Oman)
			20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 22 MLI NGA NGR 24 SUD 34 AFG IRN IRQ 35 BAR KUW OMA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus conglomeratus f. oligostachys Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 274 (1936)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. aucheri (Jaub. & Spach) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 554 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus auratus
										
										
									 (Nees) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 38 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Botswana; South Africa  (Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal)
			22 GHA IVO NGA SEN 23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 27 BOT SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus brevifolius subsp. intricatus (Cherm.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], App. 3: 2 (1983)
= Cyperus erectus var. auratus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 589 (1926)
= Cyperus erectus var. intricatus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 590 (1936)
= Kyllinga aurata   Nees; Linnaea 10: 139 (1835)
= Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. intricata (Cherm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 190 (1995), isonym
= Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. intricata (Cherm.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1: 747 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga colorata var. aurata (Nees) Lye; Bot. Not. 125: 211 (1972)
= Kyllinga consanguinea   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 135 (1837)
= Kyllinga erecta var. aurata (Nees) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 91 (1913)
= Kyllinga erecta var. intricata (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 590 (1936)
= Kyllinga intricata   C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 211 (1919)
= Kyllinga sojauxii   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 515 (1879)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aureoalatus
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 3(5): 171 (1995)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda
			24 ETH SOM 25 UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aureobrunneus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 346 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia; Malawi
			26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus denudatus var. aureobrunneus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 256 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aureospicatus
										
										
									 Lock; Fl. Zambes. 14: 246 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aureostramineus
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.) 573 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Tanzania
			24 SOM 25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga chrysantha   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 123 (1895) (Kyllingia)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aureovillosus
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Malawi
			26 MLW
			
				Remarks: known from only 3 specimens
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga aureovillosa   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 743 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus auriculatus
										
										
									 Nees & Meyen ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 83 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii; Austral Isl. [I]  (Rurutu [I])
			61 aui 63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus auriculatus   Nees & Meyen; Linnaea 9: 285 (1834)
= Cyperus ferax var. auriculatus (Nees & Meyen ex Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 618 (1936)
= Torulinium odoratum subsp. auriculatum (Nees & Meyen ex Kunth) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 125 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus aurifer
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 351 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aurifer var. brachyanthus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 83 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus austroafricanus
										
										
									 C.Archer & Goetgh.; Bothalia 41(2): 300 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus dubius var. buchananii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 564 (1936)
= Mariscus dregeanus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 120 (1837)
= Mariscus dregeanus var. buchananii C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 188 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus austrochrysanthus
										
										
									 Lye; Candollea 43(2): 505 (1988)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus babakan
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 6 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan); India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kelantan, Penang Isl., Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Melaka); S-Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya)
			36 CHI 40 BAN IND 41 LAO THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY NWG PHI SUL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus babakensis   Steud. ex Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 257 (1856)
= Cyperus benghalensis   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 151 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pilosus var. babakensis (Steud. ex Miq.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 151 (1884)
= Duval-jouvea babakensis   (Steud. ex Miq.) H.Pfeiff.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 167 (1928), in adnot.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bampsii
										
										
									 Verloove & G.C.Tucker; Phytotaxa 323(3): 276 (2017)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Pará)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus baobab
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 371 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus baobab   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 148 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus baoulensis
										
										
									 (A.Chev.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 199 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo
			22 GHA IVO TOG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus baoulensis   (Kük.) Hutch.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 485, in clavi, 486 (1936) nom. inval.
= Mariscus baoulensis   (Kük.) Hutch. ex J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 148 (2019)
= Pycreus baoulensis   A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 695 (1920), nomen, et Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 486 (1936), in syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus baronii
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 289 (1883)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Madagascar; Comores
			22 LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CMN SAO 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW 29 COM MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus baronii var. densus C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 344 (1919)
= Cyperus baronii var. interpositus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 202 (1936)
= Cyperus baronii var. mannii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 202 (1936)
= Cyperus baronii var. squarrosus C.B.Clarke; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 202 (1936)
= Cyperus mannii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 341 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus barrosianus
										
										
									 Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 9: 145 (1953)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Cordillera); Uruguay  (Cerro Largo, Colonia, Montevideo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santa Fe)
			84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus tener   Osten ex Barros; Physis (Buenos Aires) 9: 362 (1929), non Vahl 1805
= Cyperus lanceolatus var. tener (Cl. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Kük.; Physis (Buenos Aires) 9: 362 (1929)
= Pycreus tener   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 40 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus beentjei
										
										
									 L.R.Gardner & O.Weber; Kew Bull. 69(2)-9501: 6 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bellus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 52 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain [I]; Zambia; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			12 spa 26 ZAM 27 BOT NAM SAF
			
				Remarks: in Flora Zambesiaca as Cyperus remotiflorus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bellus f. auratus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 303 (1936)
= Cyperus remotiflorus   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 345 (1922)
= Cyperus remotiflorus var. schweickerdtii Merxm.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 85 (1951)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus benadirensis
										
										
									 Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 434 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus poecilus var. evolutus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 283 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus beninensis
										
										
									 (Samain, Reynders & Goetgh.) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 38 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burkina Faso; Benin
			22 BEN BKN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga beninensis   Samain, Reynders & Goetgh.; Novon 16(4): 516 (2006)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bernalii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker & Verloove; Phytotaxa 362(3): 288 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia
			82 CLM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bernieri
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 317 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus berroi
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Barros; Darwiniana 6: 600 (1944)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uruguay  (Canelones, Durazno, Maldonado, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios)
			85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Bisboeckelera berroi   Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 429 (1914)
= Cyperus berroi   (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama; Jap. J. Bot. 20: 126 (1969)
= Hoppia berroi   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 62 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus betafensis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 10: 1. 21 (1922)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cuspidatus   Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 532 (1887), non Kunth (1816)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus betchei
										
										
									 (Kük.) S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 43 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. betchei
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus angustatus var. betchei Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 452 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. commiscens
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 457 (1991)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus beyrichii
										
										
									 (Schrad. ex Nees) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 47 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil  (Rio de Janeiro)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus beyrichii   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 48 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bifax
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 13 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ghana; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; Somalia; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Yemen; S-India  (Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Thailand; Lesser Sunda Isl.; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Australia  (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			22 GHA NGA 23 BIO ZAI 24 SOM SUD 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG 35 YEM 40 IND SRL 41 THA 42 LSI NWG 43 BIS 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus disruptus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 12 (1908)
= Cyperus nubicus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 360 (1901)
= Cyperus retzii   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 82 (1834), nom. illeg., non Poir., 1806
= Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 114 (1936)
= Cyperus rotundus var. disruptus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 115 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus var. nubicus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 115 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus var. pallidus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 280 (1878)
= Cyperus weinlandii   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 131 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bifolius
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 3(6): 206 (1996)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia
			24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bigibbosa
										
										
									 Fosberg; Kew Bull. 31(4): 832 (1977)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Aldabra
			29 ALD
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga bigibbosa   (Fosberg) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 746 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus bipartitus
										
										
									 Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 257 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Slender flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Canada  (New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming); Mexico  (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Sonora); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Boyacá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca); Venezuela  (Bolívar, Merida, Trujillo); Ecuador; Galapagos; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina  (Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta, San Luis, Tucuman)
			72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL 85 ARG
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus rivularis   (Kunth) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 17: 564 (1895)
= Cyperus angustifolius   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 322 (1833), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus argentinus   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 64 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus bicolor   Barton; Comp. Fl. Philadelph. [W.P.C.Barton] 1: 27 (1818), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus bigelowii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 5 (1854)
= Cyperus bipartitus f. elongatus (Boeckeler) Mohlenbr.; Ill. Fl. Illinois, Sedges: Cyperus to Scleria, ed. 2: 184 (2001)
= Cyperus bipartitus f. elutus (C.B.Clarke) Mohlenbr.; Ill. Fl. Illinois, Sedges: Cyperus to Scleria, ed. 2: 184 (2001)
= Cyperus castaneus   Bigelow; Fl. Boston., ed. 3: 19 (1840), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus diandrus var. bipartitus (Torr.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 384 (1936)
= Cyperus diandrus var. castaneus (Pursh) Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 252 (1836)
= Cyperus flavescens var. bicolor Farw.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 118 (1930)
= Cyperus flavescens var. castaneus Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 52 (1813)
= Cyperus lagunetto   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 5 (1854)
= Cyperus niger var. rivularis (Kunth) V.E.Grant; Aliso 4: 87 (1958)
= Cyperus pauper   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 1873: 553 (1873), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus rivularis f. acutatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 383 (1936)
= Cyperus rivularis f. depauperatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 383 (1936)
= Cyperus rivularis f. elutus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 383 (1936)
= Cyperus rivularis f. subacaulis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 384 (1936)
= Cyperus rivularis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 6 (1837)
= Cyperus rivularis subsp. lagunetto (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 383 (1936)
= Cyperus rivularis var. acutatus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 66 (1884)
= Cyperus rivularis var. depauperatus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 65 (1884)
= Cyperus rivularis var. elongatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 453 (1868)
= Cyperus rivularis var. elutus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 65 (1884)
= Cyperus rivularis var. lagunetto (Steud.) O´Neill; Rhodora 44: 86 (1942)
= Cyperus tenuiculus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 106 (1837)
= Pycreus bipartitus   (Torr.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 2 (1908)
= Pycreus lagunetto   (Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(68): 8 (1902)
= Pycreus rivularis   (Kunth) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 13: 43 (1907)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus blakeanus
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 441 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus blastophorus
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 390 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus blastophorus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 614 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus blatteri
										
										
									 (McCann) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 80 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Maharashtra)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus pentabracteatus   Govind. & Hemadri; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 82(6): 207 (1975)
= Mariscus blatteri   McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 37: 532 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus blepharoleptos
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 28 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Cuban bulrush
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]  (Tshopo etc.); W-Chad; South Sudan; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Bolívar, Córdoba, Valle); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Central, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay  (Rio Negro, Tacuarembo, Rocha); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Santa Fe)
			22 BEN BKN GHA GNB MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CON ZAI 24 CHA SSU 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MDG 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Anosporum ablepharum   (Griseb.) Maury ex Micheli; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 31: 125 (1890)
= Anosporum cubense   (Poepp. & Kunth) Boeckeler; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 27: 26 (1869)
= Anosporum cubense var. gracile Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 414 (1870)
= Anosporum paraguayense   Maury; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 31: (1890) 124 t. 35
= Anosporum piliferum   Maury; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 31: (1890) 124 t. 34
= Anosporum schinzii   Boeckeler; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29(Abh.): 46 (1888)
= Courtoisia olivacea   Boeckeler; Flora 44: 331 (1861)
= Crepidocarpus cubensis   (Poepp. & Kunth) Klotzsch ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 414 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Crepidocarpus schinzii   Klotzsch ex Boeckeler; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29: 46 (1888)
= Isolepis echinocephala   Oliv.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 167 (1875)
= Kyllinga scirpina   Rchb. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 615 (1894)
= Mariscus foliosissimus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 65 (1854)
= Oxycaryum cubense   (Poepp. & Kunth) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 169 (1908)
= Oxycaryum cubense f. paraguayense (Maury) Pedersen; Hickenia 2(31): 138 (1995)
= Oxycaryum guianense   Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 169 (1908)
= Oxycaryum paraguayense   (Maury) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 169 (1908)
= Oxycaryum piliferum   (Maury) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 169 (1908)
= Oxycaryum schinzii   (Boeckeler) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 169 (1908)
= Oxycaryum schomburgkianum   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 90 (1842)
= Pseudomariscus olivaceus   (Boeckeler) Rauschert; Taxon 31: 559 (1982)
= Scirpus ablepharus   Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 240 (1866)
= Scirpus cubensis   Poepp. & Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 172 (1837)
= Scirpus cubensis var. gracilis (Boeckeler) Beetle; Rhodora 46: 146 (1944)
= Scirpus cubensis var. minor C.Wright; Anales Real Acad. Ci. Méd. Fís. Nat. Habana Revista Ci. 8: 177 (1871)
= Scirpus cubensis var. paraguayensis (Maury) Kük. ex Barros; Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 38: 150 (1935)
= Scirpus paraguayensis   (Maury) Herter; Fl. Uruguay 1: 161 (1942)
= Scirpus pilifer   (Maury) Pickel; Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 13(1-2): 124 (1937 publ. 1938)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus blysmoides
										
										
									 Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 354 (1902)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Saudi Arabia; Yemen
			24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus blysmoides   Hochst.; Flora 27: 102 (1844), nomen
= Cyperus bulbosus var. spicatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 301 (1870)
= Hemichlaena bulbosa   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 509 (1850)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus bonariensis
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Kew Bull. 68(4): 619 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bonaire
			81 BON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus boreobellus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 220 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus boreochrysocephalus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 216 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus boreochrysocephalus   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 148 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus boreohemisphaericus
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 3(3): 77 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia
			24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus boreohemisphaericus   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Trop. Afr. Flow. Pl. Ecol. Distrib. 11: 254 (2020)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus bowmanni
										
										
									 F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 287 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus bowmani   (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 20 (1908)
= Mariscus dietrichiae subsp. bowmanni (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 436 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus bracheilema
										
										
									 (Steud.) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 576 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
			24 ERI ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN 27 LES NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus teneristolon   Mattf. & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 574 (1936)
= Cyperus teneristolon var. robustior (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 575 (1936)
= Cyperus transitorius   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 35 (1935), et Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 231 (1936), descr. ampl.
= Kyllinga anomala   Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 35 (1935), in syn., nom. in sched.
= Kyllinga atrosanguinea   Steud.; Flora 25: 599 (1842)
= Kyllinga bracheilema   Steud.; Flora 25: 598 (1842)
= Kyllinga pulchella f. robustior Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 92 (1913)
= Kyllinga pulchella   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 137 (1837)
= Kyllinga transitoria   (Kük.) T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 51(10): 317 (1976)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brasiliensis
										
										
									 (Kunth) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; ?Angola; Madagascar; Panama; Colombia  (Meta, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Guarico); Guyana; Surinam; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Amambay, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones, Paraguari); Uruguay  (Colonia, Rivera); Argentina  (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe)
			22 BKN GUI IVO NGA SEN 23 CMN 29 MDG 80 PAN 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ascolepis brasiliensis   (Kunth) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 1894 (1895) 651
= Ascolepis leucocephala   (Nees) L.T.Eiten; Simpos. Cerrado, Univ. São Paulo, 221 (1963)
= Kyllinga decora   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 317 (1855), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Platylepis brasiliensis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 269 (1837)
= Platylepis guianensis   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 63 (1842)
= Platylepis leococephala   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 63 (1842)
= Platylepis xanthocephala   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 62 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus breedlovei
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Rhodora 88(856): 505 (1986)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus breviculmis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 214 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus trinervis var. breviculmis (R.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 294 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brevifolioides
										
										
									 Thieret & Delahouss.; Sida 3: 129 (1967)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pasture spikesedge
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Primorye); Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, NW-Yunnan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Nepal; Laos; USA  (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Georgia [I], Kentucky [I], Maryland [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Virginia [I])
			31 RFE 33 geo 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO 40 NEP 41 LAO 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brevifolius subsp. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama; Fl. E. Himalaya 385 (1966)
= Cyperus brevifolius var. gracillimus (Miq.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 603 (1936)
= Cyperus brevifolius var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 30: 126 (1955)
= Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama; Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 1: 115 (1978)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. gracillima (Miq.) Kük.; Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 107 (1929 publ. 1930)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. leiocarpa Kitag.; Lin. Fl. Manshur. 122 (1939), orth. var.
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 339 (1938)
= Kyllinga brevifolioides   (Thieret & Delahouss.) G.C.Tucker; J. Arnold Arbor. 68: 408 (1987), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Kyllinga gracillima   Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 142 (1865)
= Kyllinga monocephala var. leiolepis Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 108 (1877)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brevifolius
										
										
									 (Rottb.) Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Hasskarl] 24 (1844)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Shortleaf spikesedge (EN); Espartillo verde (ES)
			
			Distribution: Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Croatia [I]; Azores [I]  (Santa Maria Isl. [I], Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I], Sao Jorge [I], Pico [I], Faial [I], Flores Isl. [I], Corvo Isl. [I]); Madeira [I]  (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I]  (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I]); Liberia; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov.); Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena [I]; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra; Seychelles; Afghanistan  (Kunar / Nuristan); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Heilongjiang Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima, Hahajima, Keetaajima, Nakohdojima); Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Lahore, Hazara); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Mandalay, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (common throughout); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga  (Tongatapu); Fiji [I]; American Samoa  (Tutuila, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa  (´Upolu, Savai´i); Tuvalu [I]; Tokelau  (Swains Isl.); Gilbert Isl.  (Nonouti); Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group, Palmerston, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Penrhyn); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl.  (Tupai, Tahiti); Tuamotu Arch.  (Takapoto, Fangataufa); Austral Isl.  (Raivavae, Rurutu, Rapa Iti, Tubuai); Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Easter Isl.; Palau  (Koror); Northern Marianas  (Agrihan, Anatahan); Northern Marianas  (Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, Faraulap, Ifaluk, Lamotrek, Satawal, Namonuito, Murilo, Nomwin, Truk, Moen, Losap, Satawan, Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei, Kosrae); Marshall Isl.  (Majuro, Jaluit); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA  (Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola); Antigua; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Boyacá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Valle, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caazapa, Central, Guaira); Uruguay  (Colonia); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			12 por spa 13 cro 21 azo cny mdr 22 LBR NGA TOG 23 CAF CMN EQG ZAI 24 SOC SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF 28 asc sth 29 ALD MAU MDG REU ROD SEY 34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR KZN NKO NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS sng SUL SUM 50 aus lhi nfk 51 nzl 60 ASA fij GIL NWC ROT SAM TOK TON tuv VAN 61 AUI COO EAS mrq pit SCI TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU 63 haw 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BAH BBD CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STL TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus brevifolius f. firmiculmis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 602 (1936)
= Cyperus cruciformis   (Schrad. ex Schult.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 94 (1842)
= Cyperus pluristamineus   (Govind. & Ramani) Kottaim.; Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 38 (2019)
= Kyllinga brevifolia f. laxa H.Pfeiff.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 95 (1929)
= Kyllinga brevifolia   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 13, 71 (1773)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. andamanica Wad.Khan & Diwakar; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 267 (2014)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. cruciformis (Schrad. ex Schult.) Cherm.; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 7: 38 (1919)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. gibbosa Honda; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 296 (1933)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. longifolia Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 426 (1868)
= Kyllinga cruciata   Nees; Linnaea 9: 286 (1834), nom. inval.
= Kyllinga cruciformis   Schrad. ex Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 107 (1824)
= Kyllinga elongata   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 211 (1816)
= Kyllinga fuscata   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 294 (1856)
= Kyllinga gracilis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 134 (1837)
= Kyllinga hohenackeri   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 60 (1854), pro syn.
= Kyllinga honolulu   Steud. ex Jard.; Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, Sér. 2, 9: 278 (1875), 281
= Kyllinga intermedia var. oligostachya C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 224 (1903)
= Kyllinga laxa   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 14 (1842)
= Kyllinga longiculmis   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 292 (1856)
= Kyllinga monocephala   L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 104 (1782), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga monocephala   Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 35 (1784), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga nivea   Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 57 (1805)
= Kyllinga odorata   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 233 (1850), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga oligostachya   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 407 (1868)
= Kyllinga pluristaminea   Govind. & Ramani; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18: 363 (1994)
= Kyllinga pumilio   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 67 (1854)
= Kyllinga sororia   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 131 (1837)
= Kyllinga tenuis   Baldwin; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 2: 168 (1825)
= Kyllinga tenuissima   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 67 (1854)
= Kyllinga tricephala   Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 32 (1796)
= Mariscus kyllingioides   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 60 (1854)
= Schoenus capitatus   Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 408 (1766)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. stellulatus
									 (Valck.Sur.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 603 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (NW-Yunnan); India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Sikkim); Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Lombok)
			36 CHI 40 IND 42 JAW LSI PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brevifolius f. pumilus Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 48 (1898)
= Cyperus brevifolius f. stellulatus Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 48 (1898)
= Kyllinga brevifolia f. pumila (Valck.Sur.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 188 (1961)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. stellulata (Valck.Sur.) Ohwi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 56: 199 (1942)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. stellulata (Valck.Sur.) S.S.Hooper; Fl. Hassan Distr. [Saldanha & Nicolson] 687 (1976), isonym
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. stellulata (Valck.Sur.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 189 (1961), isonym
= Kyllinga leiolepis var. stellulata (Valck.Sur.) S.S.Hooper ex Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 60 (1989)
= Kyllinga melanosperma var. stellulata (Valck.Sur.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 189 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus breviglumis
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 7(4): 96 (2011), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Togo; Nigeria; Central African Republic; S-Chad
			22 IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF 24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga tisserantii   Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): p. 6 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brumadoi
										
										
									 D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 48(4): 701 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Bahia)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brunneoalatus
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 38 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Gabon
			23 GAB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga brunneoalata   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 492 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brunneoalbus
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga brunneoalba   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 741 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brunneofibrosus
										
										
									 Lye; Candollea 51: 423 (1996)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga brunneofibrosa   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 147 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brunnescens
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 3 (1890)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus brunneus
										
										
									 Sw.; Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 116 (1797)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Coast cyperus, Sand cyperus (Bahamas)
			
			Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, St. Croix); Anguilla; Saba; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados
			81 AGU BAH BBD CAY CUB GDL GRE HIS MAR PUE SAB STV VIR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brizaeus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 316 (1805), nom. illeg., non Rich.
= Cyperus discolor   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 7 (1888)
= Cyperus krugii   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 8 (1888)
= Cyperus ottonis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 350 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus planifolius var. brunneus (Sw.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 189 (1926)
= Cyperus planifolius var. ottonis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 188 (1926)
= Mariscus brizaeus   C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 52 (1900)
= Mariscus brunneus   (Sw.) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 52 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus buchholzii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 3 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
			22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus diffusus subsp. buchholzii (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 210 (1936)
= Cyperus laxus subsp. buchholzii (Boeckeler) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 232 (1983)
= Torulinium angolense   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 18 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus bulbipes
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 587 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bulbipes var. pallescens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 588 (1936)
= Kyllinga crassipes   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 444 (1859)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus bulbosus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 342 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco; S-Algeria; Egypt  (Nile Valley, SE-Egypt); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Ghana; ?Togo; Niger; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Soqotra; Kenya; Tanzania; ?Angola; Mozambique; Seychelles [I]; Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (Hejaz, Asir); Yemen  (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen); Pakistan  (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Raryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Maldives; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Timor); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales); Fiji
			20 ALG EGY MOR 21 CVI 22 GHA GUI MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CON 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 29 sey 34 SIN 35 SAU YEM 40 IND MDV PAK SRL 41 LAO MYA VIE 42 JAW LSI 50 AUS 60 FIJ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bulbifer   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 324 (1833)
= Cyperus bulbosus f. depauperatus Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 33: 89 (1942)
= Cyperus bulbosus var. elatior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 126 (1935)
= Cyperus bulbosus var. melanolepis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 127 (1935)
= Cyperus geminatus   J.Koenig ex Ainslie; Mat. Med. Hindoostan 250 (1813)
= Cyperus jeminicus   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 11 (1786), nom. illeg. [non Rottb.]
= Cyperus laxus   R.Br.; Voy. Abyss. [Salt], App. p. lxii (1814)
= Cyperus oleraceus   Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 611 (1894) in syn.
= Cyperus polyphyllus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 317 (1805)
= Cyperus rotundus var. pendulus Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 82 (1834)
= Cyperus stolonifer   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 59 (1837), pro syn.
= Cyperus subulatus var. confertus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 281 (1878)
= Cyperus yemenicus   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 221 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus burkartii
										
										
									 Guagl.; Darwiniana 30(1-4): 233 (1990 publ. 1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Argentina  (Misiones)
			84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus byssaceus
										
										
									 Pereira-Silva; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 153(3): 451 (2020), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Cordillera, Paraguari); Uruguay  (Canelones, Colonia, Flores Prov., Florida Prov., Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, San Jose, Soriano); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa)
			84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Androcoma speciosa   Nees; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 397 (1840)
= Androtrichum giganteum   (Kunth) H.Pfeiff.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 185 (1940)
= Androtrichum speciosum   (Nees) Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 9: 163 (1953)
= Scirpus giganteus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 172 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus caesius
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 331 (1869 publ. 1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Dependencias Federales, Zulia)
			82 VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus caesius   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus calderoniae
										
										
									 S.González; Phytologia 57(6): 384 (1985), as ´calderonii´
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus callistus
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 143 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov.)
			25 KEN TAN 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus fulgens   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 355 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus camagueyensis
										
										
									 Britton; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 59 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba
			81 CUB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus camagueyensis   (Britton) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus camerunensis
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 7(4): 96 (2011), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
			23 CMN GAB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus densicaespitosus var. stenophyllus (K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 599 (1936)
= Kyllinga stenophylla   K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 131 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus camphoratus
										
										
									 Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 216 (1851)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Bolívar, Guarico, Portuguesa); Guyana; N-Brazil; WC-Brazil
			79 MEX 80 COS HON NIC 82 GUY VEN 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus camphoratus var. boliviensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 422 (1936)
= Cyperus herndoniae   G.C.Tucker; Syst. Bot. 7: 345 (1982)
= Mariscus camphoratus   (Liebm.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 73 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cancellatus
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 131 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus haspan var. cancellatus (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 249 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cancrorum
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 352 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus canus
										
										
									 J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 170 (1828)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Colombia  (Magdalena)
			79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC 82 CLM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus alternifolius var. obtusangulum (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 8: 120 (1961)
= Cyperus flabelliformis var. obtusangulum Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 566 (1868)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus capensis
										
										
									 (Steud.) Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 94 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			26 MOZ 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga capensis   Steud.; Flora 12: 153 (1829)
= Mariscus capensis   (Steud.) Nees; Linnaea 7: 520 (1832)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus capillifolius
										
										
									 A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 475 (1850)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Rwanda; Burundi; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; Brazil [I]
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 BUR CAF CMN RWA 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 29 MDG 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus afzelii   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 475 (1868)
= Cyperus capillifolius var. major (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 359 (1936)
= Pycreus capillifolius   (A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894)
= Pycreus capillifolius var. major Cherm.; Arch. Bot. (Forlì) 4(7): 12 (1931)
= Pycreus setaceus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 2 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus capitatus
										
										
									 Vand.; Fasc. Pl. 5 (1771)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Kopf-Zypergras (DE); Capitate Galingale (EN); Juncia marina (ES)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; ?Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (coastal widespread, incl. many islands); Crete; Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt  (NE-Egypt, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Canary Isl.  (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista); Mauritania; Georgia [Caucasus]; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Nisyros, Tilos, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey  (N-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Cyprus  (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (coastal W-Syria); Israel  (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (Dahana, Nafud Desert)
			11 ger 12 COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA SIC TUE 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN WSA 21 CNY CVI 22 MTN 33 GEO 34 CYP EAI ISR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 SAU
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus aegyptiacus   (Gloxin) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895)
= Cyperus aegyptiacus   Gloxin; Observ. Bot. [Gloxin] 20 (1785)
= Cyperus kalli   (Forssk.) Murb.; Contr. Fl. Nord-Ouest Afrique 3: 24 (1899)
= Cyperus macrorrhizus   Nees ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 369 (1882), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus maritimus   (Lam.) P.Silva; Agron. Lusit. 10: 92 (1948), non Poir.
= Cyperus mucronatus   (L.) Mabille; Rech. Pl. Corse 1: 27 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus schoenoides   Griseb.; Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 421 (1846), nom. illeg.
= Galilea mucronata   (L.) Parl.; Fl. Palerm. 1: 299 (1845)
= Mariscus mucronatus   (L.) Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 11 (1788)
= Mariscus mucronatus   C.Presl; Cyper. Gram. Sicul. 12 (1820)
= Schoenus maritimus   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 3: 543 (1779)
= Schoenus mucronatus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 42 (1753)
= Schoenus pallescens   Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 2: 35 (1876)
= Scirpus kalli   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 15 (1775)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cardosoi
										
										
									 (Meneses) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 39 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga cardosoi   Meneses; Garcia de Orta 4: 240 (1956)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus carinalaevis
										
										
									 (Lye & Mesterházy) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 39 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Benin
			22 BEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga carinalaevis   Lye & Mesterházy; Nordic J. Bot. 30(4): 385 (2012)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus carinatus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 216 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus carinatus   (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cartilagineus
										
										
									 (K.Schum.) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 608 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Mozambique; Madagascar
			25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga cartilaginea   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 123 (1895)
= Kyllinga coriacea   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 208 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus castaneobellus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 227 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus castaneus
										
										
									 Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 278 (1797)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kelantan, Perak); Sumatra  (Bangka, Krakatau); N-Borneo; Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
			40 IND SRL 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 BOR MLY SUM 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus amabilis   Camus; [non Vahl]
= Cyperus castaneus var. brevimucronatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 264 (1936)
= Dichostylis castanea   (Willd.) Palla; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 296 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cataphyllatus
										
										
									 (Huygh & Schouppe) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 39 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi
			23 BUR CMN RWA ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga cataphyllata   Huygh & Schouppe; Blumea 55(3): 291 (2010)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cataractarum
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 348 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?N-Angola
			22 NGA 23 CMN CON EQG GAB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cataractarum   K.Schum. ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 2: 200 (1908)
= Pycreus cataractarum   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 132 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cearaensis
										
										
									 Gross & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 466 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Ceara)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus cearaensis   (Gross ex Kük.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus celans
										
										
									 Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 32(3): 159 (1995)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Iran  (Hormuz Isl.)
			34 IRN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cellulosoreticulatus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 202 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Apure, Cojedes, Guarico, Portuguesa, Zulia); Bolivia  (Beni); S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina)
			82 VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cellulosoreticulatus   Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 7 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus centralis
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 470 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cephalanthus
										
										
									 Torr. &  Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 431 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Buttonbush flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Louisiana, Texas); Paraguay  (Caaguazu, Central, Cordillera); Argentina  (Corrientes)
			77 USA 78 USA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus laetus var. cephalanthus (Torr. & Hook.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 442 (1936)
= Cyperus rigens subsp. cephalanthus (Torr. & Hook.) Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 539 (1972)
= Mariscus cephalanthus   (Torr. & Hook.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cephalotes
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 311 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-China; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Borneo; Java; New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland)
			36 CHI 40 BAN IND SRL 41 MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Anosporum cephalotes   (Vahl) Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 39: 84 (1870)
= Anosporum monocephalum   (Roxb.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 287 (1835)
= Cyperus cephalotes var. grandiceps Kük.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 50: 4 (1943)
= Cyperus hookerianus   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 342 (1859)
= Cyperus monocephaloides   Roxb. ex Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 92 (1834), nom. inval.
= Cyperus monocephalus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 5 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus monogynus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 565 (1868)
= Cyperus natans   Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 34 (1884)
= Ficinia foliaceobracteata   H.Pfeiff.; Rev. Ficinia 35 (1921)
= Hydroschoenus kyllingioides   Zoll. & Moritzi; Syst. Verz. Arch. Ind. [Moritzi et al.] 95 (1846)
= Trentepohlia bifoliata   Boeckeler; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 16: 249 (1858)
= Ungeria monocephala   (Roxb.) Nees ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 34 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ceylanicus
										
										
									 (Vahl) T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
			22 BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 40 BAN IND SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Hypaelyptum sphacelatum   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 283 (1805)
= Hypolytrum ceylanicum   B.Heyne ex Nees; Linnaea 9: 288 (1834), nomen
= Hypolytrum gracile   Rich. ex Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 70 (1805)
= Hypolytrum triceps   (Roxb.) A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 363 (1832)
= Lipocarpha gracilis   (Rich. ex Pers.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 287 (1834)
= Lipocarpha sphacelata   (Vahl) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 267 (1837)
= Lipocarpha sphacelata var. gracilis (Rich.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 37: 116 (1871)
= Lipocarpha triceps   (Roxb.) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 92 (1834)
= Scirpus monander   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 311 (1797), nom. illeg.
= Tunga triceps   Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 187 (1820)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chaetophyllus
										
										
									 (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 551 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus chaetophyllus   Chiov.; Ric. Idrogeol. Bot. Entomol. Somalia Ital. Merid. [Stefanini & Paoli] 1: 180 (1916)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chalaranthus
										
										
									 J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 177, t. 32 (1830)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia  (Antioquia, Chocó); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Central, Cordillera); Argentina  (Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta)
			82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus diffusus subsp. chalaranthus (C.Presl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 210 (1936)
= Cyperus diffusus var. chalaranthus (J.Presl & C.Presl) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 1008 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus chamaecephalus
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 20 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chermezonianus
										
										
									 Robyns & Tournay; Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert 3: 246 (1955)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania
			23 BUR CMN ZAI 25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus foliosus   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895), nom. illeg., non Willd. ex Kunth
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus chermezonii
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 9 (1935), et Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 379 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus atropurpureus   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 497 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Pycreus atropurpureus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894)
= Pycreus mundtii var. perrieri Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 19 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chersinus
										
										
									 (N.E.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 525 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov.)
			26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bullatus   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 198 (1931)
= Cyperus capensis var. polyanthemus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 540 (1936)
= Mariscus bullatus   (Kük.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 523 (1960)
= Mariscus chersinus   N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 300 (1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus chevalieri
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 557 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; SW-Chad
			23 CON 24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus stolonifer   C.B.Clarke; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 27 (1907)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus chinsalensis
										
										
									 Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 107 (1961)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania; Zambia
			25 TAN 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chionocephalus
										
										
									 (Chiov.) Chiov. ex Chiarugi; Webbia 8: 52 (1951)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus chionocephalus   Chiov.; Missione Biol. Borana 292 (1939)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus chlorocephalus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 527 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Belize; Colombia  (Guainía); Guyana; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru
			80 BLZ 82 CLM FRG GUY 83 ECU PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus chlorocephalus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 14 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus chlorotropis
										
										
									 (Steud.) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 576 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Saudi Arabia
			24 ERI ETH SUD 35 SAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga chlorotropis   Steud.; Flora 25: 598 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chordorrhizus
										
										
									 Chiov.; Agric. Colon. 20: 105 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; SE-Kenya
			24 SOM 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chorisanthus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 449 (1908); et in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 8: 9
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas); Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
			79 MEX 80 COS NIC PAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus diffusus var. chorisanthos (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 210 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus chrysanthoides
										
										
									 (Mtot.) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 39 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burundi
			23 BUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga chrysanthoides   Mtot.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 111(3): 292 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chrysanthus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 476 (1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal?, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			25 TAN 26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus chrysanthus var. occidentalis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 337 (1936)
= Cyperus longistolon   Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 333 (1936)
= Cyperus longistolon subsp. atrofuscus (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Pycreus chrysanthus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894)
= Pycreus longistolon   (Peter & Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 6 (1971)
= Pycreus longistolon subsp. atrofuscus Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 618 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus chrysocephalus
										
										
									 (K.Schum.) Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 5 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi
			23 BUR ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus chrysocephalus   K.Schum.; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 178 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ciliatopilosus
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 7 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ciliatopilosus var. longifolius (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 571 (1936)
= Cyperus ciliatopilosus var. rhizomatosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 571 (1936)
= Kyllinga platyphylla   K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 270 (1901) ex C. B. Clarke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 131 (1906)
= Kyllinga platyphylla var. longifolia Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 92 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ciliatus
										
										
									 Jungh.; Linnaea 6: 25 (1831)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Honduras
			79 MEX 80 HON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus ciliatus   (Jungh.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cinereobrunneus
										
										
									 Kük.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 50: 3 (1943)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus clandestinus
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 594 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia
			24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chamaexiphium clandestinum   (Steud.) Hochst.; Flora 18: 102 (1844)
= Ficinia clandestina   (Steud.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 37: 82 (1871 publ. 1873)
= Ficinia dregeana var. abyssinica H.Pfeiff.; Rev. Ficinia 45 (1920)
= Melancranis clandestina   (Steud.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 756 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus clarkei
										
										
									 T.Cooke; Fl. Bombay 2: 873 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Myanmar  (Yangon); Thailand; Vietnam
			40 IND SRL 41 MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus bulbosus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 620 (1893), non Steud., 1855
= Mariscus clarkei   (T.Cooke) T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 51: 316 (1976), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus clarus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 44 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus clavinux
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 551 (1894 publ. 1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Nigeria; SW-Chad; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Botswana
			22 NGA 24 CHA 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus monostigma   C.B.Clarke; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 26 (1907), et Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 281 (1936), descr. emend.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus colchicus
										
										
									 K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 623 (1848)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Turkey; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia
			33 ARM GEO 34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus stachyphorus   K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 623 (1848)
= Cyperus tremulus var. colchicus (K.Koch) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 362 (1936)
= Cyperus tremulus var. woronowii (Palla) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 362 (1936)
= Pycreus colchicus   (K.Koch) Schischk. ex Grossh.; Fl. Kavkaza [Grossheim] 1: 152 (1928)
= Pycreus woronowii   Palla; Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 21: 22 (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus columbiensis
										
										
									 Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 58: 389 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia
			82 CLM
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus colymbetes
										
										
									 Kotschy & Peyr.; Pl. Tinn. 49, t. 24 (1867)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; South Sudan; S-Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique; Madagascar
			24 SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Anosporum colymbetes   (Kotschy & Peyr.) Boeckeler; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 27: 26 (1869)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus commixtus
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 195 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Somalia
			24 SOM SSU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus comosipes
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 568 (1936)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. comosipes
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; ?Somalia; Tanzania; Angola
			24 ETH 25 TAN 26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cartilagineus var. angustatus Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 609 (1936)
= Cyperus eximius var. kelleri (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 568 (1936)
= Kyllinga aurea   Thomson; J. Discov. Source Nile [Speke] 654 (1863), nomen
= Kyllinga chrysantha var. comosipes (Mattf. & Kük.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 191 (1995)
= Kyllinga comosipes   (Mattf. & Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 24 (1971)
= Kyllinga comosipes var. angustata (Peter & Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 24 (1971)
= Kyllinga eximia var. kelleri C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 288 (1901)
= Kyllinga leucocephala   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 257 (1875), nom. illeg. non Baldwin
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. decolorans
									 (Kük.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aureostramineus var. decolorans (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 574 (1936)
= Cyperus compactus f. decolorans Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 45 (1924)
= Cyperus decolorans   (Kük.) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 96 (2011)
= Kyllinga chrysantha var. decolorans Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 92 (1913)
= Kyllinga comosipes subsp. decolorans (Kük.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 747 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga comosipes var. decolorans (Kük.) Beentje; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 338 (2010)
= Kyllinga decolorans   (Kük.) Mtot.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 111(3): 291 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus compactus
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 10 (1789)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Yemen  (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen); China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan, Fujian); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Kachin, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (common near rivers and the sea); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Palau [I]  (Babeldaob [I]); Guam [I]
			35 SAU YEM 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 62 gum plu
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus compactus var. macrostachys (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 424 (1936)
= Cyperus compactus var. pauciflorus (H.Pfeiff.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 424 (1936)
= Cyperus congestus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 239 (1806), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus cuadriflorus   Llanos; Fragm. Pl. Filip. 18 (1851)
= Cyperus dilutus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 357 (1805)
= Cyperus dilutus var. macrostachys Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 355 (1870)
= Cyperus grabowskianus   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 502 (1884)
= Cyperus haenkeanus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 93 (1837)
= Cyperus luzonensis   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 174 (1828)
= Cyperus rufus   Nees ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 93 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus septatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 46 (1854)
= Cyperus spinulosus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 6 (1814), nomen
= Duval-jouvea diluta   (Vahl) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 17(Beibl.): 8 (1911)
= Mariscus compactus   (Retz.) Bold.; Zakfl. Java 77 (1916)
= Mariscus compactus   (Retz.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 634 (1917), isonym
= Mariscus compactus var. macrostachys (Boeckeler) F.C.How; Fl. Guangzhou 747 (1956)
= Mariscus compactus var. macrostachys (Boeckeler) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas; Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 471 (1990), isonym
= Mariscus dilutus   (Vahl) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 90 (1834)
= Mariscus giganteus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 443 (1859)
= Mariscus grabowskianus   (Boeckeler) Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 84(Spec. No.): 57 (1921)
= Mariscus microcephalus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 182 (1828)
= Mariscus microcephalus var. pauciflorus H.Pfeiff.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7(2): 167 (1928)
= Sphaeromariscus microcephalus   (J.Presl & C.Presl) E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 239 (1910)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus compressiformis
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 375 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus compressiformis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 552 (1926 publ. 1927)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus compressus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 46 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Poorland flatsedge, Summer Sedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: Egypt; Cape Verde Isl.  (Fogo Isl.); Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; ?Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Agalega Isl.; Seychelles; Afghanistan; Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Volcano Isl.  (Kita-Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Swat, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (common throughout Malaya); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia [I]  (Northern Territory [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); New Caledonia; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I]  (Tongatapu [I], Lifuka [I], Niuatoputapu [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; American Samoa [I]  (Tutuila [I], Ta´u [I]); [Western] Samoa [I]  (Aleipata Isl. [I], ´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); Tuvalu [I]; Tokelau [I]  (Swains Isl. [I]); Gilbert Isl. [I]  (Tarawa [I]); Banaba [Ocean] Isl. [I]; Nauru [I]; N-Line Isl. [I]  (Kiritimati [I]); Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Aitutaki [I], Atiu [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I]); Palau [I]  (Babeldaob [I], Koror [I], Malakal [I], Angaur [I]); Northern Marianas [I]  (Pagan [I], Alamagan [I], Anatahan [I]); Northern Marianas [I]  (Saipan [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Yap [I], Ulithi [I], Truk [I], Moen [I], Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I]  (Majuro [I], Kwajalein [I], Majuro [I], Arno [I], Jaluit [I]); Hawaii [I]  (East Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. John, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda); Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Tobago; Trinidad; Curacao; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Cauca, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Tolima, Vichada); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Yaracuy); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina  (Corrientes)
			20 EGY 21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CMN EQG GAB ZAI 24 ETH SOC SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 AGA COM MAU MDG REU ROD SEY 34 AFG SIN 36 CHI 38 JAP KZN NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG SCS sng SUL SUM xms 50 aus 60 asa fij gil nru nue NWC oce rot sam tok ton tuv 61 coo lin mrq sci 62 gum mic mrn mrs plu 63 haw 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 BAH CAY CUB CUR DOM HIS JAM MAR PUE STL TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brachiatus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 259 (1806)
= Cyperus afrus   G.Bertol.; Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 5: 464 (1854)
= Cyperus compressus f. depauperatus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 430 (1915)
= Cyperus compressus subsp. micranthus T.Koyama; Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 139 (1977)
= Cyperus compressus var. brachiatus (Poir.) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 77 (1834)
= Cyperus compressus var. capillaceus C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 32 (1900)
= Cyperus compressus var. compositus J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 177 (1828)
= Cyperus compressus var. floribundus E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243 (1910)
= Cyperus compressus var. laxus E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 242 (1910)
= Cyperus compressus var. pectiniformis (Schult.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 97 (1884)
= Cyperus compressus var. simplex J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 177 (1828)
= Cyperus dilutus f. decolorans Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 45 (1924)
= Cyperus giraudyi   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 28 (1854)
= Cyperus meyenii   Nees & Arn.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 57 (1843)
= Cyperus pectinatus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 81 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus pectiniformis   Roem. & Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 128 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus concinnus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 214 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus concinnus var. parvifructus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 252 (1936)
= Cyperus lepidus   F.Muell. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 124 (1884), nom. inval.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus confertus
										
										
									 Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 20 (1788)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: West Indian flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Guana, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); St. Barthélémy; Martinique; Tobago; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (Atlántico, Bolívar, La Guajira, Magdalena); Venezuela  (Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Tachira, Zulia); Ecuador; Galapagos
			63 haw 81 ARU BAH BON CUB CUR HIS JAM MAR PUE SBA TRT VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU GAL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus confertus   (Sw.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895)
= Cyperus bidentatus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 330 (1805)
= Cyperus biuncialis   Andersson; Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1853: 156 (1855)
= Cyperus confertus f. debilior (Kük. ex Ekman) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 188 (1926)
= Cyperus confertus f. gracillimus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 498 (1936)
= Cyperus confertus var. bidentatus (Vahl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 498 (1936)
= Cyperus confertus var. biuncialis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 515 (1868)
= Cyperus confertus var. debilior (Kük.) Kük. ex Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(9): 14 (1929)
= Cyperus dissitiflorus   Andersson; Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1853: 153 (1855), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus jamaicensis   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 166 (1817)
= Mariscus bidentatus   (Vahl) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 17(3): 273 (1978)
= Mariscus confertus   (Sw.) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 50 (1900), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus congensis
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 364 (1896)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania
			22 BEN IVO LBR SEN SIE TOG 23 GAB ZAI 25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus eleusinoides var. dinklageanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 145 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus congestus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 358 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Gedrängtes Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; European Turkey [I]; Zimbabwe; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; La Réunion [I]; Azerbaijan [I]; Turkey [I]  (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I]); New Zealand [I]; Hawaii [I]  (´Ewa Plains [I]); Tristan da Cunha [I]
			11 ger 13 tue 26 ZIM 27 LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 reu 33 aze 34 tur 40 ban 50 aus 51 nzl 63 haw 91 tdc
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
				
			 
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus congestus   (Vahl) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 8: 66 (1902)
= Cyperus badius   Steud.; Flora 12: 153 (1829), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus bulbosus   Lag.; Gen. Sp. Pl. [Lagasca] 2 (1816), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus carinatus   Nees; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2: 72 (1846)
= Cyperus congestus var. glandulifer (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 446 (1936)
= Cyperus congestus var. grandiceps Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 446 (1936)
= Cyperus congestus var. pseudonatalensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 446 (1936)
= Cyperus cooperi   (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 328 (1900)
= Cyperus incarnatus   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 306 (1827)
= Cyperus linkianus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 118 (1824)
= Cyperus martianus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 108 (1824)
= Cyperus multiceps   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 311 (1827)
= Cyperus paramatta   Balb. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 81 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus paramatta   Mart.; Pl. Hort. Erlang. 24 (1814)
= Cyperus polycephalus   Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 46 (1821), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus schottianus   Anon.; Index Sem. (Vienna) 1836: s. p. (1836)
= Cyperus spiculosus   Rchb.; Index Sem. (Dresden) 1828: s. p. (1828)
= Cyperus subbulbosus   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 186 (1817)
= Mariscus congestus   (Vahl) C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 35: 72 (1897), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus congestus var. glandulifer C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 192 (1897)
= Mariscus cooperi   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 586 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Pycreus congestus   (Vahl) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 146 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus conglobatus
										
										
									 Humb. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 87 (1820)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Texas); Mexico  (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Cuba; Venezuela  (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Monagas, Sucre)
			77 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA 81 CUB 82 VEN
			
				Remarks: see Tucker & Gandhi (2019) for nomenclature
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cephalophorus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 170 (1828), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus ferax var. conglobatus (Humb. ex Link) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 617 (1936)
= Cyperus ignoratus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 395 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus macrocephalus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 221 (1850)
= Cyperus oxycarioides   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 11: 86 (1884)
= Cyperus oxycarioides   Britton ex Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 465 (1894)
= Diclidium conglobatum   (Link) Nees ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 1: 751 (1893), nom. inval.
= Torulinium macrocephalum   (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 20 (1908)
= Torulinium macrocephalum   (Liebm.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus conglomeratus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 16 no. 29 (1772)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. conglomeratus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt  (Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Chad; Sudan; ?Kenya; Aldabra  (Aldabra Isl.); Seychelles; Iran  (EC-Iran, E-Iran, S-Iran); Israel  (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (C-Saudi Arabia, Dahana, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Midyan, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert); Kuwait; Bahrain; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama); Pakistan  (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab); India  (Gujarat, Rajasthan)
			20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN WSA 22 BKN MLI MTN NGR SEN 24 CHA SUD 29 ALD SEY 34 IRN ISR SIN 35 BAR KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus acutiflorus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 33 (1854)
= Cyperus arcuatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 542 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus complanatus   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 14 (1775)
= Cyperus conglomeratus f. major (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 275 (1936)
= Cyperus conglomeratus f. pachyrrhizus (Boeckeler) Kük.
= Cyperus conglomeratus f. pumilus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 274 (1936)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. ensifolius (Nees & Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 276 (1936)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. major Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 544 (1868)
= Cyperus ensifolius   Nees & Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 545 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus falcatus   Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 547 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus falcatus var. hamiensis Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 47 (1894)
= Cyperus involutus   R.Br.; Voy. Abyss. [Salt], App. p. lxii (1814)
= Cyperus pappii   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 297 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus pungens   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 587 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pungens   Boeckeler ex Aitch. & Hemsl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 121 (1886)
= Cyperus senegalensis   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 577 (1894), nomen
= Cyperus squarrosus   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 262 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus squarrosus var. stenocarpus F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 262 (1874)
= Schoenus glaucus   Sieber ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 554 (1894), in syn.
= Schoenus macrorrhizus   Rich. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 554 (1894) in syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. curvulus
									 (Boeckeler) Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 32(3): 158 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Samha Isl.; Soqotra; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Oman; Yemen; Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan); India  (Rajasthan)
			24 DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM 34 IRN 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus conglomeratus f. curvulus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 275 (1936)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. effusus (Rottb.) Coss. & Durieu; Expl. Sci. Algérie 244 (1855)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. effusus (Rottb.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 275 (1936), isonym
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. socotranus Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 411 (1884)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. socotrensis C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 113 (1884)
= Cyperus curvulus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 541 (1868)
= Cyperus effusus   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 22 (1773)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus conicus
										
										
									 (R.Br.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 371 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus conicus var. glaucinus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 481 (1936)
= Cyperus glaucinus   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 89 (1875)
= Mariscus conicus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 218 (1810)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus conservator-davidii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Willdenowia 44(2): 254 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Antioquia, Meta); Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia; Brazil  (Acre, Roraima)
			79 MEX 80 COS PAN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus consors
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 6 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil  (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil  (Santa Catarina)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus consors var. pernudus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 231 (1936)
= Cyperus consors var. riedelianus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 231 (1936)
= Cyperus riedelianus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 6 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus constanzae
										
										
									 Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 168 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Haiti
			81 CUB HIS JAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ignotus   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 442 (1916)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus constrictus
										
										
									 (Goetgh.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 18 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burundi; Ethiopia
			23 BUR 24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Lipocarpha constricta   Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 31 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus controversus
										
										
									 (Steud.) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 611 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Angola
			24 ETH 26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus alatus subsp. controversus (Steud.) Lye; Lidia 3(5): 172 (1995)
= Kyllinga alba   Steud.; Flora 16: 597 (1842), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga controversa   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 70 (1854)
= Kyllinga dorsocrena   Nees; Linnaea 35: 430 (1868)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus coonoorensis
										
										
									 Viji, Pandur., Deepu & G.C.Tucker; Phytotaxa 203(2): 178 (2015)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus coriifolius
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 391 (1869 publ. 1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Panama; NE-Brazil
			80 PAN 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus coriifolius var. abbreviatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 392 (1870)
= Mariscus alatus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 144 (1824)
= Mariscus elatus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 377 (1805)
= Mariscus incompletus   Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 165 (1900)
= Mariscus latifolius   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 50 (1842)
= Mariscus procerus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 46 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cornelii-ostenii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 198 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz); WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Caaguazu, Central, Cordillera, Paraguari); Argentina  (Chaco, Jujuy, Misiones)
			83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus cornellii-ostenii   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
= Cyperus cornelii   Kük. ex Rojas; Revista Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay 2: 174 (1930)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. pilcomayensis
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 199 (1931)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay); Argentina  (Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe)
			85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus correllii
										
										
									 (T.Koyama) G.C.Tucker; Sida 10(4): 305 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bahamas  (Grand Bahama Isl.)
			81 BAH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Torulinium correllii   T.Koyama; Brittonia 28(2): 252 (1976)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus corymbosus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 19 (1772)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Algeria  (Hoggar); Ivory Coast; Togo; N-Chad  (Tibesti); Tanzania; Angola; S-Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Iraq  (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); ?Pakistan  (?Sind); Nepal; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I])
			20 ALG 22 IVO TOG 24 CHA 25 TAN 26 ANG MOZ 27 BOT SAF 29 MDG 34 IRQ ISR 40 BAN IND NEP SRL 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 50 aus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bengalensis   Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 3: 101 (1822)
= Cyperus corymbosus var. brevispiculosus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 749 (1891)
= Cyperus corymbosus var. damarensis Kük.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 50: 2 (1943)
= Cyperus corymbosus var. longispiculatus (Kuntze) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 82 (1935)
= Cyperus corymbosus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 277 (1870)
= Cyperus corymbosus var. pangorei C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 159 (1884)
= Cyperus diphyllus   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 11 (1788)
= Cyperus diphyllus var. elatior Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 279 (1878)
= Cyperus diphyllus var. triangularis Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 273 (1870)
= Cyperus enodis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 271 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus enodis var. longispiculatus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 749 (1891)
= Cyperus gula-metthi   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 125 (1824)
= Cyperus koenigii   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 302 (1805)
= Cyperus longus var. pallescens (Desf.) Coss. & Durieu; Expl. Sci. Algérie 249 (1855)
= Cyperus nudus   Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 191 (1820)
= Cyperus roestelii   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 58 (1837)
= Cyperus seminudus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 5 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus tegetiformis   Roxb. ex Arn.; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 89 (1834)
= Cyperus tenuicomus   Miq.; Linnaea 19: 223 (1846)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus corynephorus
										
										
									 Lock; Fl. Zambes. 14: 237 (2020), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; etc.
			22 BEN IVO LBR NGA TOG 23 CMN GAB ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ZAM ZIM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus cylindristachyus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 65 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus costaricensis
										
										
									 Gómez-Laur.; Phytologia 52(4): 228 (1982)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Campeche, Quintana Roo); Costa Rica; Panama
			79 MEX 80 COS PAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus amplus   G.C.Tucker; Syst. Bot. Monogr. 2 [Cyperus Costa Rica & Panama]: 23 (1983)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus costatus
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 575 (1936), nom. nov.
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. costatus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
			24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus oblongus subsp. nervosus (Steud.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: 2 (1983)
= Kyllinga nervosa   Steud.; Flora 25: 597 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. jubensis
									 (Mtot.) Govaerts; Skvortsovia 4(3): 90 (2018)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus oblongus subsp. jubensis (Mtot.) Lye; Lidia 3(4): 132 (1994)
= Kyllinga flava subsp. jubensis Mtot.; Sinet 13(1): 39 (1990)
= Kyllinga nervosa subsp. jubensis (Mtot.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 4: 602 (1997)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. sidamoensis
									 (Mtot.) Lye; Lidia 3(4): 132 (1994)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya
			24 ETH 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga nervosa subsp. sidamoensis Mtot.; Sinet 13(1): 37 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cracens
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 435 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus crassicuspis
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 18 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal
			22 SEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha crassicuspis   (J.Raynal) Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 32 (1989)
= Lipocarpha prieuriana var. crassicuspis J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 7: 86 (1967)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus crassipes
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 299 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Western Sahara; Cape Verde Isl.  (Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; W-Angola; Mozambique; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Brazil [I]
			20 WSA 21 CVI 22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MTN SEN SIE TOG 23 CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ 27 SAF 29 MDG 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus brevis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 341 (1870)
= Cyperus cephalostachyus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 315 (1855)
= Cyperus chisimajensis   Chiov.; Agric. Colon. 20: 104 (1926)
= Cyperus congestus var. brevis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 445 (1936)
= Cyperus frerei   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 327 (1901)
= Cyperus heterophyllus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 441 (1859)
= Cyperus jardinei   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 28 (1854)
= Cyperus maritimus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 240 (1806), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus maritimus var. crassipes (Vahl) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 569 (1894)
= Cyperus maritimus var. gracilescens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 270 (1936)
= Cyperus scirpoides   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 311 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cremeomariscus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 218 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus crispulus
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 430 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Western Australia)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cristulatus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 35 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus croceus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 357 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Baldwin´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Bermuda; Guatemala; ?Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Colombia  (Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Huila, Tolima); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Barinas, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 80 COS GUA NIC PAN 81 BAH BER CUB HIS JAM PUE 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus baldwinii   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 270 (1836)
= Cyperus cyclostachyus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 567 (1864)
= Cyperus echinatus var. multiflorus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 99 (1888)
= Cyperus globosus   Baldwin ex Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: (1836) 270 [non Aubl.]
= Cyperus globulosus var. multiflorus Kük. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 4 (1929)
= Cyperus globulosus var. pseudofiliculmis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 511 (1936)
= Cyperus multiflorus   (Britton) Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 153 (1933)
= Dichostylis baldwinii   (Torr.) Palla; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cruentus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 21; Progr. 17 (1773)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Yemen
			24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus globosus   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 13 (1775)
= Cyperus neoschimperi   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 552 (1936)
= Cyperus neoschimperi var. subvirescens Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 552 (1936)
= Cyperus neoschimperi var. viridis (Hochst. ex Schweinf.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 552 (1936)
= Cyperus variegatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 337 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus vexillatus   Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 547 (1936)
= Mariscus schimperi   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 491 (1850)
= Mariscus viridis   Hochst. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 217 (1867)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus crypsoides
										
										
									 J.Kern; Reinwardtia 2: 128 (1952)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sulawesi
			42 SUL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cunduduensis
										
										
									 Chiov.; Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 60 (1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; N-Somalia
			24 ETH SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus cundudoensis   (Chiov.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 148 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cunninghamii
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) C.Gardn.; Enum. Pl. Austral. Occ. 12 (1930)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. cunninghamii
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aridicola   (Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 451 (1936)
= Cyperus umbellatus var. fasciculiger F.Muell.; Sci. Exp. Centr. Austr. 3: 181 (1896)
= Cyperus xerophilus   (Domin) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: Heft 85, 445 (1915)
= Cyperus xerophilus   (Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 450 (1936), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus aridicola   Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 439 (1915)
= Mariscus cunninghamii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
= Mariscus fasciculiger   (F.Muell.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 443 (1915)
= Mariscus xerophilus   Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 438 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. cheradicus
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 417 (1991)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. uniflorus
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 419 (1991)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus curvistylis
										
										
									 J.Kern; Blumea 13: 123 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cuspidatus
										
										
									 Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 204 (1816)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Coastal plain flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Fogo Isl.); Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Seychelles [I]; China  (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Gilgit); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Barren Isl.; Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Taninthayi, Yangon); Myanmar [I]  (Yangon [I]); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (throughout); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz); El Salvador; Honduras; Cuba; Colombia  (Amazonas, Guainía, Guaviare, Magdalena, Meta, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Portuguesa, Sucre, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; ?French Guiana; Peru; Bolivia  (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil
			21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN CON EQG ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG sey 36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI sng SUL SUM 50 AUS 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 ELS HON 81 CUB 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus angustifolius   Buch.-Ham. ex Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 79 (1834)
= Cyperus angustifolius   Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 38 (1827)
= Cyperus capitatus   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 9 (1786)
= Cyperus contractus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 13 (1854)
= Cyperus cuspidatus f. angustifolius Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 264 (1936)
= Cyperus cuspidatus f. exiguus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 264 (1936)
= Cyperus cuspidatus var. burchellii C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 90 (1884)
= Cyperus cylindricus var. elatior Boeckeler; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 3, 1: 131 (1869)
= Cyperus exiguus   Nees; Linnaea 9: 284 (1834), nom. inval.
= Cyperus gratus   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 133 (1906). 38: 133 (1906)
= Cyperus hamatus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 23 (1842)
= Cyperus hamulatus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 22 (1837)
= Cyperus pectinatus   Hils. & Bojer ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 284 (1883), non Vahl
= Cyperus recurvatus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 22 (1837)
= Cyperus recurvus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 310 (1805)
= Cyperus salzmannii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 15 (1854)
= Cyperus setifolius   D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 38 (1825)
= Cyperus solutus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 14 (1854)
= Cyperus uncinatus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 247 (1806)
= Cyperus uncinatus var. gratus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 261 (1936)
= Cyperus waterlotii   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 339 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Dichostylis cuspidata   (Kunth) Palla; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 296 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cymulosus
										
										
									 Willemet; Ann. Bot. [Usteri] 18: 7 (1796)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritius
			29 MAU
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus cyperinus
										
										
									 (Retz.) Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 154 (1898)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima, Keetaajima, Nakohdojima, Hahajima, Mukohjima, Imohtojima); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia  (common throughout); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Sumbawa, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga  (Tongatapu, Vava´u); Fiji [I]; American Samoa [I]  (Ta´u [I], Tutuila [I]); [Western] Samoa [I]  (Aleipata Isl. [I], ´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I], Ngaputoru Group [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I], Mehetia [I], Moorea [I], Huahine [I], Raiatea [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I]  (Makatea Isl. [I]); Austral Isl. [I]  (Rapa Iti [I], Rurutu [I], Raivavae [I], Tubuai [I]); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror, Peleliu); Northern Marianas  (Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Northern Marianas [I]  (Maug, Asuncion, Agrihan, Pagan, Alamagan, Guguan, Sarigan, Anatahan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Yap [I], Truk [I], Moen [I], Tol [I], Pohnpei [I], Kosrae); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I]); Jamaica [I]; Grenada [I]; Tobago [I]; Colombia [I]
			36 CHI 38 NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI sng SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 asa fij NWC rot sam TON VAN 61 aui coo sci tua 62 GUM mic MRN PLU 63 haw 81 gre jam trt 82 clm
			
				Remarks: native area in the Pacific uncertain
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carex myosuroides   (Gaertn.) J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 2(1): 146 (1791), nom. illeg.
= Carex opetiola   Raeusch.; Nomencl. Bot. [Raeuschel], ed. 3: 270 (1797)
= Cyperus andersonianus   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 502 (1884)
= Cyperus cylindrostachys   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 383 (1870), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus cyperinus f. curvatus Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 156 (1898)
= Cyperus cyperinus subsp. laxatus (C.B.Clarke) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 88 (2015 publ. 2014)
= Cyperus cyperinus var. bengalensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 520 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperinus var. laxatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 519 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperinus var. maximus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 520 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperinus var. pictus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 519 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperinus var. scabriculmis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 520 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides subsp. cyperinus (Retz.) Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 46 (1925)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. andersonianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 46 (1924)
= Cyperus graeffei   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 84 (1875)
= Cyperus ischnostachys   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 53 (1854)
= Cyperus manilensis   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 501 (1884)
= Cyperus samoensis   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 586 (1898)
= Cyperus umbellatus f. cyperinus (Retz.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 200 (1884)
= Cyperus umbellatus var. cylindrostachys C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 201 (1884)
= Cyperus umbellatus var. laxatus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 201 (1884)
= Cyperus venustus   G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 89 (1786), nomen
= Kyllinga bulbosa   J.Koenig ex Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 376 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga cyperina   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 6: 21 (1791)
= Kyllinga rigida   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 323 (1833), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus cyperinus   (Retz.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 377 (1805)
= Mariscus cyperinus subsp. laxatus (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama; Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 157 (1977)
= Mariscus cyperinus var. bengalensis C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 621 (1893)
= Mariscus cyperinus var. laxatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 519 (1936)
= Mariscus cyperinus var. maximus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 43 (1898)
= Mariscus cyperinus var. pictus (Nees) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 63 (1989)
= Mariscus pictus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 90 (1834)
= Mariscus sundaicus   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 289 (1859)
= Mariscus tenuifolius   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2: t. 46 (1842)
= Mariscus umbellatus var. cyperinus (Retz.) E.G.Camus; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 7: 77 (1912)
= Opetiola myosuroides   Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 14, t. 2 (1788)
= Torulinium samoense   (Boeckeler) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 452 (1909)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cyperoides
										
										
									 (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 333 (1898)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius; +La Réunion; China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Izu Isl.); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima, Hahajima, all other major islands); Volcano Isl.  (Kita-Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Azad Kashmir); Pakistan  (Hazara, Murree); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (throughout); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales); Vanuatu; Tonga  (Late Isl., ´Eua, Tongatapu, Tafahi); Niue; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa  (´Upolu, Savai´i); American Samoa  (Ta´u, Tutuila); Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group); Marquesas Isl.  (Hiva Oa); Austral Isl.  (Rapa Iti, Rurutu, Tubuai); Tuamotu Arch.  (Mangareva); Easter Isl.; Northern Marianas  (Saipan, Tinian); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Pohnpei); Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); Honduras [I]; Jamaica [I]; Grenada [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Venezuela [I]
			21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO BUR CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOC SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 28 asc STH 29 COM MAU MDG REU 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR KZN NKO NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS sng SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA fij NUE SAM TON VAN 61 AUI COO EAS MRQ TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN 63 haw 80 hon 81 gre jam trt 82 ven
			
				Remarks: almost certainly introduced in Polynesia
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus biglumis   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 199 (1884)
= Cyperus cylindrostachys var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Skottsb.; Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 300 (1944)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. brevispicatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 517 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. clarkei (Turrill ex Craib) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 518 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Sinensia 3: 80 (1932)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 518 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. microstachys Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 518 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. nossibeensis (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 517 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. ovalis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 518 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. polyphyllus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 517 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. repens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 518 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 516 (1936)
= Cyperus flexifolius   Boeckeler ex Reinecke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 586 (1898), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus konkanensis   T.Cooke; Fl. Bombay 2: 874 (1908)
= Cyperus linctus   G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 89 (1786), nomen
= Cyperus macrocarpus var. humbertii (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 529 (1936)
= Cyperus macrocarpus var. submacrocarpus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 528 (1936)
= Cyperus manilensis   Boeckeler ex Warb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 264 (1890)
= Cyperus nossibeensis   (Steud.) K.Schum.; (1895)
= Cyperus philippensis   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 174 (1828)
= Cyperus sieberianus   (Nees ex Steud.) K.Schum.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 96 (1898), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus steudelianus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 382 (1869 publ. 1870), non (1884)
= Cyperus subumbellatus   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 523 (1936), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus subumbellatus var. sessilispicatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 525 (1936)
= Cyperus subumbellatus var. subglobosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 524 (1936)
= Cyperus umbellatus   (Rottb.) Benth.; Fl. Hongk. 386 (1861)
= Kyllinga biglumis   (Gaertn.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 851 (1841)
= Kyllinga sumatrensis   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 13 (1786)
= Kyllinga umbellata   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 15, t. 4, f. 2
= Kyllinga umbellata var. sumatrensis (Retz.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 258 (1797)
= Lipocarpha mangarevica   H.St.John; Pacific Pl. Stud. 43: 9 (1988)
= Mariscus alternifolius   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 376 (1805)
= Mariscus biglumis   Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 12, t. 2, f. 8 (1788)
= Mariscus clarkei   Turrill ex Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 422 (1912)
= Mariscus concinnus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 47 (1842)
= Mariscus concinnus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi; Fl. Bilaspur Distr. 2: 699 (1999)
= Mariscus concinnus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi; Fl. Bilaspur Distr. 2: 699 (1999)
= Mariscus concinnus var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi; Fl. Bilaspur Distr. 2: 699 (1999)
= Mariscus corymbosus   Boeckeler; Flora 41: 409 (1858)
= Mariscus cyperoides   (L.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 164 (1900)
= Mariscus cyperoides var. capitatus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 438 (1915)
= Mariscus cyperoides var. microstachys (Kük.) S.M.Huang; Fl. Hainan. 4: 537 (1977), without basionym ref.
= Mariscus humbertii   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 303 (1919)
= Mariscus konkanensis   (Cooke) Sedgw.; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 25: 698 (1918)
= Mariscus linctus   M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 364 (2009), nom. inval.
= Mariscus linctus var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 365 (2009), nom. inval.
= Mariscus nossibeensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 63 (1854)
= Mariscus pachystachyus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 65 (1854)
= Mariscus philippensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 66 (1854)
= Mariscus polyphyllus   Steud.; Flora 25: 596 (1842), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus quarrei   Cherm.; Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 5: 14 (1933), nomen
= Mariscus sieberianus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 90 (1834), pro syn.
= Mariscus sieberianus   Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 61 (1855)
= Mariscus sieberianus var. evolutior C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 622 (1893)
= Mariscus sieberianus var. khasianus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 623 (1893)
= Mariscus sieberianus var. nossibeensis (Steud.) Cherm.; Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille 27: 55 (1919)
= Mariscus sieberianus var. subcompositus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 622 (1893)
= Mariscus steudelianus   (Boeckeler) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40(Suppl.): 1457 (1970)
= Mariscus sumatrensis   (Retz.) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 15: 110 (1975)
= Mariscus sumatrensis var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 64 (1989)
= Mariscus sumatrensis var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 64 (1989)
= Mariscus sumatrensis var. microstachys (Kük.) L.K.Dai; Higher Pl. China 12: 344 (2009)
= Mariscus sumatrensis var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 64 (1989)
= Mariscus umbellatus   (Rottb.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 376 (1805), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Mariscus umbellatus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 181 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus umbellatus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) E.G.Camus; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 7: 78 (1912)
= Mariscus umbellatus var. microstachys (Kük.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 181 (1961)
= Mariscus umbellatus var. sieberianus E.G.Camus; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 7: 78 (1912)
= Mariscus umbellatus var. subcompositus (C.B.Clarke) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 181 (1961)
= Scirpus cyperoides   L.; Mant. Pl. Altera [Linnaeus] 181 (1771)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus cyprius
										
										
									 Post; Mém. Herb. Boissier 18: 102 (1900)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cyprus
			34 CYP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dactyliformis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 329 (1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Cape Prov., KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal)
			26 ZIM 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus dactyliformis var. elatior (Kunth) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 70 (1934)
= Cyperus dactyliformis var. gueinzii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 70 (1934)
= Cyperus dactyliformis var. involutus (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 26: 328 (1900)
= Cyperus elatior   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 327 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus involutus   (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 328 (1900)
= Cyperus solidus var. elatior Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 76 (1837)
= Cyperus tabularis var. major Nees; Linnaea 10: 137 (1836)
= Cyperus toisensis   Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 334 (1898)
= Mariscus dactyliformis   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 53 (1894)
= Mariscus elatior   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 586 (1894)
= Mariscus gueinzii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 195 (1898)
= Mariscus involutus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 589 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dactylotes
										
										
									 Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 273 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
			11 ger 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus clelandii   J.M.Black; Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 48: 253 (1924)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus davidsei
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Bot. Brasil [58 Congr. Nac. Bot.]. 312 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Bahia)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus debilissimus
										
										
									 Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 532 (1887)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus calochrous   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 312 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus debilissimus var. calochrous (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 606 (1927 publ. 1928)
= Cyperus debilissimus var. calochrous (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 188 (1936), isonym
= Cyperus debilissimus var. triqueter Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 553 (1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus deciduus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 62: 547 (1879)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus wittei   Cherm.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 22: 64 (1932)
= Mariscus deciduus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 191 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus decompositus
										
										
									 (R.Br.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 267 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus decompositus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 218 (1810)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus decurvatus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) C.Archer & Goetgh.; Bothalia 41(2): 300 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cylindrolepis rehmanniana   Boeckeler; Bot. Centralbl. 39: 73 (1889)
= Cylindrolepis rehmanniana   Boeckeler ex T.Durand & B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew., Suppl. 1: 120 (1902), nom. inval.
= Cyperus indecorus var. decurvatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 545 (1936)
= Cyperus indecorus var. dinteri Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 545 (1936)
= Mariscus indecorus var. decurvatus (C.B.Clarke) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 524 (1960)
= Mariscus indecorus var. dinteri (Kük.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 524 (1960)
= Mariscus rehmannianus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 591 (1894)
= Mariscus vestitus var. decurvatus C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 134 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus delavayi
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 331 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus delavayi   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 203 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus demangei
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mali; S-Chad; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Botswana
			22 MLI 24 CHA 25 TAN 26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus demangei   J.Raynal; Kew Bull. 23: 314 (1969)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus densibulbosus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 369 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dentatus
										
										
									 Torr.; Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 61 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Toothed flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Canada  (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec); USA  (Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia)
			72 CDN 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus dentatus f. ctenostachys (Fernald) Fernald; Rhodora 44: 151 (1940)
= Cyperus dentatus var. ctenostachys Fernald; Rhodora 8: 126 (1906)
= Cyperus micranthus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 121 (1824)
= Cyperus parviflorus   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 19 (1817), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus watsonianus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 435 bis (1859)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dentoniae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Syst. Bot. Monogr. 2 [Cyperus Costa Rica & Panama]: 56 (1983), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Hairy flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona); Mexico  (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Yucatan, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
			76 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus flavomariscus var. peduncularis Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 215 (1886)
= Cyperus flavus var. peduncularis (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 532 (1936)
= Mariscus hermaphroditus var. peduncularis (Britton) Stehlé; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 87 (1947)
= Mariscus pubescens   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 181 (1828) [not Cyperus pubescens Steud. 1854
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus denudatus
										
										
									 L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 98 (1782)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; SW-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius [I]; Australia [I]  (Queensland [I])
			22 BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 BUR CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 mau MDG 50 aus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus amphibolus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 22 (1854)
= Cyperus arrhizus   Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 577 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Cyperus corymbosus   Steud.; Flora 12: 153 (1829), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus denudatus f. longispiculosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 255 (1936)
= Cyperus denudatus f. singularis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 255 (1936)
= Cyperus denudatus var. sphaerospermoides (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 256 (1936)
= Cyperus flavissimus   Steud.; Flora 12: 152 (1829), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus haspan var. sphaerospermoides (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 605 (1927 publ. 1928)
= Cyperus haspan var. transiens (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 605 (1927 publ. 1928)
= Cyperus haspanoides   C.B.Clarke ex K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 119 (1895)
= Cyperus kasamensis   Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 108 (1961)
= Cyperus platycaulis var. recedens Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 254 (1936)
= Cyperus sphaerospermoides   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 340 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus sphaerospermoides var. transiens Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 329 (1920)
= Cyperus spretus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 21 (1854)
= Cyperus tristis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 35 (1837)
= Cyperus verrucinux   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 132 (1906)
= Fimbristylis androgyna   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 226 (1810)
= Iria androgyna   (R.Br.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 751 (1891)
= Scirpus androgyna   (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 98 (1817), nom. inval.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus derreilema
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 585 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Madagascar
			23 RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus deckenii   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 361 (1874)
= Cyperus derreilema subsp. deckenii (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 199 (1936)
= Cyperus derreilema var. brevispiculosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 199 (1936)
= Cyperus derreilema var. tsaratananensis (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 199 (1936)
= Cyperus pustulatus var. tschinsendensis (Turrill) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 161 (1936)
= Cyperus tsaratananensis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 343 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus tschinsendensis   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 68 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus diamantinus
										
										
									 (D.A.Simpson) Govaerts; World Checkl. Cyperaceae 316 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus diamantinus   D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 44(2): 283 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus diandrus
										
										
									 Torr.; Cat. Pl. New York 89 (1819)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Umbrella flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Canada  (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec); USA  (Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin)
			11 ger 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus diandrus f. elongatus (Britton) Fernald; Rhodora 41: 423 (1939)
= Cyperus diandrus var. elongatus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 226 (1892)
= Cyperus diandrus var. pauciflorus Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 732 (1861)
= Pycreus diandrus   (Torr.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 2 (1908)
= Torreya maritima   Raf.; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105 (1819)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus diaphanus
										
										
									 Schrad. ex Roem. &  Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 477 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mandalay); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl.
			36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 LSI MLY PHI SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus latespicatus   (Boeckeler) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus aphyllus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 450 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus curvibracteatus   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 88(3): 231 (1979)
= Cyperus diaphanus var. gracilescens (Kük.) H.O.Saxena; Indian Forester 99: 505 (1973)
= Cyperus diaphanus var. latespicatus (Boeckeler) J.Kern; Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermatoph. 7(3): 653 (1974)
= Cyperus gratissimus   Kitag.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 222, in syn. (1935)
= Cyperus latespicatus var. gracilescens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 393 (1936)
= Cyperus latispicatus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 441 (1859)
= Cyperus latispicatus   Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 202 (1903)
= Cyperus latispicatus var. acaulis C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 41 (1884)
= Cyperus latispicatus var. diaphanus (Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 393 (1936)
= Cyperus latispicatus var. laxus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 393 (1936)
= Cyperus latovaginatus   Govind.; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 52: 74 (1973 publ. 1974)
= Cyperus plumbeonucea   Govind.; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 52: 76 (1973 publ. 1974)
= Cyperus pseudobromoides   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 464 (1868)
= Pycreus apiculatus   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 415 (1990)
= Pycreus curvibracteatus   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 468 (1984)
= Pycreus debilissimus f. opulentus (Govind.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 293 (2015 publ. 2014)
= Pycreus debilissimus var. apiculatus (Govind.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 293 (2015 publ. 2014)
= Pycreus diaphanus   (Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult.) S.S.Hooper & T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 51: 316 (1976)
= Pycreus diaphanus   (Schrad. ex Roem. ex Schult.) S.M.Huang; Fl. Hainan. 4: 537 (1977), isonym
= Pycreus diaphanus var. acaulis (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 64 (1989)
= Pycreus diaphanus var. gracilescens (Kük.) S.S.Hooper; Fl. Hassan Distr. [Saldanha & Nicolson] 692 (1976)
= Pycreus diaphanus var. latespicatus (Boeckeler) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 370 (2009)
= Pycreus diaphanus var. laxus (Kük.) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas; Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 471 (1990)
= Pycreus latispicatus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 590 (1893)
= Pycreus latovaginatus   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 467 (1984)
= Pycreus opulentus   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 417 (1990)
= Pycreus plicatus   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 417 (1990)
= Pycreus plumbeonucea   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 467 (1984)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dichromeniformis
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 26 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus tephrodes   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 30 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus dichromus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 133 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Somalia; Kenya
			24 SOM 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus dichrostachyus
										
										
									 Hochst.; Flora 24(1. Intell.): 21 (1841), nomen, ex A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 481 (1850), as ´dichroostachyus´
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Madagascar; China [I]
			23 BUR CMN RWA ZAI 24 ERI ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 29 MDG 36 chi
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus andschoa   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 481 (1850)
= Cyperus fresenii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 469 (1841)
= Cyperus scirpoides   R.Br. ex Fresen.; Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 149 (1837), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus dietrichiae
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 58: 87 (1875)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bismarck Arch.  (New Britain); Australia  (Queensland)
			43 BIS 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus dietrichiae var. fractuosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 424 (1936)
= Cyperus trichostachys   Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 287 (1878)
= Mariscus dietrichiae   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 20 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. brevibracteatus
									 (Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 426 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus brevibracteatus   (Domin) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): t. 100 (1915)
= Mariscus dietrichiae subsp. brevibracteatus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 436 (1915)
= Mariscus dietrichiae var. brevibracteatus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 436 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus difformis
										
										
									 L.; Cent. Pl. II: 6 (1756)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Variable flatsedge, Smallflower umbrella Sedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Sicily; Croatia; Montenegro; ?Serbia; Kosovo; ?North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (rare coastal mainland); Ukraine; Morocco [I]; Libya [I]; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Azores [I]  (Sao Miguel Isl. [I]); Madeira [I]  (Madeira Isl. [I]); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Seychelles [I]; Chagos Arch. [I]  (Diego Garcia [I]); Russian Far East  (Primorye); Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey  (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran; Afghanistan  (Baghlan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (NW-Syria); Israel  (Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai, S-Sinai); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima); Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Hazara, Murree); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan, Yangon); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia  (Kelantan); Singapore; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, Timor, Alor); Moluccas  (Tanimbar); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); New Caledonia; Fiji [I]; Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I], Atiu [I], Mauke [I], Manihiki [I], Rakahanga [I]); Palau [I]  (Babeldaob [I], Malakal [I], Truk [I], Moen [I], Pohnpei [I]); Guam [I]; Marshall Isl. [I]  (Majuro [I]); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], West Maui [I]); USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], California [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Idaho [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], Nebraska [I], New Jersey [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I], Washington State [I]); Mexico [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Panama [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Brazil [I]; Chile [I]  (O´Higgins [I], Maule [I], Ñuble [I], Biobío [I])
			11 ger HUN 12 COR FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT ROM SIC TUE 14 UKR 20 EGY lby mor 21 azo mdr 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES SAF SWZ 29 cgs COM MAU MDG REU sey 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG IRN IRQ ISR LEB SIN SYR TUR 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR KZN NKO NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND MYA NCB THA 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 fij NWC 61 coo 62 gum mrs plu 63 haw 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 cos nic pan 81 his jam pue stl 82 clm guy ven 83 ecu per 84 bra 85 cle
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus difformis f. humilis Debeaux; Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 1: 144 (1876)
= Cyperus difformis f. maximus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 135 (1884)
= Cyperus difformis var. breviglobosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 246 (1936)
= Cyperus difformis var. subdecompositus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 240 (1936)
= Cyperus goeringii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 24 (1854)
= Cyperus holoschoenoides   Jan ex Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 111 (1824)
= Cyperus lateriflorus   Torr.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 2(1): 226 (1859), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus oryzetorum   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 24 (1854)
= Cyperus prostratus   Delile ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 557 (1894), in syn.
= Cyperus protractus   Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 45 (1821), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus subrotundus   Llanos; Fragm. Pl. Filip. 14 (1851)
= Cyperus viridis   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 38 (1837), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus diffusus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 321 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (throughout except Northwestern region); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (throughout); peninsular Malaysia  (throughout); Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Queensland, Northern Territory)
			36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bancanus var. brevibracteatus E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243 (1910)
= Cyperus buettneri   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 3 (1888)
= Cyperus calacaryensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 34 (1854)
= Cyperus diffusus f. celebicus (Miq.) Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 43 (1924)
= Cyperus diffusus subsp. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 139 (1977)
= Cyperus diffusus var. brevibracteatus (E.G.Camus) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 209 (1936)
= Cyperus diffusus var. latifolius L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 232 (1961)
= Cyperus diffusus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 534 (1868)
= Cyperus diffusus var. multispicatus S.M.Huang; Fl. Hainan. 4: 536 (1977)
= Cyperus diffusus var. pubisquama (Steud.) Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 43 (1924)
= Cyperus holophyllus   Miq. ex de Vriese; Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient. 139 (1857)
= Cyperus holophyllus var. celebicus Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 283 (1856)
= Cyperus iridifolius   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 315 (1833)
= Cyperus lagorensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 36 (1854)
= Cyperus laxus subsp. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh; Phytotaxonomy 1: 64 (2001)
= Cyperus laxus var. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 46 (1989)
= Cyperus laxus var. multispicatus (S.M.Huang) S.M.Huang; Fl. Guangdong 8: 331 (2007), without basionym ref.
= Cyperus moestus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 31 (1837)
= Cyperus nigroviridis   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 344 (1859)
= Cyperus parciflorus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 85 (1818)
= Cyperus pubisquama   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 20 (1855)
= Cyperus sarzogonensis   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 351 (1830)
= Cyperus scirpoides   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 178 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Eucyperus diffusus   (Vahl) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
= Pycreus diffusus var. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 46 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus digitatus
										
										
									 Roxb.; [Hort. Bengal. 81 (1814), nomen], Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 209 (1820)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. digitatus
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Finger flatsedge
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi, Yunnan); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore); Nepal; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmrr, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Mandalay, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror?); Northern Marianas  (Anatahan); USA  (Louisiana, Texas); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Cauca, Córdoba, Magdalena, Santander, Valle); Venezuela  (Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Central, Cordillera, Neembucu, Pres. Hayes); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
			36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS 62 MRN PLU 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE STL TRT 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brachystachys   Nees ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 310 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus digitatus f. contractior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 57 (1935)
= Cyperus digitatus var. laxiflorus L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 230 (1961)
= Cyperus digitatus var. mexicanus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 57 (1935)
= Cyperus digitatus var. oatesii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 56 (1935)
= Cyperus digitatus var. obtusifructus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 56 (1935)
= Cyperus digitatus var. pingbienensis L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 230 (1961)
= Cyperus exaltatus var. oatesii C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 188 (1884)
= Cyperus fastuosus   Desv.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 12 (1825)
= Cyperus giganteus   Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 238 (1866), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus glomeratus   Roxb. ex Arn.; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 85 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus mexicanus   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 227 (1851)
= Cyperus neesii   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 101 (1837)
= Cyperus oatesii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 618 (1893)
= Cyperus ornithopodioides   Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 2: 50 (1813), nomen
= Cyperus rhaphiostachys   Humb. & Bonpl. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 68 (1837)
= Cyperus spongiosovaginatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 5 (1888)
= Cyperus trinidadensis   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: (1890) 7
= Cyperus tuberifer   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 474 (1841)
= Cyperus venustus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 316 (1870), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus wiestii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 35 (1854)
= Cyperus xanthocomus   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 316 (1827)
= Papyrus tuberifer   Schrad.; Index Sem. (Göttingen) 1835: 5 (1835)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. khasianus
									 (C.B.Clarke) J.Kern; Blumea (Suppl.) 4: 165 (1958)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu); Bangladesh
			40 BAN IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus auricomus var. khasianus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 189 (1884)
= Cyperus digitatus var. hookeri (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 618 (1893)
= Cyperus hookeri   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 308 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus racemosus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 324 (2009)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. auricomus
									 (Sieber ex Spreng.) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 65 (1934)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, NW-coastal Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia  (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai)
			20 EGY 22 BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 34 SIN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus aureorufus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 369 (1874)
= Cyperus auricomus   Sieber ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 230 (1824)
= Cyperus auricomus var. microstachyus Boeckeler; Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land [Schumann & Hollrung] 23 (1889)
= Cyperus auricomus var. minor C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 373 (1901)
= Cyperus digitatus var. abbreviatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 58 (1935)
= Cyperus digitatus var. aureorufus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 58 (1935)
= Cyperus digitatus var. bruntii S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 577 (1972)
= Cyperus digitatus var. minor (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 58 (1935)
= Cyperus subalatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 291 (1870), nom. illeg.
= Papyrus auricomus   (Sieber ex Spreng.) Schrad.; Index Sem. Hort. Acad. Götting. 1835: 5 (1835)
= Papyrus elatus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 88 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dilatatus
										
										
									 Schum.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 38 (1827)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; South Sudan; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Tanzania
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA SOC SOM SSU 25 TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus esphacelatus   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 131 (1935)
= Cyperus gracilinux   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 162 (1884)
= Cyperus permacer   C.B.Clarke; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 27 (1907)
= Cyperus pseudosphacelatus   Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 374 (1915)
= Cyperus zollingeri var. permacer (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 134 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dioicus
										
										
									 I.M.Johnst.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 12: 988 (1924)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Baja California Sur)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dipsaceus
										
										
									 Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 219 (1851)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Wright´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus wrightii   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 215 (1886)
= Mariscus dipsaceus   (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 16 (1908)
= Mariscus wrightii   (Britton) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dipsacoides
										
										
									 (Schumach.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; N-Cameroon
			22 BEN BKN GHA IVO NGA SEN TOG 23 CMN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ascolepis dipsacoides   (Schumach.) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 8: 99 (1968)
= Ascolepis setigera   Hutch.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 472, in clavi, 474 (1936), anglice, nom. invalid.
= Kyllinga dipsacoides   Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 41 (1827)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus disjunctus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 8 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus tetraphyllus var. monocephalus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 269 (1878)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus distans
										
										
									 L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 103 (1782)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Piedmont flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Ascension Isl.; St. Helena; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Seychelles; S-China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Yangon); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (common throughout); Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Western Australia, Queensland); Fiji [I] Bolivia  (Tarija); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror); USA  (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina); Honduras; Nicaragua; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola); St. Kitts; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Santander, Valle, Vichada); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Monagas, Nueva Esparta); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina  (Jujuy)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 28 ASC STH 29 COM MAU MDG REU ROD SEY 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL SUM 43 SOL 50 AUS 62 PLU 78 USA 80 HON NIC 81 ABA DOM GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE STK TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus densiflorus   Hemsl.; Rep. Voy. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 23 (1885), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 140 (1935)
= Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 140 (1935)
= Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 140 (1935)
= Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus Gross & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 141 (1935)
= Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 140 (1935)
= Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 350 (1901)
= Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 137 (1935)
= Cyperus elatus   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 37, t. 10 (1773) [non L. 1756]
= Cyperus graminicola   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 49 (1854)
= Cyperus keniensis   Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 306 (1925)
= Cyperus kurrii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 38 (1854)
= Cyperus laxistachys   Bojer ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 558 (1894), in syn.
= Cyperus laxus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 362 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus nutans   Sieber ex C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 271 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus psilostachys   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 47 (1854)
= Cyperus purpureovaginatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 8 (1890)
= Cyperus schraderianus   Mart. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 38 (1854)
= Cyperus squamulatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 49 (1854)
= Mariscus keniensis   (Kük.) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26: 579 (1972)
= Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58: 265 (1988)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus distichus
										
										
									 (Merxm. &  Czech) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 19 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia; Namibia
			26 ZAM 27 NAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Volkiella disticha   Merxm. & Czech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 8: 318 (1953)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus distinctus
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 24 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Swamp flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina); Bahamas
			78 USA 81 BAH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus virens var. brittonii C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 26 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus diurensis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 62: 556 (1879)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			23 RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus diurensis var. acuminatosquamatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 561 (1936)
= Cyperus diurensis var. gondanus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 560 (1936)
= Cyperus diurensis var. laetevirens Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 560 (1936)
= Cyperus diurensis var. longistolon Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 4 (1921)
= Cyperus gondanus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 3 (1888)
= Mariscus diurensis   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 586 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dives
										
										
									 Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 149 (1813-1814)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Senegal; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia  (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Pakistan  (Sind, Karachi, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore); India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh); Bangladesh; Vietnam
			20 EGY 22 BKN IVO NGA SEN 23 BUR CON RWA ZAI 24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 34 ISR SIN 40 BAN IND PAK 41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus alopecuroides var. dives Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 321 (1870)
= Cyperus alopecuroides var. microstachys Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 322 (1870)
= Cyperus canariensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 42 (1854)
= Cyperus exaltatus var. dives (Delile) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 187 (1884)
= Cyperus immensus   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 294 (1883)
= Cyperus immensus var. petherickii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 67 (1935)
= Cyperus immensus var. taylorii C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 372 (1901)
= Cyperus petherickii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 371 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus divulsus
										
										
									 Ridl.; J. Bot. 22: 15 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus paucispiculatus   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 497 (1884)
= Pycreus divulsus   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 536 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus diwakarii
										
										
									 Wad.Khan & Solanke; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 30(4): 859 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Maharashtra)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus drakensbergensis
										
										
									 (Vorster) Govaerts; World Checkl. Cyperaceae 319 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus drakensbergensis   Vorster; S. African J. Bot. 52: 181 (1986)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dregeanus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 31 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus drummondii
										
										
									 Torr. &  Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 437 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Drummond´s Sedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico  (Sonora); Costa Rica; Jamaica; Galapagos; Bolivia  (Beni); S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Argentina  (Formosa)
			77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS 81 JAM 83 BOL GAL 84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus robustus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 41 (1837)
= Cyperus virens subsp. drummondii (Torr. & Hook.) T.Koyama; Madroño 20: 254 (1970)
= Cyperus virens var. drummondii (Torr. & Hook.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 181 (1936)
= Cyperus virens var. robustus (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 181 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dubius
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 20, t. 4, f. 5 (1773)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Îles Glorieuses [I]; Aldabra  (Aldabra Isl.); Seychelles  (incl. Remire Isl., Desroches Isl.); Chagos Arch. [I]  (Diego Garcia [I]); Yemen  (Tihama, W-Yemen); China  (Hainan); Nepal; NE-India  (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (all coasts); Singapore; Sumatra  (Bangka, Belitung); Borneo  (incl. Natuna Isl., Anambas Isl., Merak Isl.); Philippines; SW-Java; Australia  (New South Wales)
			22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA TOG 23 ANN BUR CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 ERI SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 ALD cgs COM igl MAU MDG REU ROD SEY 35 YEM 36 CHI 40 BAN IND LDV MDV NEP SRL 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY PHI SNG SUM 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus capitatus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 246 (1806), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus capitellatus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 101 (1824)
= Cyperus coloratus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 312 (1805)
= Cyperus cruentus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 338 (1869 publ. 1870), non Roxb.
= Cyperus daphaenus   Ridl.; J. Bot. 22: 16 (1884)
= Cyperus dregeanus var. incrassatus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 381 (1901)
= Cyperus dubius   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 282 (1869 publ. 1870), non Rottb.
= Cyperus dubius subsp. coloratus (Vahl) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Cyperus dubius var. caespitosus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 337 (1870)
= Cyperus dubius var. capitatus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 564 (1936)
= Cyperus dubius var. coloratus (Vahl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 565 (1936)
= Cyperus dubius var. decaryi (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 566 (1936)
= Cyperus dubius var. detersus (C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 565 (1936)
= Cyperus dubius var. polyactis Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 565 (1936)
= Cyperus dubius var. stenactis Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 565 (1936)
= Cyperus kraussii   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 379 (1870)
= Cyperus kyllingioides   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 312 (1805)
= Cyperus kyllingioides var. incrassatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 4 (1921)
= Cyperus macrocarpus var. kraussii (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 528 (1936)
= Cyperus maritimus   (Miq.) Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 160 (1898), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus merrillii   (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 562 (1936)
= Cyperus mollis   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 247 (1806)
= Cyperus thouarsianus   C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 271 (1828)
= Cyperus triceps   Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 94 (1842)
= Isolepis boeckeleri   Oliv.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 167 (1875)
= Kyllinga mariae   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 69 (1854)
= Kyllinga multinervia   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 317 (1854)
= Mariscus coloratus   (Vahl) Nees; Linnaea 9: 286 (1834)
= Mariscus decaryi   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 79: 719 (1922 publ. 1923)
= Mariscus decaryi var. pauciflorus Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 614 (1925)
= Mariscus detersus   C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 300 (1919)
= Mariscus dubius   (Rottb.) Hutch.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 485 (1936), isonym
= Mariscus dubius   (Rottb.) Kük. ex G.E.C.Fischer; Fl. Madras 1644 (1931)
= Mariscus irroratus   Nees; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 28 (1854)
= Mariscus kraussii   Hochst.; Flora 28: 756 (1845)
= Mariscus kraussii var. capitatus Cherm.; Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille 27: 48 (1919)
= Mariscus kyllingiiformis   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 443 (1859)
= Mariscus maritimus   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 600 (1861)
= Mariscus merrillii   C.B.Clarke; Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 87 (1907)
= Mariscus niveus   (L.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 369 (1919), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Schoenus bobartiae   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 9 (1786)
= Schoenus niveus   L.; Syst. Veg., ed. 13 [J.A.Murray] 81 (1774)
= Scirpus glomeratus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 52 (1753)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. macrocephalus
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 564 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			23 RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus dubius subsp. macrocephalus (Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Mariscus coloratus var. macrocephalus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 381 (1902)
= Mariscus dubius subsp. macrocephalus (C.B.Clarke) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 197 (1995)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus duclouxii
										
										
									 E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 244 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dunensis
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 420 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus dunensis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 18 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus duripes
										
										
									 I.M.Johnst.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 20: 54 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Guerrero); Revillagigedos Isl.  (Isla Socorro, Isla Clarion, Isla San Benedicto)
			79 MEX RGI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus duripes   (I.M.Johnst.) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 2: 236 (1943)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus durus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 76 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Angola; South Africa  (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			26 ANG 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus durus   (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 586 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus dwarkensis
										
										
									 Sahni & Naithani; Indian Forester 102: 357 (1976)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Oman  (Mascat & Oman); Pakistan; N-India  (Gujarat)
			24 SOM 35 OMA 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus dwarkensis   (Sahni & Naithani) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 40(3): 467 (1985)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus eboracensis
										
										
									 R.Booth, D.J.Moore & Hodgon; Austrobaileya 8(1): 40 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus echinatus
										
										
									 (L.) Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 734 (1861)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Globe flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Azores [I]  (Pico [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I]  (Santo Antao Isl. [I]); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Colombia [I]  (Magdalena [I])
			21 azo cvi 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 82 clm
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ovularis   (Michx.) Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 278 (1836)
= Cyperus ovularis var. americanus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 377 (1862), nom. inval.
= Cyperus ovularis var. sphaericus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 378 (1870)
= Cyperus ovularis var. wolfii (Alph.Wood) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 512 (1936)
= Cyperus retrofractus   Willd. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 378 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus wolfii   Alph.Wood; Bot. Gaz. 1: 38 (1876)
= Kyllinga ovularis   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 29 (1803)
= Mariscus bracheilema   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 317 (1854)
= Mariscus drummondii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 316 (1854)
= Mariscus echinatus   (L.) Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 75 (1816)
= Mariscus globulosus   Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 165 (1900)
= Mariscus ovularis   (Michx.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 374 (1805)
= Mariscus ovularis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 121 (1837)
= Mariscus ovularis var. tenellus Torr.; Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 58 (1824)
= Mariscus retroflexus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 121 (1837)
= Mariscus rivularis   Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 3: 674 (1852)
= Mariscus sphaericus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 121 (1837)
= Mariscus sphaerocephalus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 316 (1854)
= Schoenus umbellatus   Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 1: 113 (1787)
= Scirpus echinatus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 50 (1753)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus echinus
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 19 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
				Remarks: known only from type
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha echinus   J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13(2): 159 (1973)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus eggersii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 53 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico
			81 CUB HIS PUE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus macrocephalus var. eggersii (Boeckeler) S.D.Jones, Wipff & R.Carter; Phytologia 80(4): 289 (1996)
= Torulinium eggersii   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 56 (1900)
= Torulinium macrocephalum var. eggersii (Boeckeler) C.D.Adams; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(1): 254 (1991)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. laticeps
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 623 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Hispaniola
			81 HIS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Torulinium macrocephalum var. davidsei C.D.Adams; Phytologia 63: 300 (1987)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus eglobosus
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 5(4): 596 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (New South Wales, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ekmanii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 186 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba
			81 CUB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus ekmanii   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus elatus
										
										
									 L.; Cent. Pl. II: 5 (1756)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan); India  (Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Sumba, Timor)
			36 CHI 40 BAN IND 41 CBD MYA THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY PHI sng SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bispicatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 49 (1854)
= Cyperus elatus var. laxus E.G.Camus; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 7: 72 (1912)
= Cyperus racemosus   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 6: 20 (1791)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus elegans
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 45 (1753)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. elegans
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Royal flatsedge; Viscid cyperus (Bahamas), Yerba de cuchillo (Cuba)
			
			Distribution: Society Isl. [I]  (Raiatea [I]); USA  (Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda); St. Martin/St. Maarten; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; St. Lucia; Barbados; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (La Guajira); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Bolívar); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (La Paz, Santa Cruz)
			61 sci 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS HON NIC 81 ABA ARU BAH BBD BON CAY CUB CUR GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE STL STM TRT VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus cubensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 42 (1854)
= Cyperus elegans var. breviradiata Maury; J. Bot. [Morot] 3: 196 (1889)
= Cyperus elegans var. major Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 165 (1936)
= Cyperus trachynotus   Torr.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 2(1): 227 (1859)
= Cyperus viscosus   Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 20 (1788)
= Cyperus viviparus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 316 (1855)
= Papyrus elegans   (L.) G.Don ex Loudon; Hort. Brit. [Loudon], ed. 1: 22 (1830)
= Scirpus potosiensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 89 (1908), nom. inval.
= Scirpus viscosus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 142 (1791)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. rubiginosus
									 (Hook.f.) Eliasson; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 59: 475 (1965)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Galapagos
			83 GAL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus cornutus   Andersson; Galapagos Veg. 53 (1854)
= Cyperus rubiginosus   Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 178 (1847)
= Cyperus rubiginosus var. cornutus (Andersson) B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 38: 128 (1902)
= Cyperus rubiginosus var. cornutus (Andersson) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 484 (1936), isonym
= Mariscus cornutus   Andersson; Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1853: 151 (1855)
= Mariscus mutisii   Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 178 (1847), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus elegantulus
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 583 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Yemen  (W-Yemen)
			22 NGA 23 BIO BUR CMN RWA 24 ERI ETH SSU SUD 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 35 SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus atronitens   Hochst.; Flora 24(1 Intell.): 20 (1841), nomen
= Cyperus elegantulus var. submelanostachyus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 343 (1936)
= Cyperus ischnocormus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 11 (1854)
= Cyperus melanocephalus   R.Br.; Voy. Abyss. [Salt], App.: lxii (1814), nomen
= Cyperus melanostachyus var. elegantulus (Steud.) G.C.Tucker & Gandhi; Harvard Pap. Bot. 27(1): 112 (2022)
= Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye] 271 (1983)
= Pycreus elegantulus   (Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 536 (1895)
= Pycreus niger subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 622 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus elephantinus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 559 (1894 publ. 1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus elephantinus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 195 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus endlichii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 327 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus enervis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus debilis   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
= Cyperus enervis var. fallax Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 421 (1915)
= Cyperus gracilis var. enervis (R.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 297 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus entrerianus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 61: 139 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Wood-rush flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], Oklahoma [I], Texas [I]); Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Cuba; Jamaica; Venezuela  (Bolívar, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal); Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija); NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Artigas, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			74 usa 75 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 81 CUB JAM 82 VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus entrerianus f. abbreviatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 170 (1936)
= Cyperus entrerianus var. parvicapitulatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 170 (1936)
= Cyperus luzulae var. entrerianus (Boeckeler) M.Barros; Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 39: 309 (1938)
= Cyperus luzulae var. tucumanensis (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke ex Chodat; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 1007 (1903)
= Cyperus surinamensis var. strictus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 175 (1936)
= Cyperus tucumanensis   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 274 (1886)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ephemerus
										
										
									 Kukkonen & Väre; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 475 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iran
			34 IRN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus eragrostis
										
										
									 Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 146 (1791) [non Vahl]
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tall Flatsedge, Pale Galingale (EN); Frischgrünes Zypergras (DE); Juncia amorosa (ES)
			
			Distribution: England [I]  (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I], S-Scotland [I], Isles of Scilly [I]); Ireland [I]  (Ireland [I], Northern Ireland [I]); Germany [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; France [I]; Channel Isl. [I]; Croatia [I]; Greece [I]; Azores [I]  (Santa Maria Isl. [I], Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I], Graciosa [I], Sao Jorge [I], Pico [I], Faial [I], Flores Isl. [I], Corvo Isl. [I]); Madeira [I]  (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I]  (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Gomera [I], La Palma [I]); Namibia [I]; South Africa [I]  (widespread); Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Chatham Isl. [I]; Easter Isl.; Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); Canada  (British Columbia); USA  (Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington State); Mexico  (Michoacán); Jamaica; Surinam; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Peru; WC-Brazil; NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay  (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Flores Prov., Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman); Chile  (Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Lagos); Juan Fdz. Isl.
			10 grb ire 11 ger 12 cis fra por spa 13 cro grc 21 azo cny mdr 27 nam saf 33 geo 38 nns 50 aus lhi nfk 51 ctm nzl 61 EAS 63 haw 71 CDN 73 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 81 JAM 82 SUR 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE JNF URU
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus eragrostis   (Lam.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus declinatus   Moench; Methodus [Moench] 317 (1794)
= Cyperus declinatus var. limbatus Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 5: 311 (1919)
= Cyperus eragrostis f. latifrons Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 179 (1936)
= Cyperus eragrostis f. rubromarginatus Kük.; Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 33, 107 (1929 publ. 1930)
= Cyperus eragrostis f. tener Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 179 (1936)
= Cyperus eragrostis var. spectabilis Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6(60): 47 (1892), nomen
= Cyperus gracilis   Buchanan; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 3: 210 (1871), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus luzulae   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 25 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus monandrus   Roth; Catal. Bot. 1: 3 (1797)
= Cyperus ochrocephalus   Steud.; Flora 25: 601 (1842)
= Cyperus prionotropis   Steud.; Flora 25: 601 (1842)
= Cyperus serrulatus   S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 382 (1882), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus vegetus var. limbata C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(2, Beibl. 68): 12 (1901)
= Cyperus vegetus var. obtusangulus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 334 (1898)
= Cyperus vegetus var. triangularis Boeckeler; Flora 42: 436 (1859)
= Cyperus vegetus   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 283 (1797), nom. illeg. superfl.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. compactus
									 (É.Desv.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 179 (1936)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Hikukio´e [Rapa Nui]
			
			Distribution: Easter Isl.; Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Negro, San Luis); Chile  (Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos); Juan Fdz. Isl.
			61 EAS 85 ARG CLE JNF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus lutescens   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 345 (1896), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus vegetus var. compactus É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 7: 167 (1853)
= Cyperus vegetus var. trigonus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 334 (1898)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus erectus
										
										
									 (Schum.) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 588 (1936)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. erectus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Central African Republic; S-Chad; Sudan; ?South Sudan; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Seychelles  (incl. Coetivy Isl.); Australia  (Queensland)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CON EQG SAO ZAI 24 CHA SUD 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG SEY 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus erectus f. minor Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 590 (1936)
= Cyperus erectus f. pallescens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 590 (1936)
= Cyperus erectus subsp. albescens (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], App. 3: 2 (1983)
= Cyperus erectus var. intercedens (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 589 (1936)
= Cyperus erectus var. pleiocarpus (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 589 (1936)
= Cyperus erectus var. schlechteri (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 589 (1936)
= Cyperus monocephalus   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 271 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga erecta   Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 42 (1827)
= Kyllinga erecta subsp. albescens Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1: 745 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga erecta var. intercedens Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 91 (1913)
= Kyllinga erecta var. pleiocarpa Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 91 (1913)
= Kyllinga erecta var. schlechteri Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 91 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. jubensis
									 (Chiov.) Lye; Candollea 51(2): 424 (1996)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga jubensis   Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 433 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus eremicus
										
										
									 Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 32(3): 159 (1995)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iran; Afghanistan  (Helmand, Kandahar); Saudi Arabia
			34 AFG IRN 35 SAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus erinaceus
										
										
									 (Ridl.) Kük.; Boissiera 7: 103 (1943), cum descr. emend.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia
			23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Actinoschoenus erinaceus   (Ridl.) Raymond; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 10: 588 (1971)
= Rhynchospora erinacea   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 654 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Schoenus erinaceus   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 165 (1884)
= Sphaerocyperus erinaceus   (Ridl.) Lye; Bot. Not. 125: 214 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus eriocauloides
										
										
									 (Steud.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-Cameroon; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea
			23 CMN 24 ERI ETH SUD
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ascolepis eriocauloides   (Steud.) Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 105 (1854)
= Isolepis ascolepis   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 501 (1850)
= Kyllinga eriocauloides   Steud.; Flora 25: 597 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus erythrocephalus
										
										
									 (S.S.Hooper) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania; Zimbabwe
			25 TAN 26 ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ascolepis erythrocephala   S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 37(4): 605 (1983)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus erythrorhizos
										
										
									 Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 20 (1817)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Redroot flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Canada  (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Tabasco, Tamaulipas)
			71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
			 
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus erythrorhizus   (Muhl.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903)
= Cyperus chrysokerkos   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 316 (1855)
= Cyperus cupreus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 172 (1828)
= Cyperus erythrorhizos var. cupreus (J.Presl & C.Presl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 59 (1935)
= Cyperus erythrorhizos var. halei (Torr. ex Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 59 (1935)
= Cyperus erythrorhizos var. infirmus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 59 (1935)
= Cyperus halei   Torr. ex Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 213 (1886)
= Cyperus infirmus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 438 bis (1859)
= Cyperus occidentalis   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 259 (1836)
= Cyperus spiculatus   Alph.Wood; Checkl. Pl. Kansas, ed. 2: 26 (1892)
= Cyperus tenuiflorus   Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 70 (1816), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus washingtonensis   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 296 (1919 publ. 1920)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus esculentus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 67 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Yellow Nutsedge (EN); Erdmandelgras (DE); Chufa (ES)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria [I]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Baleares [I]; France; Corsica; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Croatia; Albania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (scattered coastal, rare Kiklades); Crete [I]; Ukraine [I]; S-Algeria; Tunisia; S-Libya; Egypt  (Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt); Azores  (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira  (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl.  (La Palma); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda [Angola]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; ?Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; St. Helena [I]; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan  (Talysh); East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Samos, Kos); Turkey  (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia); Afghanistan  (Kunar / Nuristan, Qunduz); Cyprus  (Central Mts.); Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (Hejaz, Asir); Yemen  (N-Inner Yemen); Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Hazara); Nepal; NE-India  (Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Java; Australia [I]  (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I]  (Maryland [I], Virginia [I])
			11 aut ger HUN slo 12 bal COR FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BUL CRO GRC ITA kri PTL SIC TUE 14 ukr 20 ALG EGY LBY TUN 21 AZO CNY CVI MDR 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAB CAF CMN CON EQG PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 28 sth 29 COM mau MDG reu 33 AZE GEO 34 AFG CYP EAI LEB SIN TUR 35 SAU YEM 40 BAN IND NEP PAK 41 CBD LAO MYA VIE 42 JAW 50 aus 51 nzl 60 nwc 63 haw 78 usa
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus aureus   (K.Richt.) Palla ex Kneuck.; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903)
= Cyperus aureus subsp. esculentus (L.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus aureus   Ten.; Fl. Napol. 3: 45 (1824), nom. illeg. [non Georgi]
= Cyperus buchananii   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 4 (1888)
= Cyperus bulamensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 19 (1854)
= Cyperus damiettensis   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 269 (1832)
= Cyperus esculentus proles aureus (K.Richt.) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 127 (1935)
= Cyperus esculentus proles sativus (Boeckeler) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 127 (1935)
= Cyperus esculentus f. evolutus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 180 (1884)
= Cyperus esculentus f. princeps C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 179 (1884)
= Cyperus esculentus subsp. aureus K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 135 (1890)
= Cyperus esculentus var. cyclolepis Boeckeler ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 119 (1935)
= Cyperus esculentus var. helodes (Schrad. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 181 (1884)
= Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 290 (1870)
= Cyperus hydra   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 205 (1816), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus melanorhizus   Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 2: 50 (1813)
= Cyperus officinalis   T.Nees; Pl. Med., Abbild., t. 25, f. B (1830)
= Cyperus sieberianus   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 313 (1827), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus tenoreanus   Schult. & Schult.f.; Mant. 3 [Schultes & Schultes f.], Addit. 1: 544 (1827)
= Cyperus tenorei   C.Presl; Fl. Sicul. [Presl] xliii (1826)
= Cyperus variabilis   Salzm. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 46 (1854)
= Pterocyperus esculentus   (L.) Opiz; Seznam [Opiz] 80 (1852)
= Pycreus esculentus   (L.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 147 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. heermannii
									 (Buckley) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 211 (1886)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Yellow nutsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida)
			78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus heermannii   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 10 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Cyperus phymatodes var. heermannii (Buckley) S.Watson; Bot. California [W.H.Brewer] 2: 215 (1880)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. leptostachyus
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 290 (1870)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Yellow nutsedge; Yellow nut-grass (Bahamas), Chufa (Cuba), Coquillo (Dominican Republic), Tiger nut (Jamaica), Chufas (Puerto Rico)
			
			Distribution: Canada [I]  (British Columbia [I], New Brunswick [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Québec [I]); USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Arizona [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Iowa [I], Idaho [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], North Dakota [I], Nebraska [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], Nevada [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I], Washington State [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I]); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, St. Thomas); Martinique; St. Lucia; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Zulia); Venezuela  (Apure, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Zulia); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná); Uruguay  (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Durazno, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman)
			71 cdn 72 cdn 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ARU BAH BON CUB CUR HIS JAM MAR PUE STL TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus phymatodes   (Muhl.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 69 (1903)
= Cyperus bahiensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 35 (1854)
= Cyperus chrysostachys   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 438 bis (1859)
= Cyperus esculentus f. angustispicatus (Britton) Fernald; Rhodora 44: 151 (1942)
= Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 211 (1886)
= Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Mühl.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 185 (1926)
= Cyperus fulvescens   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 210 (1851)
= Cyperus gracilescens   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 100 (1824)
= Cyperus gracilis   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1818)
= Cyperus helodes   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 37 (1842)
= Cyperus nervosus   Bertol.; Opusc. Sci. 3: 407 (1819)
= Cyperus pallidus   Savi; Suppl. Critt. Bras. 31 (1830), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus phymatodes   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 23 (1817)
= Cyperus repens   Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 68 (1816)
= Cyperus rotundus   Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 28 [non L.]
= Cyperus tuberosus   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 52 (1813), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. macrostachyus
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 291 (1870)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Sonora, etc.); Nicaragua; Jamaica; Trinidad; Galapagos; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay  (Paysandu); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Argentina Distrito Federal, Tucuman)
			75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 NIC 81 JAM TRT 83 GAL 84 BRA 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus esculentus f. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Fernald; Rhodora 44: 151 (1942)
= Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. ex Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 146 (1931)
= Cyperus esculentus var. sprucei C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 181 (1884)
= Cyperus lutescens   Torr. & Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 433 (1836)
= Cyperus rotundus   Hook.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 177 (1847) [non L.]
= Cyperus ruficomus   Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 9 (1863 publ. 1864)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus exaltatus
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 11 (1788)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Seychelles [I]; China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangsu); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; India  (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mandalay); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Penang Isl.); Singapore; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Timor); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya); Australia  (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); NE-Brazil [I]
			11 ger 22 BEN BKN GHA IVO MLI NGA SEN TOG 23 BIO CMN SAO 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZIM 29 sey 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY NWG SNG 50 AUS 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus alopecuroides   J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 208 (1820) non Rottb.
= Cyperus altus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 84 (1834)
= Cyperus canaliculatus   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 6: 20 (1791)
= Cyperus exaltatus var. amoenus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 187 (1886)
= Cyperus exaltatus var. divergens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 66 (1935)
= Cyperus exaltatus var. minor J.M.Black; Fl. S. Austral. [J.M.Black] 1: 90 (1922)
= Cyperus exaltatus var. serpens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 67 (1935)
= Cyperus festivus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 88 (1820)
= Cyperus odoratus   Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 20 (1768), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus oryzeticola   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 37 (1854)
= Cyperus parviflorus   B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 3343 (1831), nomen
= Cyperus racemosus   B.Heyne ex Boeckeler; Flora 62: 555 (1879), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus umbellatus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 81 (1814), nomen, et Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 205 (1820)
= Cyperus venustus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 217 (1810)
= Papyrus venustus   (R.Br.) Nees; Linnaea 10: 138 (1835)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. iwasakii
									 (Makino) T.Koyama; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 11 (1955)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus iwasakii   Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6: 47 (1892)
= Cyperus tokiensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 9 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. hainanensis
									 L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 230 (1961)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. megalanthus
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 107 (1929)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. tenuispicatus
									 L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 230 (1961)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus excurrens
										
										
									 J.R.Carter & P.D.Lowe; Castanea 87(2): 229 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Georgia)
			78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus eximius
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 567 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya
			24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga eximia   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 529 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus expansus
										
										
									 Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 269 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: La Réunion
			29 REU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus dupetitii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 10 (1908)
= Cyperus glaber   Thouars ex C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 10 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fastigiatus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 31; Progr. 18 (1773)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus egregius   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 69 (1837)
= Cyperus fastigiosus   J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 134 (1791)
= Cyperus flabellaris   Schrad. ex Nees; Linnaea 7: 519 (1832)
= Cyperus semiangulatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 367 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fauriei
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 431 (1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Molokai, +Lanai, Hawaii Isl.)
			63 HAW
			
			
				Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Rare, USA Status: Endangered
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus fauriei   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 122 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus feani
										
										
									 F.Br.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84, 94 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Marquesas Isl.  (Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva)
			61 MRQ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fedoniae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 11(1): 39 (2017)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela
			82 VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus felicis
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 96 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea
			22 GUI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus felicis   J.Raynal; Kew Bull. 26(3): 568 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus felipponei
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 213 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); Uruguay  (Canelones, Flores Prov., Soriano); Argentina  (Corrientes, Entre Rios)
			82 VEN 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fendlerianus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 520 (1867 publ. 1868)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fendler´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Wyoming); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus fendlerianus   (Boeckeler) Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 58: 392 (1908)
= Chlorocyperus mexicanus   Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 58: 391 (1908)
= Cyperus fendlerianus var. major Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 466 (1936)
= Mariscus fendlerianus   (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ferax
										
										
									 Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Vahl´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Virgin Isl.  (St. John, St. Thomas); Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Colombia  (La Guajira)
			81 ABA CUB GDL HIS JAM MTS VIR 82 CLM
			
				Remarks: see Tucker & Gandhi (2019) for nomenclature
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ehrenbergii f. fulvescens (Kük.) Kük.; Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 5 (1929)
= Cyperus ehrenbergii f. pallidiflorus (Kük.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 190 (1926)
= Cyperus ehrenbergii   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 89 (1837)
= Cyperus flexuosus f. fulvescens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 622 (1936)
= Cyperus flexuosus f. pallidiflorus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 622 (1936)
= Cyperus flexuosus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 359 (1805)
= Cyperus flexuosus var. insignis (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 622 (1936)
= Cyperus insignis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 92 (1837)
= Cyperus vahlii   (Schrad. ex Nees) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 48 (1854), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Diclidium ferax   (Rich.) Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 54 (1842)
= Diclidium fuscatum   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 52 (1842)
= Diclidium vahlii   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 53 (1842)
= Mariscus ferax   (Rich.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 624 (1893)
= Torulinium ferax   (Rich.) Ham.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 15 (1825)
= Torulinium flexuosum   (Vahl) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
= Torulinium vahlii   (Schrad. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 56 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ferrugineoviridis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 412 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Botswana
			23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bequaertii   (Cherm.) Robyns & Tournay; Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert 3: 246 (1955)
= Cyperus ferrugineoviridis var. distantiformis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 413 (1936)
= Cyperus ferrugineoviridis var. luteiformis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 412 (1936)
= Cyperus maranguensis var. ferrugineoviridis C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 359 (1901)
= Mariscus bequaertii   Cherm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 14: 329 (1937)
= Mariscus ferrugineoviridis   (C.B.Clarke) Cherm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 14: 330 (1937)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fertilis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 90 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
			22 GHA IVO LBR NGA 23 CAF CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus lanceola   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 134 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus filicinus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 332 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia)
			74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brizaeus   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 51 (1813), nom. illeg., non Rich.
= Cyperus cleaveri   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 258 (1836)
= Cyperus filicinus f. cleaveri (Torr.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 374 (1936)
= Cyperus filicinus f. splendens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 374 (1936)
= Cyperus louisianae   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 10 (1854)
= Cyperus nuttallii   Eddy ex Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 1: 240 (1820)
= Cyperus nuttallii var. minimus Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 733 (1861)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. cleaveri (Torr.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 56 (1884)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. filicinus (Vahl) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 55 (1884)
= Cyperus tenellus   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 257 (1836), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus torreyanus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 101 (1824)
= Pycreus cleaveri   (Torr.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 2 (1908)
= Pycreus filicinus   (Vahl) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
= Torreya caespitosa   Raf.; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105 (1819)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus filiculmis
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 328 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fern flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia)
			74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus filiculmis   (Vahl) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 8: 66 (1902)
= Cyperus annuus   Spreng. & Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 83 (1820)
= Cyperus etesios   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 114 (1824)
= Cyperus filiculmis var. oblitus Fernald; Rhodora 37: 153 (1935)
= Cyperus kyllingioides   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 80 (1813), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus mariscoides   Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 35 (1818), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus martindalei   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 98 (1888)
= Mariscus filiculmis   (Vahl) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus filifolius
										
										
									 Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 85 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Bolívar); Guyana; N-Brazil
			82 GUY VEN 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus filiculmis   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 40 (1842)
= Cyperus nemacaulos   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 43 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus filiformis
										
										
									 Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 20 (1788)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Slender cyperus (Bahamas), Pajon de costa (Cuba)
			
			Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. Thomas); Aruba; Curacao; Colombia  (Atlántico); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Falcon)
			81 ARU BAH CAY CUB CUR HIS JAM VIR 82 CLM VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus filiformis f. filifolius Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 190 (1926)
= Cyperus filiformis f. robustior Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 190 (1926)
= Cyperus filiformis f. subfilifolius Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 191 (1926)
= Cyperus filiformis var. havanensis (Kunth) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 190 (1926)
= Cyperus havanensis   (Kunth) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 84 (1837)
= Cyperus ornithopus   Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 61 (1805)
= Cyperus underwoodii   Britton; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 59 (1920)
= Epiphystis ophiuroides   Trin.; Fund. Agrost. [Trinius] 97 (1820)
= Mariscus filiformis   (Sw.) Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 213 (1816)
= Mariscus havanensis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 212 (1816)
= Torulinium filiforme   (Sw.) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 57 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus filipes
										
										
									 Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 271 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fischerianus
										
										
									 Schimp. ex Hochst.; Flora 24(1. Intell.): 21 (1841), nomen; et in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 488 (1850)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique
			23 ZAI 24 ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus fischerianus var. ugandensis Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 230 (1983)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fissus
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 593 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; ?Yemen
			24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus flaccidus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus trinervis var. flaccidus (R.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 294 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus flavescens
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 46 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Gelbliches Zypergras (DE); Yellow Flatsedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany  (Brandenburg, +Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, +Hamburg, +Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, +Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, +Schleswig-Holstein, +Saarland, +Sachsen, +Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (rare mainland, Thasos, Samothraki, Andros, Naxos); Crete; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt; Azores [I]  (Sao Miguel Isl. [I]); Madeira  (Madeira Isl.); Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]  (Tshopo etc.); Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov., North-West Prov., Mpulamanga); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Rhodos); Turkey  (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq); Iran; Afghanistan  (Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Takhar); Lebanon  (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (W-Syrian Mountains); Israel  (Rift Valley); Pakistan  (Kurram, Swat, Baltistan); India  (Jammu & Kashmir); Bangladesh; Australia [I]  (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Canada  (Ontario); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Dominica; Trinidad; Colombia  (Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Valle); Venezuela  (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Merida, Sucre, Trujillo, Yaracuy); Guyana; ?Surinam; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Cordillera); Uruguay  (Montevideo, Rivera); Argentina  (Corrientes)
			11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SRB TUE 14 BLR KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY MOR TUN 21 azo MDR 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SYR TUR 40 BAN IND PAK 50 aus 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus abyssinicus   (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895)
= Chlorocyperus flavescens   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Chlorocyperus intermedius   Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus abyssinicus   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 474 (1850)
= Cyperus durandii   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 185 (1895)
= Cyperus eragrostis   C.Krauss; Flora 28: 754 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus fallaciosus   (Cherm.) Raymond; Naturaliste Canad. 91: 129 (1964)
= Cyperus flavens   Pall.; Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur. 45 (1795)
= Cyperus flavescens f. abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 401 (1936)
= Cyperus flavescens f. caucasicus K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 622 (1848)
= Cyperus flavescens f. compactus Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(2): 268 (1903)
= Cyperus flavescens f. fontanesii (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 400 (1936)
= Cyperus flavescens f. gracillimus Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(2): 268 (1903)
= Cyperus flavescens f. major Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 200 (1909)
= Cyperus flavescens f. minor Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 1: 134 (1828)
= Cyperus flavescens f. monostachyus Sacc.; Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti, Ser, 3, 14: 305 (1869)
= Cyperus flavescens f. paraensis (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 401 (1936)
= Cyperus flavescens f. setaceus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 400 (1936)
= Cyperus flavescens subsp. fallaciosus (Cherm.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Cyperus flavescens subsp. intermedius (Rikli) Lye; Lidia 3: 132 (1994)
= Cyperus flavescens subsp. microglumis (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Cyperus flavescens subsp. tanaensis (Kük.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Cyperus flavescens subvar. mohrii Farw.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 118 (1930)
= Cyperus flavescens var. abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 38 (1884)
= Cyperus flavescens var. castaneus (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Cyperus flavescens var. fontanesii (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 38 (1884)
= Cyperus flavescens var. gussonei (Gasp. ex Guss.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 760 (1882)
= Cyperus flavescens var. minor Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 1: 134 (1828)
= Cyperus flavescens var. paraensis (Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 439 (1868)
= Cyperus flavescens var. piceus (Liebm.) Fernald; Rhodora 41: 529 (1939)
= Cyperus flavescens var. poiformis (Pursh) Fernald; Rhodora 41: 529 (1939)
= Cyperus flavescens var. pygmaeus Goiran; Spec. Morphogr. Veg. 19 (1875)
= Cyperus flavescens var. rehmannianus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 1 (1921)
= Cyperus fontanesii   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 5 (1837)
= Cyperus gussonei   Gasp. ex Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 779 (1844)
= Cyperus intermedius   Steud.; Flora 25: 581 (1842), nom. illeg. non Guss.
= Cyperus ligusticus   Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 2: 28 (1876)
= Cyperus melanostachyus   Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 3: 667 (1852), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus nieuwlandii   Geise; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 15: 245 (1934)
= Cyperus obtusiusculus   Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 2: 29 (1876)
= Cyperus pallidus   Kit. ex Kanitz; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 505 (1863), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus paraensis   Mart. & Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 8 (1842)
= Cyperus piceus f. potosiensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 397 (1936)
= Cyperus piceus f. squalidus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 397 (1936)
= Cyperus piceus   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 200 (1851)
= Cyperus poiformis   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 50 (1813)
= Cyperus polystachyus   Jungh.; Linnaea 6: 23 (1831), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus rehmannianus   (C.B.Clarke) Boeckeler ex Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 334 (1898)
= Cyperus rehmannianus f. minor Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 397 (1936)
= Cyperus rehmannianus var. bathiei (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 398 (1936)
= Cyperus rehmannianus var. rigidiculmis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 398 (1936)
= Cyperus setaceus   Wulfen; Fl. Norica Phan. 49 (1858), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus squalidus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 199 (1850)
= Cyperus stramineus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1820)
= Cyperus subintermedius   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 390 (1936)
= Cyperus subintermedius var. angustisquamatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 392 (1936)
= Cyperus subintermedius var. vicinus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 392 (1936)
= Cyperus tanaensis   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 397 (1936)
= Cyperus tonduzianus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 187 (1895)
= Cyperus tristachyus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 454 (1868)
= Cyperus tristachyus var. elongatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 455 (1868)
= Cyperus tristachyus var. minor Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 455 (1868)
= Cyperus xanthinus   C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 271 (1828)
= Distimus flavescens   (L.) Raf.; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105 (1819)
= Pycreus bathiei   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 719 (1922 publ. 1923)
= Pycreus debilissimus   C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 34: 224 (1896)
= Pycreus fallaciosus   Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 7(4): 7 (1936)
= Pycreus flavescens   (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 72 (1830)
= Pycreus flavescens f. caucasicus (K.Koch) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Pycreus flavescens f. gracillimus (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Pycreus flavescens f. minor (Gaudin) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Pycreus flavescens f. monostachyus (Sacc.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Pycreus flavescens f. setaceus (Kük.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Pycreus flavescens subsp. fallaciosus (Cherm.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 622 (1981)
= Pycreus flavescens subsp. intermedius (Rikli) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1: 622 (1981)
= Pycreus flavescens subsp. microglumis Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 621 (1981)
= Pycreus flavescens subsp. tanaensis (Kük.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 622 (1981)
= Pycreus flavescens var. castaneus Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1: 621 (1981)
= Pycreus flavescens var. rehmannianus (C.B.Clarke) Govaerts; World Checkl. Cyperaceae 604 (2007)
= Pycreus intermedius   (Rikli) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 290 (1901)
= Pycreus paraensis   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 8 (1842)
= Pycreus piceus   (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 1 (1908)
= Pycreus potosiensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 1 (1908)
= Pycreus rehmannianus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 542 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Pycreus tristachyus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 1 (1908)
= Pycreus vicinus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 328 (1920 publ. 1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus flavidus
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 13 (1788)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Gelbliches Zypergras (DE); Yellowish Flatsedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: S- & E-Spain; France; Italy; Bulgaria; NE-Greece  (rare); E-Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Egypt; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Seychelles [I]; Siberia  (Buryatia [I]); Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Samos, Rhodos); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran  (NW-Iran, NE-Iran, W-Iran, S-Iran); Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Helmand, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Qunduz, Takhar); Syria  (W-Syrian Mts.); Israel  (Rift Valley, N-Israel, coastal W-Israel); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima); Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Peshawar, Pakistani Punjab, Gilgit, Baltistan); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.  (Central Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Mandalay, Taninthayi); Thailand; Cambodia; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); Palau  (Ngarakabesang, Malakal)
			12 FRA SPA 13 BUL GRC ITA KRI 20 ALG EGY MOR 27 SAF SWZ 29 MDG sey 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG EAI IRN IRQ ISR SYR 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR KZN NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD MYA NCB THA 42 JAW LSI MOL NWG PHI SUL SUM 50 AUS 62 PLU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus globosus   (Rchb.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 61 (1900)
= Cyperus ater   Dalzell & A.Gibson; Bombay Fl. [Dalzell & Gibson] 283 (1861), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus atroferrugineus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 2 (1854)
= Cyperus capillaris   J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 198 (1820)
= Cyperus complanatus   C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 271 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus confertus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 145 (1791), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus curvatus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 338 (1805)
= Cyperus divaricatus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 145 (1791)
= Cyperus fascicularis   DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 3: 722 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus flavidus var. erectus (C.B.Clarke) Korlah.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 237 (1967 publ. 1968)
= Cyperus flavidus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Korlah.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 237 (1967) 1968
= Cyperus fuscoater   Meinsh. ex Korsh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 12: 406 (1892)
= Cyperus globosus proles bubanii (Debeaux) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 14: 344 (1913)
= Cyperus globosus   All.; Auct. Fl. Pedem. 49 (1789) [non Forssk. (1775)]
= Cyperus globosus f. brevifolius Marcet; Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 43: 39 (1945)
= Cyperus globosus f. cinnamomeus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 49 (1884)
= Cyperus globosus f. depauperatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 354 (1936)
= Cyperus globosus f. fuscoater (Meinsh. ex Korsh.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 355 (1936)
= Cyperus globosus f. khasianus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 48 (1884)
= Cyperus globosus f. minimus Kük.; Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 108 (1929 publ. 1930)
= Cyperus globosus f. pauperior (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 355 (1936)
= Cyperus globosus f. tortuosus (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 50 (1884)
= Cyperus globosus subsp. cymosus (Willk.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 133 (1890)
= Cyperus globosus subsp. humifusus (Clemente) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 133 (1890)
= Cyperus globosus var. bubanii Debeaux; Rec. Med. Pharm.: s. p. (1874)
= Cyperus globosus var. cymosus Willk.; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 1: 137 (1861)
= Cyperus globosus var. erectus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 356 (1936)
= Cyperus globosus var. humifusus (Clemente) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 170 (1817)
= Cyperus globosus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 354 (1936)
= Cyperus globosus var. submonocephalus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 459 (1868)
= Cyperus globosus var. tortuosa (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 280 (1883)
= Cyperus horizontalis   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 5 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus humifusus   Clemente; Ens. Var. Vid. Com. 284 (1807)
= Cyperus jungendus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 3 (1854)
= Cyperus junghuhnii   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 260 (1856)
= Cyperus lamarckianus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 108 (1824)
= Cyperus linnaeanus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 115 (1837)
= Cyperus mucronatus   Steud.; Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. [Zollinger] 1: 63 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus semiteres   B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 49 (1884)
= Cyperus strictus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 146 (1791)
= Cyperus strictus   Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 203 (1820)
= Cyperus tortuosus   J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 201 (1820)
= Cyperus trachyrhachis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 3 (1854)
= Cyperus vulgaris   Sieber ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 4 (1837)
= Pycreus capillaris   (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 591 (1893)
= Pycreus flavidus   (Retz.) T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 51(10): 313 (1976)
= Pycreus flavidus var. erectus (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 65 (1989)
= Pycreus flavidus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 65 (1989)
= Pycreus flavidus var. minimus (Kük.) L.K.Dai; Fl. China 23: 244 (2010)
= Pycreus flavidus var. strictus (Lam.) Parmar; Fl. Rajasthan 3: 942 (1993), isonym
= Pycreus flavidus var. strictus (Roxb.) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 65 (1989)
= Pycreus globosus   (All.) Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 140(10), nom. illeg. (1831)
= Pycreus globosus var. erectus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 15 (1898)
= Pycreus globosus var. minimus (Kük.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 167 (1961)
= Pycreus lamarckianus   (Schult.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 372 (2009)
= Pycreus lamarckianus var. strictus (Lam.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 377 (2009)
= Pycreus reductus   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 552 (1921)
= Pycreus strictus   (Lam.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 314 (2015 publ. 2014)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. nilagiricus
									 (Hochst. ex Steud.) Korlah.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 237 (1967) 1968
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; China  (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan; India; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Philippines
			32 KAZ KGZ 36 CHI 38 JAP 40 IND 41 VIE 42 MLY PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus nilagiricus   (Hochst. ex Steud.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 17: 564 (1895)
= Cyperus globosus var. nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 49 (1884)
= Cyperus nilagiricus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2 (1855)
= Cyperus nilagiricus var. pauperior Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 458 (1868)
= Pycreus capillaris var. nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 204 (1903)
= Pycreus flavidus var. nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.Y.Wu ex Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 65 (1989)
= Pycreus globosus var. nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 204 (1903)
= Pycreus nilagiricus   (Hochst. ex Steud.) E.G.Camus; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 7(1): 32 (1912)
= Pycreus nilagiricus   (Hochst. ex Steud.) Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 3: 6 (1935), isonym
= Pycreus nilagiricus   (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 304 (2014), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. strictus
									 (C.B.Clarke) Korlah.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 237 (1967 publ. 1968)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan; Taiwan; India
			36 CHI 38 JAP TAI 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus globosus var. strictus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 280 (1883)
= Pycreus capillaris var. strictus (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 592 (1893)
= Pycreus flavidus var. strictus (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 65 (1989)
= Pycreus globosus var. strictus (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 15 (1898)
= Pycreus strictus   (C.B.Clarke) Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4(Suppl.): 307 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus flavoculmis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 223 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus floribundus
										
										
									 (Kük.) R.Carter & S.D.Jones; Rhodora 99(900): 330 (1997 publ. 1998)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Florida flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida); Mexico  (Tamaulipas)
			78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus uniflorus var. floribundus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 521 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus floridanus
										
										
									 Britton; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 170 (1903)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida); Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico
			78 USA 81 BAH CAY CUB HIS JAM PUE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus filiformis f. coloratus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 190 (1926)
= Cyperus filiformis var. densiceps Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 190 (1926)
= Cyperus kingsii   C.D.Adams ex Proctor; Sloanea 1: 1 (1977)
= Mariscus floridensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 20 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus foliaceus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 134 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Togo; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique
			22 TOG 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fontinalis
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 341 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia; Madagascar
			23 ZAI 26 ZAM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus fontinalis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 327 (1920 publ. 1921)
= Pycreus sanguineosquamatus   Van der Veken; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 145 (1955)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus forskalianus
										
										
									 Väre & Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 477 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Yemen
			35 YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fraternus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 42 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Amambay, Canindeyu); Uruguay  (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Flores Prov., Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Rio Negro, Santa Fe, Tucuman); Chile  (Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos)
			84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU
			
				Remarks: often included in C. reflexus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus reflexus var. fraternus (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 334 (1898)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus friburgensis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 2 (1890)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caazapa, Guaira); Argentina  (Jujuy, Misiones, Salta)
			82 VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bulbosus   Schrank; Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 24 (1822), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus caducus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 315 (1854)
= Cyperus fuscoferrugineus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 226 (1895)
= Cyperus martianus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 32 [nom. illeg.] (1842)
= Cyperus schraderi   J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 167 (1929)
= Eucyperus martianus   Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fucosus
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 461 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fugax
										
										
									 Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 196 (1850)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Withering flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Texas); Mexico  (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; ?Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Nueva Esparta); Ecuador; NE-Brazil
			77 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA NIC PAN 81 CUB VEN 82 VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus fugax var. humilis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 475 (1868)
= Cyperus polystachyos f. fugax (Liebm.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 184 (1926)
= Cyperus tenellus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 176 (1828) [not L.f. 1782]
= Pycreus fugax   (Liebm.) C.D.Adams; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(1): 254 (1991)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fuligineus
										
										
									 Chapm.; Fl. South. U.S. 511 (1860)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Limestone flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida); Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada); Anguilla; Bonaire; Curacao
			78 USA 81 AGU BAH BON CUB CUR HIS PUE VIR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus fuligineus   (Chapm.) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 290 (1907)
= Mariscus fuligineus   (Chapm.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fulvoalbescens
										
										
									 T.Koyama; Naturaliste Canad. 82: 211 (1955)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fulvus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 215 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
			42 NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus fulvus var. canescens (C.B.Clarke ex Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 456 (1936)
= Cyperus fulvus var. confusus (C.B.Clarke ex Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 456 (1936)
= Cyperus fulvus var. densispiculatus (Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 457 (1936)
= Cyperus fulvus var. viscidus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 456 (1936)
= Cyperus laetus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 9 (1908), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus ochroleucus   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 85 (1875)
= Cyperus sieberi   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 96 (1837)
= Mariscus fulvus   (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
= Mariscus fulvus var. canescens C.B.Clarke ex Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 444 (1915)
= Mariscus fulvus var. confusus C.B.Clarke ex Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 444 (1915)
= Mariscus fulvus var. densispiculatus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 444 (1915)
= Mariscus fulvus var. jucundus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 444 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fuscescens
										
										
									 Willd. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 83 (1820)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
				Remarks: insufficiently known
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fuscovaginatus
										
										
									 Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 4 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus fuscus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 46 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Braunes Zypergras (DE); Brown Galingale (EN); Juncia negra (ES)
			
			Distribution: England  (S-England); Denmark; Sweden; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Channel Isl.  (Jersey); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Malta; +San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (scattered mainland, rare Kiklades, Ionian Isl., Kerkyra, Samothraki); Crete; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, NW-coastal Egypt); Madeira  (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl.  (Tenerife); Siberia  (Altai, W-Siberia); Russian Far East  (Primorye); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Chios, Kos, Rhodos); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran; Afghanistan  (Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Faryab, Ghazni, Helmand, Herat, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kabul, Kandahar, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Qunduz, Takhar); Cyprus  (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon  (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, Judean Desert); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai); Jordania  (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); China  (Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan); Mongolia; Pakistan  (Baluchistan, Quetta); Nepal; India  (Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh); Thailand; Laos; N-Vietnam; Canada [I]  (Ontario [I], Québec [I]); USA [I]  (California [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Missouri [I], Nebraska [I], New Jersey [I], Nevada [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Dakota [I], Virginia [I])
			10 DEN GRB SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 BAL CIS COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 CNY MDR 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 36 CHI 37 MON 40 IND NEP PAK 41 LAO THA VIE 72 cdn 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 78 usa
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus calidus   A.J.Kern.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 14: 84 (1864)
= Cyperus compressus   Krock.; Fl. Siles. [Krocker] 1: 64 (1787), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus forsskalii   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 251 (1833)
= Cyperus fuscus f. calidus (A.J.Kern.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(2): 276 (1904)
= Cyperus fuscus f. pygmaeus Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 120 (1914)
= Cyperus fuscus f. serotinus Bolzon; Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1910: 77 (1910)
= Cyperus fuscus f. virescens (Hoffm.) Neuman; Sver. Fl. 669 (1901), isonym
= Cyperus fuscus f. virescens (Hoffm.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 336 (1805)
= Cyperus fuscus subsp. virescens (Hoffm.) Arcang.; Comp. Fl. Ital. [Arcangeli] 726 (1882)
= Cyperus fuscus subsp. virescens (Hoffm.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 134 (1890)
= Cyperus fuscus var. condensatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 237 (1936)
= Cyperus fuscus var. nanus Zapał.; Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., Ser. 3, 5B(45B): 84 (1906)
= Cyperus fuscus var. nigricans Neilr.; Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 135 (1859)
= Cyperus fuscus var. pallescens Husn.; Cypéracées 77 (1905)
= Cyperus fuscus var. salinus Schur; Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 2: 67 (1851), nom. inval.
= Cyperus fuscus var. subjuncellus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 237 (1936)
= Cyperus fuscus var. virens Kabath; Fl. Umgegend Gleiwitz 38 (1846)
= Cyperus fuscus var. virescens (Hoffm.) Schrad.; Fl. Germ. [Schrader] 119 (1806)
= Cyperus fuscus var. virescens (Hoffm.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 336 (1805)
= Cyperus fuscus var. vulgaris Schrad.; Fl. Germ. [Schrader] 118 (1806), nom. inval.
= Cyperus haworthii   Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 730 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Cyperus protractus   Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 2: 50 (1813)
= Cyperus sabaudus   Billet ex Gave; Liste Contr. Fl. Savoie 14 (1906)
= Cyperus virescens   Hoffm.; Deutschl. Fl., Jahrgang 3 [Hoffmann] 21 (1800)
= Cyperus viridis   Krock.; Fl. Siles. [Krocker] 1: 64 (1787)
= Eucyperus fuscus   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gardneri
										
										
									 Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 34 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco); Guatemala; El Salvador; El Salvador; Cuba; Colombia  (Magdalena); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Portuguesa); Ecuador; Bolivia  (Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; Argentina  (Chaco, Corrientes)
			79 MEX 80 ELS GUA 81 CUB 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU 84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus corticatus   C.Wright; Anales Real Acad. Ci. Méd. Fís. Nat. Habana Revista Ci. 8: 75 (1871)
= Cyperus gardneri var. vegetior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 164 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gayi
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 484 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: French Guiana
			82 FRG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus gayi   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 16 (1908)
= Cyperus micromegas   J.Gay ex C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 16 (1908), non Nees 1836
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus giganteus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 364 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Giant flatsedge; Mota Grass (Trinidad & Tobago)
			
			Distribution: USA  (Louisiana); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Colombia  (Atlántico, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Central, Concepcion, Itapua, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay  (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus giganteus   (Vahl) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 181 (1908)
= Cyperus berteroi   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 67 (1837)
= Cyperus conspicuus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 39 (1854)
= Cyperus densiflorus   Rchb. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 65 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus elatus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 566 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus princeps   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 51, 66 (1837)
= Papyrus giganteus   (Vahl) Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 58 (1842)
= Papyrus odoratus   Willd. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 58 (1842)
= Papyrus spectabilis   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 58 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gigantobulbes
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 219 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gilesii
										
										
									 Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 274 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus glaber
										
										
									 L.; Mant. Pl. Altera [Linnaeus] 179 (1771)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Kahles Zypergras (DE); Hardy Papyrus (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria; Hungary; Italy; Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (scattered N- and C-Greece, rare Kiklades); E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Samos, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran; Afghanistan; Cyprus  (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon  (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (coastal W-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, Judean Desert); Pakistan  (Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov.); Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar  (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan, Taninthayi, Yangon)
			11 AUT ger HUN 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SRB TUE 14 KRY RUS UKR 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SYR TUR 40 ban PAK 41 MYA
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus glaber   (L.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 201 (1900)
= Chlorocyperus glaber f. fasciculariforme (Lojac.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 269 (1970 publ. 1971), nom inval.
= Cyperus banaticus   Kit. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882)
= Cyperus blancheanus   É.Desv. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 371 (1882)
= Cyperus caucasicus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 89 (1820)
= Cyperus erubescens   Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 44 (1821)
= Cyperus fascicularis   Phil. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 25 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus glaber f. contractus Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(2): 275 (1904)
= Cyperus glaber f. fasciculariformis Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 201 (1909)
= Cyperus glaber var. blancheanus Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 371 (1882)
= Cyperus glaber var. subchoristachys (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 249 (1929)
= Cyperus patulus   Kit. ex Host; Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 3: 49 (1805)
= Cyperus pictus   Ten.; Fl. Napol. 3: 47 (1824)
= Cyperus subchoristachys   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 177 (1897)
= Cyperus viridis   Sieber ex C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 270 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Dichostylis glabra   (Palla) Palla; Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 21: 24 (1912)
= Pycreus glaber   (L.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 146 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus glaucophyllus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 4 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Malawi; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM 27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus glaucophyllus var. longispiculosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 203 (1936)
= Cyperus glaucophyllus var. zambesiensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 203 (1936)
= Cyperus pseudoleptocladus   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 196 (1931)
= Cyperus pseudoleptocladus var. polycarpus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 196 (1931)
= Cyperus zambesiensis   C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 53 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus glomeratus
										
										
									 L.; Cent. Pl. II: 5 (1756)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Knäuel-Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Switzerland; Austria; Slovakia; Hungary; NE-Spain  (Rio Segre); France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; NE-Greece  (Nomos Evrou); E-European Russia; Ukraine; Siberia  (Altai); Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; ?Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey  (NE-Anatolia); China  (Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu); India  (Jammu & Kashmir)
			11 AUT ger HUN SLO SWI 12 FRA SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 RUS UKR 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ TKM UZB 33 AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus glomeratus   (L.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 201 (1900)
= Chlorocyperus glomeratus f. stenostachys (Borbás) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Cyperus aureus   Georgi; Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich, Nachtr. 257 (1802)
= Cyperus australis   Schrad.; Fl. Germ. [Schrader] 1: 116 (1806)
= Cyperus cinnamomeus   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 10 (1786)
= Cyperus glomeratus f. stenostachys Borbás; Termeszetrajzi Füz. 8: 56 (1884)
= Cyperus glomeratus var. semiradiciflorus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 148 (1935)
= Cyperus granulatus   Bosc ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 95 (1837)
= Cyperus multumbellifer   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 200 (1817)
= Cyperus semiradiciflorus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 434 bis (1859)
= Cyperus sparsiflorus   Baldwin; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 2: 168 (1825)
= Pycreus glomeratus   (L.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 145 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gonzaleziae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 16(2): 427-433 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gossweileri
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 7 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus pubescens   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 339 (1914)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus graciliculmis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 224 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gracilis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Slimjim flatsedge
			
			Distribution: South Africa [I]; Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales); New Caledonia; Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA  (California [I])
			27 saf 50 AUS 60 NWC 63 haw 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus gracilis f. viviparus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 421 (1915)
= Cyperus tenellus var. gracilis (R.Br.) Nees
= Eucyperus gracilis   (R.Br.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gracillimus
										
										
									 (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 393 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus gracillimus   Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 58 (1914)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grammicus
										
										
									 Kunze ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 6 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ecuador; Bolivia  (Santa Cruz); Chile  (Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Lagos)
			83 BOL ECU 85 CLE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus grammicus   (Kunze ex Kunth) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus gramineus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 5 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus parvulus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 4 (1854)
= Pycreus grammicus   (Kunze ex Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(Beibl. 68): 6 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus granatensis
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 11 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia
			82 CLM
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grandibulbosus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 353 (1901) (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
			24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bulbosus subsp. giolii (Chiov.) Kük.
= Cyperus bulbosus var. grandibulbosus (C.B.Clarke) Chiov.
= Cyperus giolii   Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 375 (1915)
= Cyperus giolii var. latifolius Chiov.
= Cyperus giolii var. nogalensis (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 127 (1935)
= Cyperus grandibulbosus var. amplus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 125 (1935)
= Mariscus nogalensis   Chiov.; Pl. Nov. Aethiop. 14 (1928)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grandifolius
										
										
									 Anderson; Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1853: 157 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Galapagos
			83 GAL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus galapagensis   Caruel; Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Rendiconti Cl. Sci. Fis., Ser. 4, 5: 621 (1889)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grandis
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 564 (1894 publ. 1895); et Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 121 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Madagascar
			25 KEN TAN 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus densispicatus   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 317 (1921), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grandisimplex
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 7 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Bolívar); Peru; N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil
			82 VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus granitophilus
										
										
									 McVaugh; Castanea 2: 103 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Granite flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
			78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grayi
										
										
									 Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 260 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Gray´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia)
			75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus filiculmis var. grayi (Torr.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 609 (1868)
= Cyperus setifolius   Torr. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 198 (1884), nom. inval.
= Mariscus grayi   (Torr.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 89 (1908)
= Mariscus grayi   (Torr.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grayioides
										
										
									 Mohlenbr.; Brittonia 11: 255 (1959)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Illinois flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus grossianus
										
										
									 Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 543 (1972), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus laetus var. tenuissimus Grosser & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 441 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus guatemalensis
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 47 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guatemala
			80 GUA
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status doubtful
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gubanii
										
										
									 Väre & Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 479 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus guianensis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 483 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil
			82 GUY SUR 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus guianensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 16 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gunnii
										
										
									 Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. III (Fl. Tasman.) 2: 80. I. 140 (1858)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand [I]
			50 AUS 51 nzl
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus compositus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 333 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus lucidus var. gunnii (Hook.f.) C.Moore; Handb. Fl. N.S.W. 449 (1893)
= Cyperus nodulosus   F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 283 (1878)
= Mariscus gunnii   (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. novae-hollandiae
									 (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 450 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus gunnii subsp. novae-hollandiae (Boeckeler) K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4: 465 (1991)
= Cyperus novae-hollandiae   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 344 (1870)
= Mariscus gunnii var. novae-hollandiae (Boeckeler) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 443 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gymnocaulos
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 12 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus vaginatus subsp. gymnocaulos (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 190 (1936)
= Cyperus vaginatus var. gymnocaulos (Steud.) Probst; Wolladventivfl. Mitteleur. 49 (1949)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus gypsophilus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 374 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus gypsophilus   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 148 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus haematocephalus
										
										
									 Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 564 (1894 publ. 1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
			27 LES SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hainanensis
										
										
									 (Chun & F.C.How) G.C.Tucker; Fl. China 23: 239 (2010)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus hainanensis   Chun & F.C.How; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 87 (1958)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hakonensis
										
										
									 Franch. &  Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 104. 538 (1877)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
			38 JAP KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hamulosus
										
										
									 M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 35 (1808)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Romania; Bulgaria; NE-Greece  (very rare); C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Morocco; Tunisia; Senegal; Mali; Niger; NE-Nigeria; Namibia; Botswana; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Mongolia; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Victoria [I])
			13 BUL GRC ROM 14 RUS UKR 20 MOR TUN 22 MLI NGA NGR SEN 27 BOT NAM 32 KAZ TKM UZB 37 MON 50 aus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus aristatus subsp. hamulosus (M.Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2: 272 (1904)
= Cyperus pygmaeus   Cav.; Anales Ci. Nat. 3: 7 (1801), nom. illeg.
= Dichostylis hamulosa   (M.Bieb.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 289 (1834)
= Dichostylis hamulosa   (M.Bieb.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 565 (1895), isonym
= Isolepis hamulosa   (M.Bieb.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 204 (1837)
= Mariscus hamulosus   (M.Bieb.) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 578 (1972)
= Mariscus hamulosus   (M.Bieb.) T.V.Egorova; Fl. Evropeískoí Chasti S.S.S.R. 2: 127 (1976), isonym
= Scirpus hamulosus   (M.Bieb.) Steven; Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 356 (1814)
= Scirpus lugardii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 458 (1902)
= Scirpus pitardii   Trab. ex Pit.; Explor. Sci. Maroc, Bot. 112 (1912), nomen, et Contr. Etude Fl. Maroc, 37 (1918), descr.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus harrisii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 191 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Jamaica
			81 JAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Torulinium harrisii   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus haspan
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 45 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; ?Namibia; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Seychelles [I]; Iran; China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan  (Pakistani Punjab, Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Gilgit); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Nicobar Isl.  (North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (common throughout); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales); New Caledonia; Fiji [I]; Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror); Fed. States of Micronesia  (Yap, Woleai, Ifaluk, Pohnpei); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Colombia  (Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Huila, Meta, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua); Uruguay  (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto, San Jose, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 COM mau MDG reu sey 34 IRN 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI sng SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 fij NWC 62 MIC PLU 63 haw 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus adenophorus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 28 (1842)
= Cyperus adenophorus var. aphyllus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 576 (1868)
= Cyperus americanus   (Boeckeler) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 173 (1908)
= Cyperus aphyllus   Vahl; Eclog. Amer. 2: 6 (1798)
= Cyperus autummalis   (Rottb.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 318 (1805)
= Cyperus caespitosus   Llanos; Fragm. Pl. Filip. 14 (1851), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus cayennensis   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1820)
= Cyperus efoliatus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 226 (1895)
= Cyperus gracilis   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 18 (1817), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus gramineus   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 205 (1817)
= Cyperus graminifolius   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 267 (1806)
= Cyperus haspan f. coarctatus (Nees) Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 135 (1931)
= Cyperus haspan f. major C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 940 (1903)
= Cyperus haspan subsp. juncoides (Lam.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 184 (1926)
= Cyperus haspan var. adenophorus (Schrad. ex Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 250 (1936)
= Cyperus haspan var. americanus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 575 (1868)
= Cyperus haspan var. amplissimus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 184 (1926)
= Cyperus haspan var. bulboides Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 3 (1921)
= Cyperus haspan var. coarctatus Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 25 (1842)
= Cyperus haspan var. dietrichiae Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 426 (1915)
= Cyperus haspan var. firmicaulis Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 184 (1926)
= Cyperus haspan var. flaccidissimus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 248 (1936)
= Cyperus haspan var. riparius Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 250 (1936)
= Cyperus haspan var. tuberifer T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 30: 136 (1955)
= Cyperus hyemalis   Pursh ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 120 (1884)
= Cyperus junceus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 85 (1820)
= Cyperus juncoides   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1791)
= Cyperus laticulmis   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 228 (1824)
= Cyperus leptos   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 105 (1824)
= Cyperus microcarpus   Boeckeler; Abh. Naturwiss. Verein Bremen 7: 37 (1880)
= Cyperus muehlenbergii   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 5: 221 (1828)
= Cyperus nudus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 203 (1816)
= Cyperus nudus var. firmior J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 166 (1828)
= Cyperus nudus var. flaccidior J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 166 (1828)
= Cyperus pedatus   Nees; Observ. Bot. [Meyen] 1: 431 (1843)
= Cyperus phaeorhizus   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 119 (1895)
= Cyperus phaeorhizus var. princeae (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 253 (1936)
= Cyperus planiculmis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 22 (1854)
= Cyperus platyculmis   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 214 (1810)
= Cyperus princeae   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 133 (1906)
= Cyperus riparius   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 28 (1842)
= Cyperus stellatus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1820), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus triqueter   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 548 (1879)
= Cyperus tunicatus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 115 (1824)
= Cyperus vaginatus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 85 (1820), nom. illeg.
= Scirpus autumnalis   Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 58, t. 17 (1773), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hayesii
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 457 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama
			80 COS GUA HON PAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ferax var. hayesii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 619 (1936)
= Torulinium hayesii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 20 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus helferi
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 360 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Andaman Isl.; Myanmar  (Bago, Taninthayi); peninsular Thailand; Cambodia
			41 AND CBD MYA THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hemidrummondii
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 19 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Drummond´s halfchaff Sedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arkansas, Arizona, California, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
			73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Hemicarpha drummondii   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 62 (1842)
= Hemicarpha micrantha var. drummondii (Nees) Frieland; Amer. J. Bot. 28: 860 (1941)
= Hemicarpha subsquarrosa var. drummondii (Nees) A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 2: 495 (1856)
= Lipocarpha drummondii   (Nees) G.C.Tucker; J. Arnold Arbor. 68(4): 410 (1987)
= Scirpus micranthus var. drummondii (Nees) Mohlenbr.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 70: 22 (1963)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hemioccidentalis
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 19 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Western halfchaff Sedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Oregon, Washington State)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Hemicarpha occidentalis   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 391 (1868)
= Lipocarpha occidentalis   (A.Gray) G.C.Tucker; J. Arnold Arbor. 68(4): 410 (1987)
= Scirpus occidentalis   (A.Gray) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 30 (1908), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hemisphaericus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 42: 436 ter (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar
			24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 29 MDG
			
				Remarks: to be expected in Zambia
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus hemisphaericus var. gregorii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 407 (1936)
= Cyperus hemisphaericus var. longibracteus Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 407 (1936)
= Cyperus hildebrandtii   Boeckeler; Flora 63: 436 (1880)
= Mariscus gregorii   C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 34: 225 (1896)
= Mariscus hemisphaericus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 589 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hensii
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Études Fl. Congo [Durand & Schinz] 289 (1896)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
			23 CON ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus kuebensis   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 346 (1922)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hermaphroditus
										
										
									 (Jacq.) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 88 (1916)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Hermaphrodite flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Colombia  (Antioquia, Atlántico, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo); Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Guyana; ?French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Caazapa, Guaira); Argentina  (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB GRE HIS JAM MAR STL 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carex hermaphrodita   Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 174 (1791)
= Cyperus alpinus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 215 (1850)
= Cyperus hermaphroditus var. angustior (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 489 (1936)
= Cyperus hermaphroditus var. condensatus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929)
= Cyperus hermaphroditus var. longiradiatus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 489 (1936)
= Cyperus hermaphroditus var. longispicatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 489 (1936)
= Cyperus incompletus   (Jacq.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 319 (1827)
= Cyperus incompletus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 361 (1870), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus longespicatus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 229 (1895)
= Cyperus ruizianus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 360 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus sertularinus   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 213 (1851)
= Cyperus subambiguus   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 527 (1936)
= Cyperus tetragonus   Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 3: 452 (1885), nom. illeg.
= Eleocharis cyperina   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 155 (1817)
= Kobresia cyperina   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(1): 206 (1805)
= Kyllinga incompleta   Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 101
= Mariscus alpinus   (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 15 (1908)
= Mariscus ambiguus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 231 (1850)
= Mariscus conflexus   Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 47 (1821)
= Mariscus hermaphroditus   (Jacq.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 165 (1900)
= Mariscus jacquinii   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 216 (1816), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Mariscus jacquinii var. angustior C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 46 (1900)
= Mariscus longiradiatus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 232 (1850)
= Mariscus patulus   Schrad.; Index Sem. (Göttingen) 1835: 4 (1835) ex Nees, Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 47 (1842)
= Mariscus sertularinus   (Liebm.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
= Mariscus tovarii   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 215 (1816)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hesperius
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 422 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus heterocladus
										
										
									 Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 292 (1883)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hieronymi
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 7 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Tarija); Argentina  (Catamarca, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman)
			83 BOL 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus fiebrigii   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 346 (1922)
= Cyperus hieronymi var. fiebrigii (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 184 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hilairenus
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 29 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status unconfirmed
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus caespitosus   A.St.-Hil.; Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 390 (1833)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hilgendorfianus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 501 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Shandong, Jilin, Heilongjiang); Japan
			36 CHI 38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus michelianus f. hilgendorfianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 315 (1936)
= Cyperus shandongense   F.Z.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(2): 151 (1984)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hillebrandii
										
										
									 Boeckeler ex Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 464 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Oahu, Lanai, East Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
			63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus hawaicensis   Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 470 (1888)
= Cyperus hillebrandii var. helleri Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 484 (1936)
= Cyperus hillebrandii var. mauiensis (Hillebr.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 484 (1936)
= Cyperus kunthianus   H.Mann; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 208 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus mauiensis   Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 469 (1888)
= Mariscus hillebrandii   (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 122 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. decipiens
									 (Hillebr.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 484 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Kauai, Oahu, Lanai, West Maui)
			63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus decipiens   Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 467 (1888)
= Mariscus decipiens   (Hillebr.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 16 (1908)
= Mariscus hillebrandii subsp. decipiens (Hillebr.) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 122 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hirtellus
										
										
									 (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 7 (1935), et ibid. 545 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania; ?Zimbabwe
			23 ZAI 25 TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus hirtellus   Chiov.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 26: 71 (1919)
= Mariscus rhodesicus   Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 115 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus holoschoenus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 215 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			42 NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus holoschoenus var. fuscisquamatus Kük.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 16: 301 (1940)
= Cyperus holoschoenus var. viscidus W.Fitzg.; J. Proc. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 3: 117 (1918)
= Mariscus holoschoenus   (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus holosericeus
										
										
									 Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 317 (1827)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Texan flatsedge; Panicled Cyperus (Bahamas)
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); Senegal; ?Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; ?Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Botswana; South Africa  (Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Borneo; Philippines; Australia [I]  (Queensland [I]); Hawaii  (Midway Isl., Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia); Guatemala; Belize; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Antigua; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Ecuador; Galapagos; Brazil
			21 CVI 22 GNB SEN SIE 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT SAF SWZ 40 IND SRL 41 THA VIE 42 BOR MLY PHI 50 aus 63 HAW 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 80 BLZ COS GUA PAN 81 ABA BAH BBD CUB DOM GDL GRE JAM MAR STL 83 ECU GAL 84 BRA
			
				Remarks: often treated only as variety of C. polystachyos
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus filicinus var. microdontus (Torr.) Fernald; Rhodora 19: 153 (1917)
= Cyperus inconspicuus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 197 (1850)
= Cyperus microdontus   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 255 (1836)
= Cyperus microdontus var. texensis Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 430 (1836)
= Cyperus polystachyos f. inconspicuus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 372 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos subsp. holosericeus (Link) T.Koyama; Madroño 20: 253 (1970)
= Cyperus polystachyos subsp. laxiflorus (Benth.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. holosericeus (Link) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 55 (1884)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. laxiflorus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 6: 261 (1873)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. leptostachyos Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 478 (1868)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis (Steud.) Fernald; Rhodora 41: 530 (1939)
= Cyperus texensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 9 (1854)
= Pycreus holosericeus   Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 231 (1917)
= Pycreus polystachyos subsp. holosericeus (Link) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 125 (1989)
= Pycreus polystachyos var. laxiflorus (Benth.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 592 (1893)
= Pycreus polystachyos var. microdontus (Torr.) Govaerts; World Checkl. Cyperaceae 610 (2007)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus holstii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 328 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SE-Kenya; Tanzania
			25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hooperae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Rodriguésia 66(2): 611, fig. 1 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Goiás)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hortensis
										
										
									 (Salzm. ex Steud.) Dorr; Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 100: 62 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Low spikesedge
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; ?Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; India  (Kerala); Bangladesh [I]; USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Antigua; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Casanare, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Cordillera); Uruguay  (Cerro Largo); Argentina  (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman)
			22 BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 29 MAU MDG REU ROD 40 ban IND 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BBD CUB DOM GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STL TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus densicaespitosus   Mattf. & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 597 (1936)
= Cyperus densicaespitosus var. rigidulus (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 599 (1936)
= Hedychloe fragrans   Raf.; Ann. Nat. 1: 16 (1820), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Kyllinga blepharinota   Hochst. ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 146 (1892), pro syn.
= Kyllinga caespitosa   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 12 (syn. Kunth excl.) (1842)
= Kyllinga caespitosa subvar. debilis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 754 (1891)
= Kyllinga caespitosa var. elatior (Kunth) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 413 (1868)
= Kyllinga caespitosa var. pumila (Michx.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 412 (1868)
= Kyllinga flexuosa   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: (1890) 1 (Kyllingia)
= Kyllinga fraterna   Steud.; Berberid. Amer. Austral. [Lechler] 56 (1857), nomen
= Kyllinga hortensis   Salzm. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 68 (1854)
= Kyllinga monocephala   Sieber ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 851 (1841), nom. inval.
= Kyllinga naumanniana   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 516 (1879)
= Kyllinga naumanniana var. tenuis Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 89 (1883)
= Kyllinga odorata   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 211 (1816), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga pumila   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 28 (1803)
= Kyllinga pumila var. elatior Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 132 (1837)
= Kyllinga pumila var. humilis Kunth ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 411 (1868)
= Kyllinga rigidula   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 71 (pl. Nubica) (1854)
= Kyllinga uncinata   Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 47 (1821)
= Kyllinga viridiflora   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 322 (1833), pro syn.
= Kyllinga viridiflora   Roxb. ex Spreng.Index Sem.(HAL, Halensis): ?
= Thryocephalon pumilum   (Michx.) Nieuwl.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 94 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus houghtonii
										
										
									 Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 277 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Houghton´s flatsedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Canada  (Manitoba, Ontario, Québec); USA  (Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
			11 ger 71 CDN 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus houghtonii   (Torr.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
= Cyperus houghtonii var. uberior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 469 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus humilis
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 23 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pelo de puerco (Cuba)
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Colombia; Venezuela  (Falcon); Ecuador; Peru
			79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC 81 CUB HIS JAM 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus humilis var. elatior Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 99 (1888)
= Cyperus pygmaeus var. aztecorum C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 83 (1884)
= Mariscus cephalotes   Poepp. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 23 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hyalinus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 320 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Queensland Sedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; NE-Mozambique; Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte); Mauritius; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Daman, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Myanmar  (Bago, Taninthayi, Yangon); Java  (incl. Madura Isl., Kangean Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Timor); Moluccas  (Tanimbar, Seram, Kei Isl.); Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland); USA [I]  (Florida [I])
			11 ger 24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 29 COM MAU MDG 40 IND LDV MDV SRL 41 MYA 42 CKI JAW LSI MOL NWG 50 AUS 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus hyalinus var. substerilis (E.G.Camus) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 499 (1936)
= Cyperus suaveolens   Boivin ex Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 61 (1919), nom. inval.
= Kyllinga hyalina   (Vahl) T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 51(10): 317 (1976)
= Mariscopsis hyalinus   (Vahl) Ballard; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 458 (1932)
= Mariscopsis suaveolens   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 61 (1919)
= Pycreus hyalinus   (Vahl) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 417 (1915)
= Pycreus pumilus var. substerilis E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 241 (1910)
= Queenslandiella hyalina   (Vahl) Ballard; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3208 (1933)
= Queenslandiella mira   Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 415 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hypochlorus
										
										
									 Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 468 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
			63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus hypochlorus   (Hillebr.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
= Cyperus hypochlorus var. kauaiensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 409 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. brevior
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 409 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui)
			63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus hypochlorus var. densispicatus Skottsb.; Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 303 (1944)
= Mariscus hypochlorus subsp. brevior (Kük.) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 122 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hypopitys
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43 (Rev. Mexican Cyperus): 129 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pine flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona); Mexico  (Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango)
			76 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hystricinus
										
										
									 Fernald; Rhodora 8: 127 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Bristly flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
			75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus retrofractus var. hystricinus (Fernald) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 509 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus hystricoides
										
										
									 (B.Nord.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 19 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rehman´s halfchaff Sedge
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Lesotho; Madagascar; USA [I]  (Virginia [I])
			25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF 29 MDG 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Isolepis rehmannii   (Ridl.) Lye; Bot. Not. 124(4): 479 (1971)
= Lipocarpha rehmannii   (Ridl.) Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 64 (1989)
= Rikliella rehmannii   (Ridl.) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13: 155 (1973)
= Scirpus hystricoides   B.Nord.; Dinteria 11: 55 (1974)
= Scirpus rehmannii   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 159 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus imbecillis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus imbricatus
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 12 (1788)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Egypt; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Iran; Afghanistan  (Kandahar); China  (Guangdong, Hainan); Japan; Taiwan; Nepal; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar [I]; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (scattered); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Mexico [I]  (widespread); Guatemala [I]; Belize [I]; El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Dominica [I]; Grenada [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]  (Amazonas [I], Arauca [I], Atlántico [I], Casanare [I], Meta [I], Valle [I]); Venezuela [I]  (Amazonas [I], Anzoategui [I], Apure [I], Barinas [I], Bolívar [I], Delta Amacuro [I], Zulia [I]); Guyana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]  (Beni [I], Cochabamba [I], Pando [I]); N-Brazil [I]; NE-Brazil [I]; WC-Brazil [I]; SE-Brazil [I]; S-Brazil  (Paraná [I], Rio Grande do Sul [I]); Paraguay [I]  (Alto Paraguay [I], Alto Paraná [I], Itapua [I], San Pedro [I]); Uruguay [I]  (Artigas [I], Cerro Largo [I], Durazno [I], Flores Prov. [I], Florida [I], Paysandu [I], Rio Negro [I], Rivera [I], Salto [I], Soriano [I], Tacuarembo [I]); Argentina [I]  (Buenos Aires [I], Chaco [I], Corrientes [I], Entre Rios [I], Formosa [I], Misiones [I], Santa Fe [I])
			11 ger 20 EGY 22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 34 AFG IRN 36 CHI 38 JAP TAI 40 BAN IND NEP 41 LAO mya THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 79 mex 80 blz cos els gua hon nic pan 81 cub dom gre his jam pue trt 82 clm guy ven 83 bol ecu per 84 bra BRA 85 arg par uru
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus anabaptistus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 37 (1854)
= Cyperus biceps   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 368 (1805)
= Cyperus campestris   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 35 (1842)
= Cyperus confertiflorus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 131 (1824)
= Cyperus densespicatus   Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 105 (1916)
= Cyperus densiflorus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 88 (1820)
= Cyperus digitatus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 85 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus flexifolius   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 549 (1879)
= Cyperus imbricatus subsp. elongatus (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; Fl. Taiwan 5: 260 (1978)
= Cyperus imbricatus var. capitatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 70 (1935)
= Cyperus imbricatus var. densespicatus (Hayata) Ohwi; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 18(1): 128 (1944)
= Cyperus imbricatus var. elongatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 71 (1935)
= Cyperus imbricatus var. minor (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 70 (1935)
= Cyperus imbricatus var. multiflorus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 71 (1935)
= Cyperus imbricatus var. viridispicatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 71 (1935)
= Cyperus involucratus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 253 (1806), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus macrosciadion   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 37 (1854)
= Cyperus mediorubescens   Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 106 (1916)
= Cyperus obscurus   Nees; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 27 (1854)
= Cyperus radiatus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 369 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus radiatus var. capitatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 319 (1870)
= Cyperus radiatus var. elongatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 319 (1870)
= Cyperus radiatus var. minor Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 319 (1870)
= Cyperus roylei   Arn.; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 85, in nota (1834)
= Cyperus semidives   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 36 (1854)
= Cyperus spicatus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 173 (1828)
= Cyperus verticillatus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 6 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus viridispicatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 8 (1890)
= Dichostylis radiata   (Vahl) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 17(Beibl.): 8 (1911)
= Mariscus leptochloides   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 317 (1855)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus impolitus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 78 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Flores Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Rivera, Salto, San Jose); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones)
			84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus balansae   (Maury) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 180 (1908)
= Comostemum impolitum   (Kunth) Nees; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 397 (1840)
= Cyperus balansae   Maury; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 31: (1890) 130 t. 39
= Cyperus laetus var. balansae (Maury) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
= Cyperus laetus var. capitatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 296 (1870)
= Cyperus laetus var. hassleri (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
= Cyperus laetus var. impolitus (Kunth) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
= Cyperus rigens var. impolitus (Kunth) Hefler & Longhi-Wagner; Rodriguésia 61: S11 (2010)
= Cyperus wacketii   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 443 (1936)
= Mariscus balansae   (Maury) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 1011 (1903)
= Mariscus hassleri   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 1011 (1903)
= Mariscus impolitus   (Kunth) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 17(3): 274 (1978)
= Mariscus wacketii   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus impubes
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 45 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Soqotra; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus impubes var. brevispiculosus Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 306 (1925)
= Cyperus impubes var. viguieri (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 493 (1936)
= Cyperus quadriflorus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 367 (1870)
= Mariscus cupreus   Hochst. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 367 (1870)
= Mariscus cupreus   Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 586 (1894 publ. 1895) nomen
= Mariscus impubes   (Steud.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 12 (1971)
= Mariscus monilifer   Chiov.; Missione Biol. Borana 296 (1939)
= Mariscus procerus   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 489 (1850), non Schrad.
= Mariscus richardii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 66 (1854), non Cyperus richardii Steud.
= Mariscus viguieri   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 303 (1919)
= Mariscus viguieri var. contractus Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 719 (1922)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. fallax
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 492 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus impubes f. major (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 493 (1936)
= Mariscus fallax   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 405 (1919)
= Mariscus fallax var. major Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 19 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus inauratus
										
										
									 (Nees ex Boeckeler) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 573 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus inauratus var. laevicarinatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 573 (1936)
= Kyllinga inaurata   Nees ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 406 (1868)
= Kyllinga tetragona   Spreng. ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 154 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus incompressus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 318 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Congo [Brazzaville]
			22 BKN GUI IVO SEN SIE TOG 23 CON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus incomtus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 39 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz); WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari); Uruguay  (Artigas, Colonia, Durazno, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Salto, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus cinereus   Maury ex Micheli; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(1): 127, t. 36B (1890)
= Cyperus curvifolius   Boeckeler; Flora 61: 138 (1878)
= Cyperus incomtus var. dissolutior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 184 (1936)
= Cyperus incomtus var. miguelii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 183 (1936)
= Cyperus incomtus var. venturii (Kük.) Barros; Gen. Sp. Pl. Argent. [Descole, ed.] 4(1): 56 (1947)
= Cyperus venturii   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 182 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus indecorus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 85 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
			27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus luzuliformis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 356 (1870)
= Mariscus indecorus   (Kunth) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 524 (1960)
= Mariscus luzuliformis   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 589 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus infucatus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 86 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil; Argentina  (Tucuman)
			84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brevispicatus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 442 (1859)
= Mariscus infucatus   (Kunth) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 73 (1974)
= Mariscus longus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 44 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus inops
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 5 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus inselbergensis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 31(5): 574 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
			23 CMN EQG GAB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga inselbergensis   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 147 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus insularis
										
										
									 Heenan & de Lange; New Zealand J. Bot. 43(1): 353 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-New Zealand; Kermadec Isl.
			51 KER NZL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus intactus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 332 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; S-India  (Kerala, Madhya Pradesh); ?Bangladesh
			22 GNB GUI SEN 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG REU 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus atribulbus   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.) 363 (1936)
= Cyperus elongatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 11, syn. emend. (1854)
= Cyperus ferrugineus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 261 (1806), non L., non Forssk.
= Cyperus ferrugineus var. baronii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 373 (1936)
= Cyperus foliosus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 11 (1837)
= Cyperus laxespicatus var. brunneotinctus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 325 (1925)
= Cyperus micans   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 12 (1837)
= Cyperus minor   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 4 (1854)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. baroni C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 280 (1883)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. ferrugineus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 479 (1868)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. micans (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 54 (1884)
= Pycreus atribulbus   (Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 5 (1971)
= Pycreus ferrugineus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 595 (1893)
= Pycreus intactus   (Vahl) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 17(1): 46 (1977)
= Pycreus micans   (Kunth) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 65 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus intricatus
										
										
									 Schrad.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 98 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Costa Rica; Venezuela  (Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); Venezuela  (Miranda); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina  (Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe)
			80 COS 82 VEN 84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus chamissoi   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 33 (1842)
= Cyperus ciliolatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 5 (1890)
= Cyperus consanguineus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 42 (1837)
= Cyperus consanguineus var. chamissoi (Schrad. ex Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 171 (1936)
= Cyperus consanguineus var. usterii (Palla) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 172 (1936)
= Cyperus consanguineus var. varius (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 171 (1936)
= Cyperus longicaulis   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 202 (1895)
= Cyperus pauloensis   Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 175 (1908)
= Cyperus reflexus var. intricatus (Schrad. ex Schult.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 174 (1936)
= Cyperus schenckianus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 4 (1890)
= Cyperus schraderi   Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 9: 143 (1953), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus usterii   Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 57: 257 (1907)
= Cyperus varius   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 202 (1895)
= Cyperus virens   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 6 (1890), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus virens var. widgrenii (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 39: 294 (1938)
= Cyperus widgrenii   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 499 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus iria
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 45 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Ricefield flatsedge (EN), Reisfeld-Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Senegal; Gambia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]  (Tshopo etc.); Chad; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Seychelles [I]; Chagos Arch.  (Diego Garcia); Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Iraq  (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran; Afghanistan  (Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); SE-Tibet; North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima); Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Swat, Hazara, Azad Kashmir); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl., Barren Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Mandalay, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (common throughout); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales); New Caledonia; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I]  (´Upolu [I]); Society Isl.  (Tahiti, Raiatea); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror, Malakal); Guam; USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Illinois [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Maryland [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], New Jersey [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I], West Virginia [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Cuba [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Ecuador; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]
			11 ger 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN 23 GAB ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 CGS COM MDG sey 32 TKM TZK UZB 34 AFG IRN IRQ 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR KZN NKO NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 fij NWC sam 61 SCI 62 GUM PLU 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos hon nic 81 cub pue stl trt 82 clm guy ven 83 bol ECU per 84 bra 85 arg uru
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
				
			 
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus iria   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895)
= Cyperus chrysomelinus   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 305 (1827)
= Cyperus diaphaniria   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 23 (1854)
= Cyperus iria f. chrysomelinus (Link) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 151 (1935)
= Cyperus iria f. diaphaniria (Steud.) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 270 (1856)
= Cyperus iria f. flavescens (Benth.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 429 (1915)
= Cyperus iria f. multiflora Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 428 (1915)
= Cyperus iria var. flavescens Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 276 (1878)
= Cyperus iria var. paniciformis (Franch. & Sav.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 607 (1893)
= Cyperus iria var. santonici (Rottb.) Fernald & Griscom; Rhodora 37: 147 (1935)
= Cyperus microlepis   Baker; Fl. Mauritius [J.G.Baker] 410 (1877)
= Cyperus nangtsiangensis   Pamp.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 22: 260 (1915)
= Cyperus paniciformis   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 537 (1879)
= Cyperus panicoides   Lam; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 145 (1791)
= Cyperus resinosus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 23 (1854)
= Cyperus santonici   Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 41
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus isabellinus
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 475 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ischnos
										
										
									 Schltdl.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 99 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India [I]  (Tamil Nadu [I]); Mexico  (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Magdalena); Venezuela  (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Miranda, Tachira)
			40 ind 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus arsenii   Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 403 (1913)
= Cyperus botteri   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 227 (1895)
= Cyperus ischnos var. arsenii (Palla) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 462 (1936)
= Mariscus ischnos   (Schltdl.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 623 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus isolepis
										
										
									 (Nees) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 19 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Free State); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal); Myanmar; N- & E-Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
			22 GHA IVO NGA SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 40 IND 41 CBD MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Hemicarpha isolepis   Nees; Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 263 (1834)
= Hemicarpha schraderi   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 268 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Hemicarpha schraderiana   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 62 (1842)
= Hemicarpha senegalensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 130 (1854)
= Isolepis bellula   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 318 (1855)
= Isolepis hemisphaerica   (Roth) A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 109 (1833)
= Isolepis minima   Schrad.; Gött. Gel. Anz. 1821(3): 2068 (1821)
= Lipocarpha hemisphaerica   (Roth) Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 37 (1989)
= Lipocarpha isolepis   (Nees) R.W.Haines; Bot. Not. 124(4): 476 (1971)
= Lipocarpha monocephala   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 307 (1913)
= Lipocarpha rautanenii   Boeckeler ex Schinz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 179 (1890)
= Scirpus hemisphaericus   Roth; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 133 (1817)
= Scirpus isolepis   (Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 498 (1870)
= Scirpus minimus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 268 (1837), pro syn.
= Scirpus setaceus var. monander Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 268 (1837), pro syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ivohibensis
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 438 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus ivohibensis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 603 (1927 publ. 1928)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ixiocarpus
										
										
									 F.Muell.; Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 23: (1887) 55 ex S. T. Blake, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 58: 35 (1947), descr. ampl.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus javanicus
										
										
									 Houtt.; Nat. Hist. [Houttuyn] 11(13): Aanwyz. Plaat. 1 t. 88, fig. 1 (1782)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; +Mauritius; +La Réunion; Seychelles; China  (Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Keetaajima, Otohtojima, Hahajima, Mukohjima); Volcano Isl.  (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); Taiwan; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondieherry, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (west coast of Peninsula); Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga  (Late Isl., Tongatapu, Nomuka, Lifuka, Vava´u, Tafahi, Niuatoputapu); Niue; Fiji; American Samoa  (Tutuila, Aunu´u, Ofu, Olosega, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa  (Aleipata Isl., ´Upolu, Savai´i); Tokelau  (Swains Isl.); Phoenix Isl.  (Kanton, Manra); Gilbert Isl.  (Butaritari, Marakei, Tarawa); Banaba [Ocean] Isl.; Nauru; N-Line Isl.  (Palmyra Atoll, Teraina); Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group, Palmerston, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Penrhyn, Nassau, Pukapuka); Marquesas Isl.  (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Eiao, Hututu, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva, Hatutaa, Mohotani); Society Isl.  (Mopelia Atoll, Tupai); Society Isl.  (Tahiti, Mehetia, Mopelia Atoll, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa); Tuamotu Arch.  (Rangiroa Atoll, Takapoto Atoll, Makatea Isl.); Austral Isl.  (Rurutu, Tubuai, Rapa Iti); Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Palau  (Kayangel, Babeldaob, Koror, Malakal, Urukthapel, Angaur, Sonsorol, Tobi); Northern Marianas  (Farallon de Medinilla, Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Northern Marianas  (Uracas, Maug, Asuncion, Agrihan, Pagan, Alamagan, Guguan, Sarigan, Anatahan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, Ifaluk, Truk, Moen, Ulalu [Romonum], Tol, Fefan, Uman, Pis, Lukunor, Satawan, Nukuoro, Ant, Pohnpei, Mokil, Pingelap, Kosrae); Marshall Isl.  (Likiep, Majuro, Jaluit); Hawaii  (Midway Isl., Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
			29 MAU MDG REU SEY 36 CHI 38 KZN NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN IND LDV MDV SRL 41 AND CBD NCB THA 42 BOR CKI JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ GIL NRU NUE NWC OCE PHX ROT SAM TOK TON VAN 61 AUI COO LIN MRQ pit SCI TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU 63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus anomalus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 37 (1854)
= Cyperus canescens   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 355 (1805)
= Cyperus caricifolius   Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 99 (1832)
= Cyperus firmus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 171 (1828)
= Cyperus fucatus   Boeckeler; Flora 65: 13 (1882)
= Cyperus holciflorus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 173 (1828)
= Cyperus macreilema   Steud. ex Jard.; Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 4: 10 (1856)
= Cyperus ovatus   Llanos; Fragm. Pl. Filip. 15 (1851), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus owahuensis   Nees; Observ. Bot. [Meyen] 2: 119 (1843)
= Cyperus parviflorus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 352 (1805)
= Cyperus pennatus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 144 (1791)
= Cyperus pinnatus   A.Rich.; Voy. Astrolabe 2: vii (1834)
= Cyperus spongiosocoriaceus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 441 (1859)
= Cyperus stigmatosus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 38 (1854)
= Cyperus stuppeus   G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 89 ex Kük. (1786)
= Cyperus taitensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 37 (1854)
= Cyperus tongatabuensis   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 85 (1875)
= Cyperus valdiviae   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 45 (1854)
= Duval-jouvea pennata   (Lam.) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 453 (1909)
= Mariscus albescens   Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 415 (1826)
= Mariscus javanicus   (Houtt.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf; Lingnan Sci. J. 21: 4 (1945), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus pennatus   (Lam.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 440 (1915)
= Mariscus stuppeus   (G.Forst.) Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 398 (1909)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus jeminicus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 24 (1772)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tunisia; Cape Verde Isl.  (Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista); Egypt  (NE-Egypt, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Burkina Faso; Niger; Chad; Sudan; Somalia; Madagascar; Israel  (Rift Valley); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Qatar; Yemen  (coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
			20 EGY TUN 21 CVI 22 BKN MTN NGR SEN 24 CHA SOM SUD 29 MDG 34 ISR SIN 35 QAT SAU YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus adansonii   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 546 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Cyperus cadamostoi   Bolle ex E.H.L.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 400 (1891)
= Cyperus conglomeratus f. excisus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 275 (1936)
= Cyperus conglomeratus subsp. jeminicus (Rottb.) Lye; Lidia 3(4): 131 (1994)
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. multiculmis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 274 (1936)
= Cyperus excisus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 523 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus jeminicus f. excisus (Boeckeler) Kük.
= Cyperus nubianus   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 297 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus olivetorum   Murb.; Act. Univ. Lund., n. s. 35(3): 25 (1899)
= Cyperus patulus   Schmidt; [nec Kit.]
= Cyperus proteinolepis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 15 (1854)
= Cyperus proteinolepis var. pumilus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 523 (1868)
= Cyperus pungens Boeckeler var. multiculmis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 538 (1868)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus juncelliformis
										
										
									 Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 352 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kabarensis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 14: 310 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kaessneri
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 133 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; ?Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 ERI ETH 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kamtschaticus
										
										
									 (Meinsh.) Yonek.; J. Jap. Bot. 86(4): 239 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Primorye)
			31 RFE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. kamtschatica (Meinsh.) Vorosch.; Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh S.S.S.R. [A.K.Skvortsov] 152 (1985)
= Kyllinga kamtschatica   Meinsh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 229 (1901)
= Kyllinga riederiana   Meinsh. ex Kom.; Fl. Kamtchatka 1: 200 (1927), in syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kanarensis
										
										
									 (V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh) V.P.Prasad & Govaerts; Skvortsovia 3(1): 2 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus kanarensis   V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21(3): 667 (1997 publ. 1998)
= Pycreus debilissimus f. kanarensis (V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 295 (2014)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kappleri
										
										
									 Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 38 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia  (Arauca); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Bolivia  (Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil
			82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus karisimbiensis
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 559 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Kenya; N-Tanzania
			23 RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus coloratus var. longinux Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 305 (1925)
= Cyperus karisimbiensis var. longinux (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 560 (1936)
= Mariscus karisimbiensis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 335 (1935)
= Mariscus maritimus   C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 34: 226 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus karlschumannii
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 134 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad
			22 BKN GHA IVO NGA TOG 23 CON ZAI 24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus margaritaceus var. karlschumannii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 285 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kernii
										
										
									 (Raymond) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 20 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra)
			22 BEN BKN GHA MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Isolepis kernii   (Raymond) Lye; Bot. Not. 124(4): 479 (1971)
= Lipocarpha kernii   (Raymond) Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 42 (1989)
= Rikliella kernii   (Raymond) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13: 155 (1973)
= Scirpus kernii   Raymond; Naturaliste Canad. 86: 230 (1959)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kerstenii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 373 (1869 publ. 1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus kerstenii var. irregularis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 555 (1936)
= Cyperus vaginatissimus   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 121 (1895)
= Mariscus kerstenii   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 392 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kibweanus
										
										
									 J.Duvign.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 157 (1963)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kilianii
										
										
									 (Muasya & D.A.Simpson) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 96 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga kilianii   Muasya & D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 51(1): 183 (1996)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kilimandscharicus
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 326 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Madagascar
			24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus kilimandscharicus var. chlorilepis Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 106 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kipasensis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 24: 297 (1934); et in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 13: 281 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?W-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia
			23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus platycaulis var. kipasensis (Cherm.) Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 636 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kituiensis
										
										
									 Muasya; Kew Bull. 59: 247 (2004)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus koyaliensis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 7(3): 7 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Central African Republic
			22 GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus immanis   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [6]: 164 (1951)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kurzii
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 129 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Assam); Andaman Isl.
			40 IND 41 AND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus multispicatus   Kurz ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 129 (1884) [non Boeckeler]
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kwaleensis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 221 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kyllingia
										
										
									 Endl.; Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 94 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: trop. Africa
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				Remarks: Distribution incomplete because of mix-up with C. mindorensis
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. latifolius
									 (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 608 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Liberia; Cameroon; Madagascar; Seychelles
			22 LBR 23 CMN 29 MDG SEY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. latifolius (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 593 (1936)
= Kyllinga monocephala var. latifolia Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 429 (1868)
= Kyllinga planiculmis   Boivin ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 531 (1894), nomen
= Kyllinga seychellarum   A.Juss. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 531 (1894), in syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kyllingiella
										
										
									 Larridon; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 144(3): 351 (2011), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Ghana; ?Togo; ?Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Central African Republic; ?D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia  (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo); India  (Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, ?Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh
			22 BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 BIO CAF 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 40 BAN IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Isolepis kyllingioides   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 502 (1850)
= Isolepis microcephala   (Steud.) Lye; Bot. Not. 124(4): 480 (1971)
= Kyllinga microcephala   Steud.; Flora 25: 597 (1842)
= Kyllingiella microcephala   (Steud.) R.W.Haines & Lye; Bot. Not. 131: 176 (1978)
= Scirpus kyllingioides   (A.Rich.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 733 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Scirpus microcephalus   (Steud.) Dandy; Fl. Pl. Sudan 3: 366 (1956)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus kyllingiformis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 218 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus kitaleensis   J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 148 (2019), nom. nov.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lacunosus
										
										
									 Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 237 (1866)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba
			81 CUB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus laeteflorens
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 81, 23 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Caledonia
			60 NWC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus laeteflorens   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 17 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus laetus
										
										
									 J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 172 (1828)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz); S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay  (Montevideo)
			11 ger 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Comostemum laetum   (J.Presl & C.Presl) Nees; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 397 (1840)
= Cyperus arechavaletae   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 9 (1888)
= Cyperus laetus f. contracta Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 157 (1931)
= Cyperus laetus var. arechavaletae (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 441 (1936)
= Cyperus laetus var. elatior Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 296 (1870)
= Cyperus laetus var. laeviculmis Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
= Cyperus laetus var. maximus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 252 (1929)
= Cyperus rigens subsp. arechavaletae (Boeckeler) Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 539 (1972)
= Cyperus rigens var. maximus (Kük.) Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 538 (1972)
= Mariscus laetus   (J.Presl & C.Presl) Lindm.; Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 26(9): 11 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus laevigatus
										
										
									 L.; Mant. Pl. Altera [Linnaeus] 179 (1771)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. laevigatus
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Smooth flatsedge (EN); Glattes Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Pantelleria; Crete  (very rare); Morocco; Algeria; Libya  (incl. Tibesti); Egypt  (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt); Madeira  (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl.  (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Ilha Brava); Mauritania; Senegal; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; St. Helena; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Uzbekistan; Turkey  (SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq  (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran  (EC-Iran, E-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan  (Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar); Cyprus  (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon  (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel  (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Jordania  (E-Jordania); Saudi Arabia  (NE-Saudi Arabia, Nafud Desert, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert); Bahrain; Qatar [I]; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan  (Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Lahore, Rawalpindi); India  (Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Australia  (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales); Rotuma Isl.; Gilbert Isl.  (Marakei, Abaiang, Tabiteuea, Onotoa, Nikunau); Hawaii  (Lanai, Niihau, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Isl., Midway Isl.); USA  (Arizona, California, North Carolina, Nevada, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola); Anguilla; Nevis; Barbados; Colombia  (Valle); Venezuela  (Carabobo, Dependencias Federales, Falcon, Sucre); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman); Chile [I]  (Arica y Parinacota [I], Tarapacá [I], Antofagasta [I], Coquimbo [I], Maule [I])
			13 KRI PTL 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR 21 CNY CVI MDR 22 MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 28 STH 29 MAU MDG REU ROD 32 UZB 34 AFG CYP IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 BAR OMA qat SAU UAE YEM 40 IND PAK 50 AUS 60 GIL ROT 63 HAW 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS GUA NIC 81 AGU BBD CUB HIS JAM PUE STK VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 85 ARG cle
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Acorellus laevigatus   (L.) Palla; Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3 [Hallier & Brand] 2: 2558 (1905)
= Acorellus pallae   Kneuck.; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 13: 31 (1907)
= Chlorocyperus junciformis   (Desf.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Chlorocyperus laevigatus   (L.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 221 (1900)
= Cyperus careyi   Britton; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small], ed. 2: 166 (1913)
= Cyperus cossyrensis   Tineo ex Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 779 (1844)
= Cyperus incurvus   Spreng. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 18 (1837)
= Cyperus juncellus   Dinter; Deut. Südw. Afrik. 41 (1909)
= Cyperus junciformis   Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 42 (1798)
= Cyperus laevigatus f. atratus Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 325 (1936)
= Cyperus laevigatus f. macra C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 78 (1884)
= Cyperus laevigatus f. reptans (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 78 (1884)
= Cyperus laevigatus subsp. albidus (Vahl) Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 4: 35 (1957)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. albidus Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 306 (1805)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. caespitosus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 282 (1883)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. pallae (Kneuck.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 323 (1936)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. pictus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 487 (1868)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. ramlehensis Sickenb.; Contr. Fl. Égypte 299 (1901)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. reptans (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 324 (1936)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. subaphyllus (Boeckeler ex Schinz) Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 278 (1921)
= Cyperus laevigatus var. viridulus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 78 (1884)
= Cyperus lateralis   Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 13 (1775)
= Cyperus leucostachys   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 81 (1820)
= Cyperus maritimus   Gouan ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 217 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus monostachyos   Link; Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 138 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pannonicus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 18 (1837)
= Cyperus pleuranthus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 73 (1834)
= Cyperus reptans   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 485 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus rivularis   Steud.; Berberid. Amer. Austral. [Lechler] 56 (1857), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus roxburghianus   C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 272 (1828)
= Cyperus roxburghii   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 214 (1833)
= Cyperus subaphyllus   Boeckeler ex Schinz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 139 (1888)
= Cyperus submonastichyus   Steud. & Jard.; Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, Sér. 2, 9: 278 (1875)
= Cyperus teretifolius   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 477 (1850)
= Cyperus uliginosus   Thouars ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 82 (1820)
= Cyperus viridulus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 485 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Juncellus laevigatus   (L.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 596 (1893)
= Juncellus laevigatus var. junciformis C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 597 (1893)
= Juncellus lateralis   (Forssk.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 355 (2009)
= Pycreus laevigatus   (L.) Nees; Linnaea 10: 130 (1836)
= Pycreus lateralis   (Forssk.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. distachyos
									 (All.) Ball; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 700 (1878)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Weiches Zypergras (DE); Smooth Flatsedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: +Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Greece  (scattered coastal, widespread Kiklades); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Sudan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Samos, Kos, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey; Iraq; Iran; Afghanistan  (Baghlan, Farah, Faryab, Helmand, Herat, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Qunduz, Samangan, Zabul); Cyprus; Lebanon; Syria; Palestine; Sinai peninsula; Saudi Arabia; Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan, Peshawar, Pakistani Punjab)
			12 BAL FRA POR SAR SPA 13 GRC ITA KRI SIC 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 24 SUD 32 TKM TZK UZB 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ LEB PAL SIN SYR TUR 35 SAU 40 PAK
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Acorellus distachyos   (All.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 68 (1903)
= Acorellus laevigatus var. distachyos (All.) Holub; Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 23(4): 413 (1988)
= Cyperus distachyos   All.; Auct. Fl. Pedem. 48, t. 2, f. 5 (1789)
= Cyperus laevigatus subsp. distachyos (All.) Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 4: 35 (1957), isonym
= Cyperus laevigatus var. distachyos (All.) Coss. & Durieu; Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 251 (1868)
= Cyperus mucronatus   Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 17 (1772)
= Juncellus calanthus   Peter; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., N. F. 13: 48 (1928)
= Juncellus distachyos   (All.) T.V.Egorova; Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 5: 38 (1976), isonym
= Juncellus distachyos   (All.) Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 375 (1926)
= Juncellus laevigatus subsp. distachyos (All.) P.H.Davis; Fl. Turkey 9: 42 (1985)
= Pycreus mucronatus   (Rottb.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus laevis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
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											Cyperus lancastriensis
										
										
									 Porter; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 5: 555 (1867)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Manyflower flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus refractus var. lancastriensis (Porter) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 510 (1936)
= Mariscus lancastriensis   (Porter) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 20 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lanceolatus
										
										
									 Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 245 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Epiphytic flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; USA  (Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Bolivia  (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Paraguari); Uruguay  (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Tucuman); Chile  (Maule)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 29 MDG 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ambiguus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 199 (1850)
= Cyperus correctus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 7 (1854)
= Cyperus densus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 83 (1820)
= Cyperus elliottianus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 100 (1824), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus fasciculatus   Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 63 (1816)
= Cyperus filiculmis   A.Rich.; Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 285 (1850), nom. illeg
= Cyperus flavus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 176 (1830)
= Cyperus helvus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 197 (1850), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus humboldtianus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 100 (1824)
= Cyperus jacquemontii   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 442 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus lanceolatus var. compositus J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 167 (1828)
= Cyperus lanceolatus var. helvus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 32: 74 (1933)
= Cyperus lanceolatus var. subunioloides Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 351 (1936)
= Cyperus lepidus   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 347 (1896), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus maximiliani   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 7 (1842), pro syn.
= Cyperus olfersianus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 10 (1837)
= Cyperus olfersianus var. elatior Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 440 (1868)
= Cyperus olfersianus var. maximiliani (Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 440 (1868)
= Cyperus pycnocephalus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 5 (1854)
= Cyperus variegatus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 562 (1864)
= Mariscus setaceus   Raddi; Atti Reale Accad. Lucchese Sci. 2: 341 (1823)
= Pycreus densus   (Link) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 164 (1900)
= Pycreus elliottianus   Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Pycreus elliottianus var. humilis Nees; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 221 (1854)
= Pycreus helvus   (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 19 (1900)
= Pycreus humboldtianus   (Schult.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40: Suppl., 1442 (1970)
= Pycreus infirmus   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 8 (1842)
= Pycreus lanceolatus   (Poir.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 538 (1894)
= Pycreus lanceolatus   (Poir.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974), isonym
= Pycreus maximiliani   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 7 (1842)
= Pycreus olfersianus   (Kunth) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 8 (1842)
= Pycreus olfersianus   (Kunth) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 164 (1900), isonym
= Pycreus propinquus   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 7 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lateriticus
										
										
									 J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 6: 308 (1966)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea
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											Cyperus latifolius
										
										
									 Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 268 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Benin; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius; Israel  (coastal W-Israel)
			22 BEN 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG 34 ISR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus herana   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 319 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus herana var. angustifolius Cherm.; Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 10: 37 (1922)
= Cyperus latifolius var. angustifolius C.Krauss; Flora 28: 754 (1845)
= Cyperus latifolius var. austroafricanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 88 (1935)
= Cyperus latifolius var. fimbristyloides Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 88 (1935)
= Cyperus latifolius var. herana (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 606 (1927 publ. 1928)
= Cyperus latifolius var. solidifolius (Boeckeler) Cherm.; (1919)
= Cyperus solidifolius   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 499 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus latzii
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 487 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
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											Cyperus laxespicatus
										
										
									 Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 3 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
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							= Cyperus laxespicatus var. percrassus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 325 (1925)
= Pycreus laxespicatus   (Kük.) Hoenselaar; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 303 (2010)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus laxiflorus
										
										
									 Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 270 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus laxus
										
										
									 Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 146 (1791)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Corosil, Corosillo (Trinidad & Tobago)
			
			Distribution: Bangladesh [I]; Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; St. Lucia; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Amambay, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones, Paraguari); Argentina  (Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta)
			40 ban 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB JAM STL TRT VEN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus diffusus subsp. tolucensis (Kunth) Borhidi; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 25(1-2): 1 (1979)
= Cyperus diffusus var. tolucensis (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 210 (1936)
= Cyperus diffusus var. umbrosus (Lindl. & Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 210 (1936)
= Cyperus homoliria   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 23 (1854)
= Cyperus laxus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 563 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus limbatus   Maury ex Micheli; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 31: (1890) n. 1, 129 t. 37
= Cyperus macrostachyus   Ten. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 284 (1870)
= Cyperus octophyllus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 20 (1854)
= Cyperus tolucensis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 206 (1817)
= Cyperus umbrosus   Lindl. & Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 31 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lecontei
										
										
									 Torr. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 21 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Leconte´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina)
			75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus dentatus var. multiradiatus Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 272 (1836)
= Cyperus multiradiatus   (Torr.) C.Mohr; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 392 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lehmannii
										
										
									 (Nees) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 272 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga ciliata   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 136 (1837)
= Kyllinga lehmannii   Nees; Linnaea 10: 139 (1836)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus leiocaulon
										
										
									 Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 287 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus laevis   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 218 (1810)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lentiginosus
										
										
									 Millsp. &  Chase; Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 3: 74 (1903)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Latin American flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida, Texas); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Cuba; Colombia  (Chocó)
			77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON 81 CUB 82 CLM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus angustatus   Thunb. ex Spreng. & Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 84 (1820), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus strigosus var. gracilis Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 212 (1886)
= Cyperus tenuis var. lentiginosus (Millsp. & Chase) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 418 (1936)
= Mariscus lentiginosus   (Millsp. & Chase) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 2: 239 (1943)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus leptocarpus
										
										
									 (F.Muell.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 20 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Primorye); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Kelantan, Penang Isl.); Singapore [I]; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java  (incl. Madura Isl.); Moluccas  (Talaud Isl., Buru, Seram, Ambon); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.  (New Britain); Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror); Mexico [I]  (Chiapas [I], etc.)
			31 RFE 38 JAP KOR NKO NNS TAI 41 CBD THA VIE 42 JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI sng SUL 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 62 PLU 79 mex
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis kyllingioides   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 105 (1854)
= Cyperus zollingerianus   (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960)
= Hypaelyptum microcephalum   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 220 (1810)
= Isolepis squarrosa   Miq. ex T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960)
= Kyllinga squarrosa   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 68 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Lipocarpha microcephala   (R.Br.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 268 (1837)
= Lipocarpha zollingeriana   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 100 (1859), nom. illeg.
= Rikliella australiensis   J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 16(2): 220 (1976)
= Scirpus dietrichiae   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 109 (1875)
= Scirpus leptocarpus   F.Muell.; Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 109 (1855)
= Scirpus squarrosus var. dietrichiae (Boeckeler) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 329 (1878)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus leptocladus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 32 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus boucheanus   Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 316 (1873)
= Cyperus smithii   McLean; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 77 (1927)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus leptorhachis
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Caricoid.): 595 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Central African Republic
			22 BEN BKN GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN TOG 23 CAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga debilis   C.B.Clarke; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 26 (1907)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus leucaspis
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 20 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; ?Zambia
			22 NGA 23 BUR CON ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha leucaspis   J.Raynal; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 41: 978 (1970)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus leucocephalus
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 11 (1788)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Bangladesh; Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar  (Mon, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
			40 BAN IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus coronarius   (Vahl) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 44 (1837)
= Isolepis coronaria   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 113 (1817)
= Kyllinga pierreana   E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 290 (1910)
= Scirpus coronarius   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 261 (1805)
= Sorostachys kyllingioides   Steud.; Flora 33: 229 (1850), nomen
= Sorostachys leucocephalus   (Retz.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(2): 190 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lhotskyanus
										
										
									 Beck; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 498 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus rutilans   (C.B.Clarke) Maiden & Betche; Census N.S.W. Pl. 28 (1916)
= Mariscus rutilans   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ligularis
										
										
									 L.; Amoen. Acad., Linnaeus ed. 5: 31 (1759)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rocket Sedge, swamp flatsedge, Caribbean Sedge (EN), Large Cyperus (Bahamas), Junco, Junco de agua (Cuba), Caguey, Coquillo, Gaguey (Dominican Republic), Junco de agua (Puerto Rico)
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago); Mauritania [I]; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; Îles Glorieuses; Aldabra  (Aldabra Isl., Cosmoledo Isl., Astove Isl., Providence Isl., Farquhar Isl.); Agalega Isl.; Seychelles  (incl. African Banks Isl., Remire Isl., Desroches Isl.); Chagos Arch. [I]  (Diego Garcia [I]); Northern Marianas [I]  (Saipan? [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Yap [I]); Marshall Isl. [I]  (Majuro [I]); USA  (Alabama, California, Florida); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Revillagigedos Isl. [I]  (Isla Socorro [I]); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Concepcion, Paraguari, San Pedro)
			21 CVI 22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR mtn NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CMN CON EQG PRI SAO ZAI 29 AGA ALD cgs COM IGL MAU SEY 62 gum mic mrn mrs 76 USA 78 USA 79 MEX rgi 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA ARU BAH BBD BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MTS PUE STL TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus callophorus   G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 32 (1818)
= Cyperus coriaceus   (G.Mey.) Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 42 (1842)
= Cyperus dissolutus   Kunth; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 87 (1820)
= Cyperus glandulosus   (Bojer) Rolfe; J. Bot. 20: 362 (1882)
= Cyperus glaucoviridis   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 230 (1895)
= Cyperus ligularis var. spicatocapitatus (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 476 (1936)
= Cyperus punctatifolius   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 27 (1854)
= Cyperus rionensis   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 12 (1888)
= Cyperus rufus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 210 (1816)
= Cyperus sintenisii   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 12 (1888)
= Cyperus spicatocapitatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 27 (1854)
= Cyperus thyrsiflorus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 365 (1869), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus trigonus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 11 (1888)
= Cyperus ubertus   Willd. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 87 (1820)
= Cyperus vulnerans   Salzm. ex Schltdl.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 98 (1849)
= Mariscus coriaceus   G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 38 (1818)
= Mariscus dissolutus   (Kunth) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
= Mariscus glandulosus   Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 382 (1837)
= Mariscus ligularis   (L.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 365 (2009), nom. inval. with incorrect basionym reference
= Mariscus ligularis   (L.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 165 (1900)
= Mariscus rufus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 216, t. 67 (1816)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lijiangensis
										
										
									 (Dai) P.Bhandari, B.Z.Li & S.R.Zhang; Phytotaxa 638(2): 116 (2024)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus lijiangensis   Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 167, 233 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus limiticola
										
										
									 Larridon & Reynders; Novon 18(2): 187 (2008), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus paucispiculatus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 342 (1919 publ. 1920), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus limosus
										
										
									 Maxim.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 294 (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye); China  (Heilongjiang); Vietnam
			31 RFE 36 CHI 41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Dichostylis limosa   (Maxim.) A.E.Kozhevn.; Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal´nego Vostoka 3: 221 (1988)
= Juncellus limosus   (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 3 (1908)
= Pycreus limosus   (Maxim.) Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 3: 8 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus linearispiculatus
										
										
									 T.L.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 230 (1961)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipoater
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 20 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			22 BEN BKN GHA IVO NGA SEN TOG 23 CMN ZAI 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus neobarteri   T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960), nom. nov.
= Kyllinga baoulensis   A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 698 (1920), nom. non Cyperus baoulensis Kük.
= Lipocarpha atra   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 162 (1884)
= Lipocarpha atra var. barteri (C.B.Clarke) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 7: 85 (1967)
= Lipocarpha barteri   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 650 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipocarphioides
										
										
									 (Kük.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 230 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; NE-Zambia
			23 ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Aliniella lipocarphioides   (Kük.) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13(2): 157 (1973)
= Alinula lipocarphioides   (Kük.) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 17(1): 43 (1977)
= Ficinia lipocarphioides   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1), Anh. 125 (1936)
= Raynalia lipocarphioides   (Kük.) Soják; Čas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Přír. 148(34): 193 (1979 publ. 1980), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipocomosus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
			23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Lipocarpha comosa   J.Raynal; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 41: 974 (1970)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipofiliformis
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; ?Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Angola; ?W-Zambia
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 CMN GAB ZAI 24 CHA 26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Hypaelyptum filiforme   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 284 (1805)
= Lipocarpha filiformis   (Vahl) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 267 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipomexicanus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Durango, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Colombia; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Falcon, Monagas, Guarico, Portuguesa, Tachira, Zulia); Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
			79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha mexicana   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 235 (1850)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipomonostachyus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zimbabwe
			23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha monostachya   Gross & Mattf.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 189 (1938)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipopygmaeus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar; N- & NE-Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
			41 CBD MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha pygmaea   J.Kern; Blumea 10: 638 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus liporobinsonii
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; Zambia
			26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Lipocarpha robinsonii   J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 7: 81 (1967)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lipothermalis
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha thermalis   J.Raynal ex Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 73 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longibracteatus
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; ?Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
			22 GHA GNB IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB SAO ZAI 24 ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 29 MDG
			
				Remarks: sometimes included in C. distans
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983)
= Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Lidia 3(4): 131 (1994)
= Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929)
= Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929)
= Cyperus rubrotinctus   (Cherm.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929)
= Mariscus bojeri   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 584 (1894 publ. 1895), nomen
= Mariscus longibracteatus   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 407 (1919)
= Mariscus rubrotinctus   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 407 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longiculmis
										
										
									 Pereira-Silva, Hefler & R.Trevis.; Syst. Bot. 43(3): 741 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longifolius
										
										
									 Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 270 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; Comores  (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; La Réunion
			29 COM MAU MDG REU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus alternifolius   Poir.; (1806) [non L. 1767]
= Cyperus balfourii   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 289 (1883)
= Cyperus balfourii var. laxissimus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 204 (1936)
= Cyperus balfourii var. rubiginosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 204 (1936)
= Cyperus balfourii var. scabricaulis (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 204 (1936)
= Cyperus balfourii var. tsiafajavonensis (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 204 (1936)
= Cyperus confusus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 345 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus confusus var. laxissimus Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 345 (1919)
= Cyperus confusus var. scabricaulis Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 345 (1919)
= Cyperus confusus var. tsiafajavonensis Cherm.; Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 10: 25 (1922)
= Cyperus diffusus   C.B.Clarke; (1895) non Vahl 1806
= Cyperus elegans   Baker; (1883) [non L. 1762]
= Cyperus longifolius var. condensatus Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 345 (1919)
= Eucyperus longifolius   (Poir.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longiinvolucratus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 220 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longispicula
										
										
									 Muasya & D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 59(4): 595 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			26 MOZ ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longistylus
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Solomon Isl.
			43 SOL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longivaginans
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 93 (1913)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus longivaginans   (Kük.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 604 (1927 publ. 1928)
= Pycreus solidifolius   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 139 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus longus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 45 (1753)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. longus
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Langes Zypergras (DE); Juncia larga (ES), Galingale (EN)
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales, Isle of Man, S-Scotland, Isles of Scilly); Ireland [I]  (SE-Ireland [I]); Germany  (+Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen [I], Niedersachsen [I], Nordrhein-Westfalen [I], Rheinland-Pfalz [I], Schleswig+-Holstein [I], Saarland [I], Sachsen [I]); Switzerland; Austria; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Channel Isl.  (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (widespread incl. most islands); Crete; E-European Russia; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Azores  (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira  (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl.  (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma); Cape Verde Isl.  (Ilha de Sao Tiago); Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; +Soqotra; Central African Republic; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia  (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); South Africa  (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Fourni, Samos, Patmos, Kos, Nisyros, Rhodos); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran; Afghanistan  (Baghlan, Balkh, Faryab, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, Parwan, Takhar); Cyprus  (N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon  (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, Judean Desert); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Jordania  (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia  (N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Bahrain; Oman  (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen  (SW-Yemen, W-Yemen); Pakistan  (Quetta, Kurram); Nepal; India  (Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Bangladesh; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I]); New Zealand [I]
			10 GRB ire 11 AUT GER HUN SLO SWI 12 BAL CIS COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SRB TUE 14 KRY RUS 20 ALG EGY MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY CVI MDR 22 BEN BKN MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN 24 CHA DJI ETH SOC SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 BAR OMA SAU YEM 40 BAN IND NEP PAK 50 aus 51 nzl
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus longus   (L.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 201 (1900)
= Chlorocyperus longus f. pallidior (Kük.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Cyperus amoenus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 58 (1837)
= Cyperus badius var. brachystachys (C.Presl) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882)
= Cyperus badius var. neglectus (Parl.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882)
= Cyperus brachystachys   C.Presl; Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 15 (1819)
= Cyperus congestus subsp. heldreichianus (Boiss.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 134 (1890)
= Cyperus elongatus   Lej. ex Nees; Linnaea 9: 285 (1834), nom. inval.
= Cyperus emarginatus   Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 15 (1832)
= Cyperus fastigiatus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 60 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus fenzelianus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 33 (1854)
= Cyperus fenzelianus var. badiiformis Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 376 (1915)
= Cyperus guthnickii   Tineo ex Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 205 (1909)
= Cyperus heldreichianus   Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 39 (1854)
= Cyperus intermedius   Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl. 10 (1832)
= Cyperus italicus   Tod.; Index Sem. (Panormitani) 1861: 32 (1861), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus kunthii   Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 2: 41 (1852)
= Cyperus lateriflorus   Steud.; Flora 12: 152 (1829)
= Cyperus longus proles preslii Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 13: 349 (1912)
= Cyperus longus f. badiiformis (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 101 (1935)
= Cyperus longus f. cypricus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 165 (1884)
= Cyperus longus f. difformis (Lojac.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 102 (1935)
= Cyperus longus f. intermedius (Guss.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 101 (1935)
= Cyperus longus f. longispiculatus Reynolds; Bull. Assoc. Pyren. Échange Pl. 17: 16 (1907)
= Cyperus longus f. lucanus A.Terracc.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 14: 205 (1907)
= Cyperus longus f. myriostachyus (Ten.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 102 (1935)
= Cyperus longus f. parlatoris (Lojac.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 102 (1935)
= Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus (Rottb.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 102 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. auratus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 279 (1870)
= Cyperus longus var. discolor Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 103 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. elongatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 279 (1870)
= Cyperus longus var. elongatus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 166 (1884)
= Cyperus longus var. guthnickii (Tineo ex Lojac.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 100 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. heldreichianus (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 375 (1882)
= Cyperus longus var. leptochlaenus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 103 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. pallescens C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 164 (1884)
= Cyperus longus var. pallidior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 100 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. pallidus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 280 (1870)
= Cyperus longus var. preslii (Rouy) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 128 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. speciosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 100 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. stenostachyus (Benth.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 103 (1935)
= Cyperus longus var. tenuiflorus (Rottb.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 281 (1870)
= Cyperus myriostachyus   Ten.; Fl. Napol. 3: 47 (1824)
= Cyperus neglectus   Parl.; Giorn. Bot. Ital. 2(1): 131 (1846)
= Cyperus oxystachys   Nees ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 280 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus parlatoris   Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 204 (1909)
= Cyperus parlatoris var. difformis Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 204 (1909)
= Cyperus preslii   Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 2: 40 (1852), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus preslii subsp. intermedius (Guss.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882)
= Cyperus racemosus   Ten.; Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): VIII (1811), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus rotundus var. fenzelianus (Steud.) El-Hadidy; Fl. Egypt Checkl. 213 (1995)
= Cyperus speciosus   Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 206 (1909), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus stenostachyus   Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 280 (1878)
= Cyperus tenuiflorus   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 30 (1773)
= Cyperus thermalis   Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 145 (1827)
= Cyperus thermalis var. congestus Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 145 (1827), nom. inval.
= Cyperus thermalis var. depauperatus Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 145 (1827), nom. inval.
= Cyperus torosus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 339 (1805)
= Eucyperus longus   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
= Pycreus longus   (L.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 146 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. badius
									 (Desf.) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 324 (1894)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Langes Zypergras (DE); Sweet Galingale (EN)
			
			Distribution: +Germany  (Baden-Württemberg [I], +Nordrhein-Westfalen); Portugal; Spain; France; Italy; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Croatia; Albania; Greece  (scattered Kiklades, very rare mainland); Crete; Azores; Madeira  (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl.  (La Palma, Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria); Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Tunisia; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan  (Talysh); East Aegaean Isl.  (Ikaria, Rhodos); Turkey; Ethiopia; Kenya; Afghanistan; Pakistan; India
			11 GER 12 COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB CRO GRC ITA KRI SIC 20 ALG MOR TUN WSA 21 AZO CNY MDR 24 ETH 25 KEN 32 KGZ TZK 33 AZE GEO 34 AFG EAI TUR 40 IND PAK
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus badius   (Desf.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 61 (1900)
= Cyperus badius   Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 45, t. 7 (1798)
= Cyperus badius subsp. elongatus (Ces.) Arcang.; Comp. Fl. Ital. [Arcangeli] 726 (1882)
= Cyperus badius var. laxiflorus Marcet; Bol. Real. Soc. Españ. Hist. Nat. 45(3-4): 237 (1947)
= Chlorocyperus longus subsp. badius (Desf.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Cyperus longus subsp. badius (Desf.) Murb.; Contr. Fl. Nord-Ouest Afrique 3: 27 (1899), isonym
= Cyperus longus var. badius (Desf.) Cambess.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 14: 323 (1827)
= Pycreus badius   (Desf.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 147 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lucidus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 218 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea); Australia  (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); Lord Howe Isl.  (incl. Roach Isl.); Norfolk Isl.
			42 NWG 50 AUS LHI NFK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus acutus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 217 (1810)
= Cyperus congestus f. giganteus F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 18 (1873), nomen
= Cyperus ferax   Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 286 (1878) (non Rich. nec Baker)
= Cyperus haematodes   Endl.; Prom. Golfe Gascogne 22 (1855)
= Cyperus lucidus var. acutus (R.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 449 (1936)
= Cyperus lucidus var. grandiusculus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 449 (1936)
= Cyperus lucidus var. sanguineofuscus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 449 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguineofuscus   Nees; Ann. Nat. Hist. 6: 46 (1841)
= Mariscus acutus   (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
= Mariscus haematodes   (Endl.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
= Mariscus haematodes   (Endl.) Laing; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 47: 18 (1914 publ. 1915), isonym
= Mariscus lucidus   (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
= Mariscus sanguineofuscus   (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lundellii
										
										
									 O´Neill; Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash., No. 522 (Bot. Maya Area) 276 (1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas); Guatemala; Venezuela  (Guarico, Portuguesa)
			79 MEX 80 GUA 82 VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus lupulinus
										
										
									 (Spreng.) Marcks; Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. 62: 271 (1974)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Great Plains flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Ontario); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
			72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Scirpus lupulinus   Spreng.; Mant. Prim. Fl. Hal. 30 (1807)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. macilentus
									 (Fernald) A.Haines; Stantec Bot. Notes 13: 3 (2010)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Canada  (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec); USA  (Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
			72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bushii   Britton; Man. Fl. N. States [Britton] 1044 (1901)
= Cyperus filiculmis var. macilentus Fernald; Rhodora 8: 128 (1906)
= Cyperus houghtonii var. bushii (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 469 (1936)
= Cyperus lupulinus subsp. macilentus (Fernald) Marcks; Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. 62: 275 (1974)
= Cyperus macilentus   (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 478 (1908)
= Mariscus cyperiformis   (Muhl.) Torr.; Cat. Pl. New York 14 (1819)
= Mariscus glomeratus   W.P.C.Barton; Fl. Philadelph. Prodr. 18 (1815)
= Scirpus cyperiformis   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 41 (1817)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus luteostramineus
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 571 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Madagascar
			24 SOM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga exigua   Boeckeler; Abh. Naturwiss. Verein Bremen 7: 36 (1880)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus luteus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 370 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Madagascar; Comores; +Mauritius
			23 CMN RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW 29 COM MAU MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus luteus var. manongarivensis (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 414 (1936)
= Mariscus foliosus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 588 (1894 publ. 1895), et Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 399 (1902)
= Mariscus luteus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 589 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Mariscus manongarivensis   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 406 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. brevinux
									 Marais; Fl. Mascar. 202: 48 (2018)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; La Réunion
			29 MDG REU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus luzulae
										
										
									 (L.) Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 11 (1786)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Coquillo (Dominican Republic)
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Tobago; Trinidad; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Concepcion, Guaira); Argentina  (Chaco, Formosa, Salta, Tucuman)
			79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR STL STV TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bangianus   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 297 (1919)
= Cyperus conoideus   Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792)
= Cyperus globulifer   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 89 (1820)
= Cyperus globulosus   Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 47 (1775)
= Cyperus glomulifer   Schrad.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 108 (1824)
= Cyperus guatemalensis   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 297 (1919 publ. 1920), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus hostmannii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 25 (1854)
= Cyperus luzulae f. conoideus (Rich.) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 20 (1842)
= Cyperus luzulae f. pallidiflorens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 171 (1936)
= Cyperus luzulae var. minor Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 561 (1868)
= Cyperus luzulae var. umbellulatus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 208 (1886)
= Cyperus polycephalus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1791)
= Cyperus pseudosurinamensis   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 201 (1895)
= Cyperus sphaerostachys   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 89 (1820)
= Cyperus trinitatis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 26 (1854)
= Eucyperus luzulae   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
= Kyllinga polycephala   (Lam.) Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 47 (1821)
= Kyllinga scirpina   Rchb. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 470 (1841)
= Mariscus parviflorus   Nees; Flora 11: 329 (1828)
= Mariscus polycephalus   (Lam.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 324 (1827)
= Scirpus elegans   Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 31 (1796)
= Scirpus luzulae   L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 868 (1759)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus macer
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 160 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-India  (Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Bago, Magway, Taninthayi); peninsular Malaysia
			40 BAN IND 41 MYA 42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus macrocarpus
										
										
									 (Kunth) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 380 (1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Benin; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Burundi; South Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]
			23 BUR CON GAB 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ 27 NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 42 xms
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus chersinus var. angularis (Turrill) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 525 (1936)
= Cyperus cyperoides subsp. macrocarpus (Kunth) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Cyperus cyperoides var. aureus Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 517 (1936)
= Cyperus macrocarpus var. excelsior Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 70 (1934)
= Mariscus angularis   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 69 (1925)
= Mariscus macrocarpus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 120 (1837)
= Mariscus radiatus   Hochst.; Flora 28: 757 (1845)
= Mariscus sumatrensis var. macrocarpus (Kunth) Maquet; Fl. Rwanda 4: 630 (1988)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus macropachycephalus
										
										
									 Goetgh.; Blumea 34(1): 161 (1989)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus macrophyllus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 376 (1869 publ. 1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga); Society Isl.  (Tahiti, Raiatea, Bora Bora)
			61 COO SCI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Borabora cyperoidea   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 71 (1855)
= Mariscus macrophyllus   Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 179, t. 33 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus macrorrhizus
										
										
									 Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 73 (1834)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt; Sudan; Somalia; Iran
			20 EGY 24 SOM SUD 34 IRN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus pungens var. elatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 538 (1868)
= Cyperus pungens var. multiceps Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 538 (1868)
= Cyperus pungens var. tenuis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 538 (1868)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus macrostachyos
										
										
									 Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1791)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. macrostachyos
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Whiteedge flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Bolívar, Guarico, Monagas, Zulia); Venezuela  (Apure, Bolívar, Guarico, Portuguesa); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; Paraguay  (San Pedro); Argentina  (Entre Rios, Salta)
			75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS HON PAN 82 VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus patuliflorus   (Boeckeler) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 17: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus albomarginatus   (Mart. & Schrad. ex Nees) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 10 (1854)
= Cyperus albomarginatus var. pachyanthemos Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 361 (1936)
= Cyperus albomarginatus var. sabulosus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 361 (1936)
= Cyperus argyraeus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 11 (1854)
= Cyperus flavicomus   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 27 (1803)
= Cyperus flavicomus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 360 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus hochstetteri   Nees ex Krauss; Flora 29: 755 (1846), in nota
= Cyperus hochstetteri var. russa C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 282 (1883)
= Cyperus hochstetteri var. tenuis Boeckeler; Flora 62: 546 (1879)
= Cyperus ornatissimus   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 265 (1874)
= Cyperus patuliflorus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 473 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus sabulosus   (Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 468 (1868)
= Distimus flavicomus   Raf.; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105 (1819)
= Pycreus albomarginatus   Mart. & Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 9 (1842)
= Pycreus albomarginatus var. bromoides C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(App. 1): 19 (1898)
= Pycreus flavicomus   (Michx.) C.D.Adams; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(1): 254 (1991)
= Pycreus macrostachyos   (Lam.) J.Raynal; Kew Bull. 23: 314 (1969)
= Pycreus sabulosus   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 10 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. tremulus
									 (Poir.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: 2 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius; India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 BUR 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG 40 IND 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus albomarginatus var. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 361 (1936)
= Cyperus retusus   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 485 (1850)
= Cyperus retusus   Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 22 (1854)
= Cyperus tremulus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 264 (1806)
= Cyperus tremulus var. minor Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 470 (1868)
= Cyperus tremulus var. opulentus Boeckeler; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 535 (1864)
= Pycreus macrostachyos subsp. tremulus (Poir.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Pycreus macrostachyos var. tenuis (Boeckeler) Wickens; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 5: 165 (1976)
= Pycreus retusus   (Nees ex Steud.) Nees ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 71 (1884)
= Pycreus tremulus   (Poir.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 542 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus maculatus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 539 (1864)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. maculatus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley); Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; ?Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Mpulamanga); Madagascar; Seychelles [I]
			20 EGY 22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 BUR CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MDG sey
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus galegensis   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 285 (1883)
= Cyperus heudelotii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 364 (1901)
= Cyperus kamphoeveneri   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 5 (1888)
= Cyperus longus var. maculatus (Boeckeler) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 282 (1870)
= Cyperus maculatus var. naumannianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 104 (1935)
= Cyperus naumannianus   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 552 (1879)
= Cyperus vulgaris   Hochst. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 490 (1868), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. ogadensis
									 Lye; Lidia 3(6): 206 (1996)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia
			24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus maderaspatanus
										
										
									 Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 278 (1798)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique; India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
			25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus maderaspatanus   (Willd.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28: 10 (1971)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mahadevanii
										
										
									 (Govind.) V.P.Prasad & Govaerts; Skvortsovia 3(1): 2 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus mahadevanii   Govind.; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 299 (1996)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus majestuosus
										
										
									 (P.A.Duvign. &  G.Léonard) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
			23 ZAI 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis majestuosa   P.A.Duvign. & G.Léonard; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 90: 188 (1958), in adnot.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus malabaricus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Cooke; Fl. Bombay 2(5): 856 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus atroglumosa   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 81: 187 (1975)
= Cyperus decumbens   Govind.; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 52 (1-2): 72 (1973 publ. 1974)
= Cyperus lurida   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 81(5): 189 (1975)
= Cyperus plurinodosa   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 81(5): 192 (1975)
= Cyperus stricticulmis   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 81(5): 194 (1975)
= Pycreus atroglumosus   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 467 (1984)
= Pycreus decumbens   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 467 (1984), nom. illeg.
= Pycreus govindarajalui   V.S.Raju; Taxon 40(1): 103 (1991), nom. nov.
= Pycreus lurida   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 467 (1984)
= Pycreus malabaricus   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 12 (1898)
= Pycreus malabaricus f. atroglumosa (Govind.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 301 (2015 publ. 2014)
= Pycreus malabaricus f. lurida (Govind.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 302 (2014)
= Pycreus malabaricus f. stricticulmis (Govind.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 302 (2014)
= Pycreus plurinodosus   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 467 (1984)
= Pycreus stramineus var. decumbens (Govind.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 313 (2015 publ. 2014)
= Pycreus stricticulmis   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 467 (1984)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus malaccensis
										
										
									 Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 146 (1791)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. malaccensis
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Iraq  (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); W-Iran; China  (Hainan); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind); Nepal; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharshtra, Odisha, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mon, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia  (common on all coasts); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory)
			34 IRN IRQ 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK 41 MYA THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus malaccensis   (Lam.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 17: Beilage p. 6 (1911)
= Cyperus fortunei   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 21 (1854)
= Cyperus incurvatus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 5 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus neesii   D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 1: 223 (1839), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus spaniophyllus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 21 (1854)
= Cyperus tegetiformis   Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 278 (1878), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus wallichii   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 83 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. monophyllus
									 (Vahl) T.Koyama; Fl. Taiwan 5: 266 (1978)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl. [I]  (Chichijima [I]); Taiwan
			36 CHI 38 JAP NNS oga TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus malaccensis var. brevifolius Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 604 (1868)
= Cyperus monophyllus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 352 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus malawicus
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Zambia; Malawi
			26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Alinula malawica   (J.Raynal) Goetgh. & Vorster; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(3-4): 462 (1988)
= Mariscus malawicus   J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13(2): 159 (1973)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mangorensis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 352 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus mangorensis var. volodioides (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 53 (1936)
= Cyperus volodioides   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 316 (1921)
= Cyperus volodioides var. mangorensis (Cherm.) Cherm.; (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus manimae
										
										
									 Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 209 (1816)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Venezuela  (Amazonas); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Tarija); Argentina  (Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Tucuman)
			79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus anisos   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 131 (1824)
= Cyperus divergens   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 208 (1816)
= Cyperus inaequalis   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 88 (1820), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus manimae var. divergens (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 463 (1936)
= Cyperus manimae var. phaeocephalus (Griseb.) O´Neill & Ben.Ayers; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 36 (1944)
= Cyperus manimae var. pseudospectabilis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 463 (1936)
= Cyperus phaeocephalus   Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 264 (1874)
= Cyperus phaeocephalus var. major Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 464 (1936)
= Cyperus spectabilis var. coarctatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 605 (1868)
= Cyperus triceps var. multiflorus Nees; Linnaea 19: 697 (1847)
= Mariscus manimae   (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 452 (1908)
= Mariscus manimae var. divergens (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 452 (1908)
= Mariscus manimae var. hartwegianus C.B.Clarke; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 452 (1908)
= Mariscus phaeocephalus   (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 16 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. apiculatus
									 (Liebm.) C.D.Adams; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(1): 254 (1991)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Sinaloa, Valle de Mexico, Jalisco, Michoacán and Guerrero, Veracruz, Durango, etc.); Guatemala
			79 MEX 80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus apiculatus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 220 (1850)
= Cyperus apiculatus var. latifolius Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 463 (1936)
= Mariscus apiculatus   (Liebm.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 73 (1974)
= Mariscus manimae var. apiculatus (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 452 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. asperrimus
									 (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 463 (1936)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Spectacular flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona); Mexico  (Oaxaca, Chihuahua, Michoacán, Sonora, Durango, etc.); Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Ecuador
			76 USA 79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON PAN 83 ECU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus asperrimus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 218 (1850)
= Cyperus asperrimus var. multiflorus Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 219 (1850)
= Cyperus bernoullii   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.) 464 (1936)
= Cyperus triceps   Nees; Linnaea 19: 697 (1847), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus guatemalensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 16 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mapanioides
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 340 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; South Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Mozambique
			22 GUI IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus dichromeniformis var. major Boeckeler; Flora 62: 549 (1879)
= Cyperus major   (Boeckeler) Cherm.; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 10: Fasc. 1, 29 (1922)
= Cyperus major var. micranthus Cherm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 13: 282 (1935)
= Cyperus mapanioides f. micranthus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 231 (1936)
= Cyperus mapanioides var. major (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 230 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus maranguensis
										
										
									 K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 120 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 ETH 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus margaritaceus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 307 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus eburneus   Thonn. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 46 (1837)
= Cyperus margaritaceus var. prorepens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 285 (1936)
= Cyperus margaritaceus var. pseudoniveus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 322 (1901)
= Cyperus pseudoniveus   Boeckeler; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29: 45 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus marginatus
										
										
									 Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 18 (1794)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			26 ANG 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus blandus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 36 (1837)
= Cyperus brunneovaginatus   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 407 (1890)
= Cyperus fonticola   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 36 (1837)
= Cyperus marginatus var. blandus (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 189 (1936)
= Cyperus prionodes   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 22 (1854)
= Eucyperus bruneovaginatus   (Boeckeler) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 568 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus marlothii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 1889 (1890) 407
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (North-West Prov., Free State, N-Cape Prov.)
			27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus marlothii var. seineri Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 539 (1936)
= Mariscus marlothii   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 590 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus marojejyensis
										
										
									 Bosser; Naturaliste Malgache 7: 120 (1955)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus marquisensis
										
										
									 F.Br.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84, 98 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga); Marquesas Isl.  (Hatutaa, Eiao, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Fatu Huku, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Mohotani)
			61 COO MRQ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus matagoroensis
										
										
									 Muasya & D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 59(4): 593 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia
			25 TAN 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus matudae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Rhodora 88(856): 503 (1986)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas); SE-Brazil
			79 MEX 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mauretaniensis
										
										
									 Väre & Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 480 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritania
			22 MTN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mayottensis
										
										
									 (Cherm.) comb.ined.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Comores  (Mayotte, etc.)
			29 COM
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus mayottensis   Cherm.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 270 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mbitheanus
										
										
									 (Muasya) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 39 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga mbitheana   Muasya; J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 99(1): 66 (2010)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus medusaeus
										
										
									 Chiov.; Pl. Nov. Aethiop. 13 (1928)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia
			24 ETH SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus meeboldii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 345 (1922)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Niger; N-Chad; ?Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; NE-Tanzania; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh)
			22 NGR SEN 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus adami   Raymond; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 106: 145 (1959)
= Cyperus sphaeranthelus   Chiov.; Missione Biol. Borana 290 (1939)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus megalanthus
										
										
									 (Kük.) G.C.Tucker; Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43 (Rev. Mexican Cyperus): 39 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala
			79 MEX 80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pseudovegetus var. megalanthus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 176 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus megapotamicus
										
										
									 (A.Dietr.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 10 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Surinam; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Caaguazu, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Misiones, Paraguari); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, San Jose, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones)
			83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus megapotamicus   (A.Dietr.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 17: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus mauryi   Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 333 (1898)
= Cyperus megapotamicus var. nematodes Kük. ex Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 131 (1931)
= Cyperus nematodes   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 6 (1842), nom. inval.
= Isolepis megapotamica   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 132 (1832)
= Pycreus megapotamicus   (A.Dietr.) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 6 (1842)
= Pycreus nematodes   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(Beibl. 68): 5 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. jaeggii
									 (Boeckeler) Kük.; Physis (Buenos Aires) 9: 360 (1929)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay  (Central); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Rocha, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios); Chile  (Ñuble, Biobío)
			84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus jaeggii   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 2 (1888)
= Pycreus megapotamicus var. jaeggii (Boeckeler) Guagl.; Hickenia 2(31): 137 (1995)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus meistostylus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 217 (1947)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus melanacme
										
										
									 (Nelmes) Raymond; Naturaliste Canad. 91: 129 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Zambia
			23 ZAI 25 UGA 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus melanacme   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [10]: 91 (1955)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus melanospermus
										
										
									 (Nees) Suringar; Cyperus 50 (1898)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. melanospermus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; China  (Guangdong, Hainan); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand); Maldives; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, Flores); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu [I]; Fiji [I]
			22 BEN NGA 23 BIO CMN GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 29 MDG 36 CHI 40 IND MDV SRL 41 LAO THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY NWG PHI sng SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 fij NWC van
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus eglandulosus   (Govind. & Ramani) V.P.Prasad & Govaerts; Skvortsovia 3(1): 2 (2016)
= Cyperus melanospermus var. imerinensis (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 584 (1936)
= Cyperus melanospermus var. perrieri (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 584 (1936)
= Kyllinga eglandulosa   Govind. & Ramani; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18(2): 335 (1994)
= Kyllinga fuscescens   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 421 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Kyllinga imerinensis   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 210 (1919)
= Kyllinga imerinensis var. perrieri (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 603 (1927)
= Kyllinga melanosperma   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 91 (1834)
= Kyllinga melanosperma var. trispica R.D.Taur & R.I.Shaikh; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 270 (2014)
= Kyllinga perrieri   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 211 (1919)
= Kyllinga vaginata   Zoll.; Syst. Verz. Arch. Ind. [Moritzi et al.] 63 (1846), nom. illeg., non Lam.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. gudaluriensis
									 (Wad.Khan & R.D.Taur) Kottaim.; Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 38 (2019)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga melanosperma var. gudaluriensis Wad.Khan & R.D.Taur; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 269 (2015 publ. 2014)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. hexalatus
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], App. 3: 2 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Uganda
			25 UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga melanosperma var. hexalata Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1: 746 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. plurifoliatus
									 (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 585 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga melanosperma var. plurifoliata Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 92 (1913)
= Kyllinga plurifoliata   (Kük.) Cherm.; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 531 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. elatus
									 (Steud.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Seychelles  (incl. Remire Isl.)
			29 MAU REU ROD SEY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aromaticus var. elatus (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 582 (1936)
= Kyllinga elata   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 70 (1854)
= Kyllinga melanosperma subsp. elata (Steud.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 747 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga melanosperma var. elata (Steud.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 191 (1995)
= Kyllinga polyphylla var. elata (Steud.) Cherm.; Fl. Madagasc. 29: 300 (1937)
= Kyllinga polyphylla var. elata (Steud.) Lye; Bot. Not. 125(3): 218 (1972), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. bifolius
									 (Miq.) J.Kern; Reinwardtia 3: 62, f. 12 (1954)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia  (Pahang); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			40 IND 41 THA 42 JAW LSI MLY NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus brevifolius f. vaginatus Valck.Sur.; Cyperus Mal. Arch. 47 (1898)
= Kyllinga bifolia   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 293 (1856)
= Kyllinga melanosperma subsp. bifolia (Miq.) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 60 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus melanostachyus
										
										
									 Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 207 (1816)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Black flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Valle); Venezuela  (Barinas, Merida, Tachira, Trujillo); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
			74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus cimicinus   (J.Presl & C.Presl) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Chlorocyperus melanostachyus   (Kunth) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895)
= Cyperus adustus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 167 (1828)
= Cyperus biradiatus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 186 (1895)
= Cyperus cimicinus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 166 (1828)
= Cyperus diandrus var. capitatus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 205 (1886)
= Cyperus flavescens subvar. capitatus (Britton) Farw.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 118 (1930)
= Cyperus intricatoramosus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 186 (1885)
= Cyperus longicruris   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 358 (1874)
= Cyperus lorentzianus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 357 (1874)
= Cyperus lorentzianus var. compressus Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 273 (1886)
= Cyperus lorentzianus var. elatus Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 273 (1886)
= Cyperus melanostachyus var. caespitosus Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 205 (1887)
= Cyperus melanostachyus var. capitatus (Britton) G.C.Tucker & Gandhi; Harvard Pap. Bot. 27(1): 111 (2022)
= Cyperus melanostachyus var. gracilis Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 202 (1850)
= Cyperus melanostachyus var. lorentzianus (Boeckeler) G.C.Tucker & Gandhi; Harvard Pap. Bot. 27(1): 111 (2022)
= Cyperus melanostachyus var. robustus Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 201 (1850)
= Cyperus niger   Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 1: 47 (1798), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus niger var. capitatus (Britton) O´Neill; Rhodora 44: 86 (1942)
= Cyperus niger var. castaneus (S.Watson) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 344 (1936)
= Cyperus niger var. intricatoramosus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 345 (1936)
= Cyperus niger var. lorentzianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 345 (1936)
= Cyperus niger var. pseudoelegantulus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 345 (1936)
= Cyperus niger var. robustus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 344 (1936)
= Cyperus pergracilis   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 1 (1890)
= Cyperus piceus f. densior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 397 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. major Jungh.; Linnaea 6: 24 (1831)
= Cyperus variegatus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 208 (1816)
= Pycreus cimicinus   (J.Presl & C.Presl) H.Pfeiff.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 17 (1930)
= Pycreus melanostachyus   (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(68): 6 (1902)
= Pycreus melanostachyus var. variegatus (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 446 (1908)
= Pycreus niger   (Ruiz & Pav.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40: Suppl., 1443 (1970)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus melas
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 127 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; S-Chad; South Sudan; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe
			22 BEN BKN GHA IVO NGA TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA SSU 25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Juncellus ater   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(8): 26 (1907)
= Pycreus ater   (C.B.Clarke) Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 4(7): 11 (1931)
= Pycreus melas   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 538 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus membranaceus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 330 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka
			40 IND SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus nitens var. membranaceus (Vahl) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 484 (1868)
= Cyperus pumilus f. membranaceus (Vahl) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 44 (1884)
= Cyperus pumilus var. membranaceus (Vahl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 376 (1936)
= Pycreus membranaceus   (Vahl) Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 424 (1990)
= Pycreus pumilus subsp. membranaceus (Vahl) T.Koyama; Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 151 (1977)
= Pycreus pumilus var. membranaceus (Vahl) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 66 (1989)
= Pycreus similinervulosus   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 430 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus meridionalis
										
										
									 Barros; Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 39: 357 (1938)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia  (Meta, Valle); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Bolívar); Bolivia  (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay  (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, San Jose, Soriano); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios)
			82 CLM VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus flavus var. australis Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3(2): 152 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus metallorum
										
										
									 (P.A.Duvign. &  G.Léonard) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ascolepis metallorum   P.A.Duvign. & G.Léonard; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 90: 268 (1958), in adnot.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus meyenianus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 88 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Guarico, Portuguesa, Tachira); Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Cordillera, Guaira); Uruguay  (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Rio Negro); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero)
			63 haw 81 DOM GDL GRE MAR STL STV 82 VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
				Remarks: see also C. shepherdii
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus paranaguensis   Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 181 (1908)
= Cyperus kunthianus   Nees; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 69 (1841)
= Cyperus meyenianus var. breviradiatus Maury; J. Bot. [Morot] 2: 392 (1888)
= Cyperus meyenianus var. oligostachys (Schrad. ex Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 491 (1936)
= Cyperus meyenianus var. paranaguensis (Palla) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 491 (1936)
= Cyperus meyenianus var. patentissimus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 491 (1936)
= Cyperus prionensis   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 10 (1890)
= Cyperus subulatus   Meyen; Observ. Bot. [Meyen] 1: 108 (1843), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus trispicatus   Boeckeler; Flora 65: 14 (1882)
= Mariscus meyenianus   (Kunth) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 49 (1842)
= Mariscus oligostachys   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 48 (1842)
= Mariscus subulatus   Nees; Linnaea 9: 286 (1834), nomen
= Mariscus uliginosus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 46 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus meyerianus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 49 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
				Remarks: insufficiently known
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus michelianus
										
										
									 (L.) Delile; Descr. Égypte, Hist. Nat. 2: 50 (1813)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. michelianus
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Micheli-Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern [I], Niedersachsen [I], Rheinland-Pfalz [I], Sachsen-Anhalt); +Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece  (rare Epirus, NE-, C-Greece, Kerkyra); Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Algeria; Egypt  (Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Mauritania; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Siberia  (Altai); Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye); Kazakhstan; Northern Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran; Lebanon  (C-Lebanon); Syria  (Jazira, NW-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Mongolia; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku); Pakistan  (Lahore); Nepal; India  (Assam, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, PunJab, RaJasthan, Tnpura, Uttar Pradesh); Bangladesh
			11 AUT CZE GER HUN POL SWI 12 FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY 22 MTN 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ 33 ARM AZE NCS 34 EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SYR TUR 37 MON 38 JAP 40 BAN IND NEP PAK
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus diffusus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 81 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus extremiorientalis   Ohwi; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 18(1): 150 (1944)
= Cyperus hyalinolepis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 316 (1854)
= Cyperus italicus   Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 17 (1772)
= Cyperus michelianus   (L.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 303 (1827), isonym
= Cyperus michelianus f. elatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 312 (1936)
= Cyperus minutulus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 314 (1805)
= Cyperus musarius   Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 3325 (1831), nomen
= Cyperus pygmaeus var. michelianus (L.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 494 (1868)
= Dichostylis micheliana   (L.) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 94 (1834)
= Dichostylis micheliana f. conglomerata (Beck) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Dichostylis micheliana f. elata (Kük.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16 (3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Dichostylis wolgensis   A.O.Tarassov; Pochvy Rast. Yugo-Vostoka 93 (1970)
= Fimbristylis micheliana   (L.) Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 75 (1830)
= Isolepis micheliana   (L.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 114 (1817)
= Juncellus michelianus   (L.) Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 37: 33 (1934)
= Phylloscirpus michelianus   (L.) Börner; Fl. Deut. Volk 725 (1912)
= Schoenus capitatus   Dubois; Méth. Éprouv., ed. 2: 247 (1833), nom. illeg.
= Scirpus michelianus f. conglomeratus Beck; Fl. Nieder-Österreich 124 (1890)
= Scirpus michelianus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 52 (1753)
= Scirpus michelii   Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 204 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. pygmaeus
									 (Rottb.) Asch. &  Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(2): 273 (1904)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Asian spikesedge (EN); Zwerg-Zypergras (DE); Paraguitas pequeno (ES)
			
			Distribution: Greece  (rare); Morocco; Algeria; Libya  (Tibesti); Egypt; Canary Isl.  (Gran Canaria); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; La Réunion; Russian Far East  (Amur); Georgia [Caucasus]; Turkey; Iran; Afghanistan  (Helmand); Lebanon; Syria; Saudi Arabia; China  (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, NW-Yunnan, Zhejiang); SE-Tibet; Japan; Taiwan; Pakistan  (Azad Kashmir); Pakistan  (Murree, Lahore, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Myanmar  (Bago); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia); USA [I]  (Florida [I]); Martinique [I]; Brazil [I]
			13 GRC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR 21 CNY CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CON 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 29 MDG REU 31 RFE 33 GEO 34 AFG IRN LEB SYR TUR 35 SAU 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW NWG PHI SUL 50 AUS 78 usa 81 mar 84 bra
			
				Remarks: C. metzii is sometimes treated as a separate species
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus metzii   (Hochst. ex Steud.) Mattf. & Kük. ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 25 (1935)
= Cyperus mulen-pullu   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 99 (1824)
= Cyperus paradoxus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 8 (1854)
= Cyperus pugioniformis   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 230 (1833)
= Cyperus pygmaeus   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 20 (1773)
= Dichostylis pygmaeus   (Rottb.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 289 (1834)
= Juncellus pygmaeus   (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 596 (1893)
= Kyllinga cristata   Afzel. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 493 (1850)
= Kyllinga dentata   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 493 (1850)
= Kyllinga metzii   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 70 (1854)
= Kyllinga squamulata   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 381 (1805)
= Kyllinga squamulosa   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 135 (1837)
= Pycreus pygmaeus   (Rottb.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Scirpus occultus   C.B.Clarke; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 28 (1907)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus michoacanensis
										
										
									 Britton ex C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 5 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus patzcuarensis   C.B.Clarke ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 277 (1936), in syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus micrantherus
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 554 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microaureus
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 3(4): 132 (1994), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
			25 KEN TAN 26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Alinula peteri   (Kük.) Goetgh. & Vorster; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(3-4): 464 (1988)
= Ascolepis peteri   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 384, in clavi, germanice
= Marisculus peteri   (Kük.) Goetgh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47(3-4): 444 (1977)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microbolbos
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 354 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (SE-Egypt); Sudan; Ethiopia
			20 EGY 24 ETH SUD
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus microbolbos   (C.B.Clarke) Vorster; Kew Bull. 42(1): 200 (1987)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microbracteatus
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga microbracteata   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 744 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microbrunneus
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110(2): 163 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Oaxaca); Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica
			79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microbulbosus
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga microbulbosa   Lye; Bot. Not. 125(3): 217 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microcephalus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 215 (1810)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. microcephalus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus sporobolus var. microcephalus (R.Br.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 282 (1878)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. chersophilus
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 427 (1991)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. saxicola
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 429 (1991)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microcristatus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 24(3): 269 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon
			23 CMN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga microcristata   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 147 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microglumis
										
										
									 D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 45(3): 492 (1990)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microiria
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 23 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Asiatisches Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); ?Nepal
			11 ger 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus amuricus var. textorii (Miq.) Kük.; Sinensia 3(3): 80 (1933)
= Cyperus iria var. parviflorus (Nees) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 270 (1856)
= Cyperus parviflorus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 87 (1834)
= Cyperus textorii   Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 141 (1866)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus micromariscus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3: 216 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus micromedusaeus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 373 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus micromedusaeus   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 148 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus micromelas
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
			23 ZAI 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus micromelas   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 617 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus micropelophilus
										
										
									 Lye; Willdenowia 26: 233 (1996)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus micropelophilus   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus microspermus
										
										
									 W.Matzen. &  M.Alves; Nordic J. Bot. 2025(x)-e04730: 2 (2025)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guyana; Brazil  (Ceará, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba)
			82 GUY 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus microstylis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 578 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra; Kenya
			24 ETH SOC SOM 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga microstyla   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 229 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus microumbellatus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 223 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus miliifolius
										
										
									 Poepp. &  Kunth ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 29 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Meta, Santander, Vaupés); Colombia  (Meta, Vaupés); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Tachira); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil
			80 COS PAN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus breviflorus   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 316 (1833)
= Cyperus lacustris   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 1 (1842)
= Cyperus macrolepis   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 226 (1895)
= Cyperus micranthus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 178 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus miliifolius var. rotheryi A.Gross; Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 34: 52 (1932)
= Cyperus miliifolius var. saturatus (Donn.Sm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 221 (1936)
= Cyperus multiflorus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 562 (1837), orth. var.
= Cyperus saturatus   (Donn.Sm.) C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 517 (1906)
= Mariscus saturatus   (C.B.Clarke) J.D.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 453 (1905)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mindorensis
										
										
									 (Steud.) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 39 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Ilha de Sao Tiago); Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?Central African Republic; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal); St. Helena; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius; La Réunion; Seychelles; Chagos Arch.  (Diego Garcia); Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Keetaajima, Chichijima, Mukohjima); Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Pakistani Punjab, Lahore); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Mandalay, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Queensland); New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga  (Tongatapu, ´Eua, Vava´u, Tafahi); Niue; Fiji; [Western] Samoa [I]  (´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); American Samoa [I]  (Tutuila [I], Ta´u [I]); Tuvalu [I]; Tokelau  (Swains Isl.); Gilbert Isl.  (Butaritari); N-Line Isl.  (Kiritimati, Teraina); Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Penrhyn); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl.  (Tetiaroa Atoll, Tupai, Tahiti, Moorea, Mehetia, Huahine, Raiatea); Tuamotu Arch.  (Rangiroa Atoll, Takapoto Atoll, Makatea Isl.); Austral Isl.  (Rurutu, Rapa Iti, Tubuai); Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror, Sonsorol); Northern Marianas  (Agrihan, Alamagan, Anatahan); Northern Marianas  (Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Yap, Ulithi, Ifaluk, Truk, Moen, Pohnpei, Kosrae); Marshall Isl.  (Majuro, Arno, Jaluit); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Dominica [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Brazil [I]
			21 CVI 22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA TOG 23 BIO CMN CON PRI SAO 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ 27 SAF 28 STH 29 CGS COM MAU MDG REU SEY 33 geo 36 CHI 38 KZN NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI sng SUL SUM xms 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 51 nzl 60 asa FIJ GIL NUE NWC ROT sam TOK TON tuv VAN 61 AUI COO LIN mrq pit SCI TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU 63 haw 81 dom jam pue trt 82 clm frg sur 84 bra
			
				Remarks: native area in the Pacific uncertain
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus curvispiculosus   T.Koyama; Naturaliste Canad. 82: 215 (1955)
= Cyperus kyllingia f. humilis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 608 (1936)
= Cyperus kyllingia f. subtriceps (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 608 (1936)
= Cyperus kyllingia f. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 608 (1936)
= Cyperus leucocephalus   Hassk.; Pl. Jav. Rar. [Hasskarl] 87 (1848), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga cephalotes   Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 630 (1917)
= Kyllinga curvispiculosa   (T.Koyama) P.H.Hô; Cayco Vietnam (Illustr. Fl. Vietnam) 3(2): 699 (1993)
= Kyllinga gracilis   Zoll.; Syst. Verz. Arch. Ind. [Moritzi et al.] 63 (1846), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga intermedia   Seem.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 261 (1861), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga mindorensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 67 (1854)
= Kyllinga monocephala   Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 120 (1812), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga monocephala var. humilis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 429 (1868)
= Kyllinga monocephala var. subtriceps Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 130 (1837)
= Kyllinga monocephala var. tenuis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 429 (1868)
= Kyllinga nemoralis   (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 486, 487 (1936)
= Kyllinga nemoralis var. subnemoralis Wad.Khan & Sardesai; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 271 (2014)
= Kyllinga planiculmis var. mucronata Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 613 (1925)
= Scirpus cephalotes   Jacq.; Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 42 (1771), nom. illeg.
= Thryocephalon nemorale   J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.; Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2: 130 (1776)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus minutus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 326 (1936), nom. illeg., non J. F. Gmel. 1791
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Juncellus minutus   C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 34: 224 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mirus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 4 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mitis
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 316 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: +Mauritius [I]; India  (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Thailand; Laos
			29 mau 40 IND SRL 41 LAO THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus longus var. gracilis Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 282 (1870)
= Cyperus rotundus var. pseudotuberosus Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 607 (1927)
= Cyperus rotundus var. subcapitatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 113 (1935)
= Cyperus stenostachyus var. indicus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 614 (1893)
= Cyperus subcapitatus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 616 (1893)
= Cyperus tenuiflorus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 5 (1814), nomen, et Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 199 (1820)
= Cyperus tenuifolius   T.L.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 231 (1961), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mogadoxensis
										
										
									 Chiov.; Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 60 (1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus molliglumis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 615 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus mollipes
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; S-India  (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu); Thailand
			23 RWA ZAI 24 ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM 27 NAM 40 IND 41 THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascopholis gamblei   C.E.C.Fisch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 105 (1931)
= Cyperus amomodorus   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895)
= Cyperus circumclusus   (C.B.Clarke) Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: App. 2, 103 (1894)
= Cyperus firmipes   (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 562 (1936)
= Cyperus globifer   (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 232 (1983)
= Cyperus macropus   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 550 (1879) non Miq. nom. illeg.
= Cyperus mollipes var. amomodorus (K.Schum.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 557 (1936)
= Cyperus mollipes var. bulbocaulis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 557 (1936)
= Cyperus mollipes var. globifer (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 558 (1936)
= Cyperus submacropus   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 561 (1936)
= Cyperus submacropus var. abbreviatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 561 (1936)
= Cyperus submacropus var. calocephalus Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 562 (1936)
= Cyperus submacropus var. fuscofibrosus Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 562 (1936)
= Kyllinga bulbocaulis   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 258 (1875)
= Mariscus amomodorus   (K.Schum.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40: Suppl. 1449 (1970)
= Mariscus boeckeleri   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 13 (1908)
= Mariscus circumclusus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 585 (1894 publ. 1895), et Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 387 (1902), descr.
= Mariscus firmipes   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 382 (1901)
= Mariscus globifer   C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 34: 225 (1896)
= Mariscus macropus   (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 590 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Mariscus mollipes   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 590 (1894 publ. 1895) p. p.
= Mariscus oblonginux   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 526 (1902)
= Rhynchospora bulbocaulis   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 567 (1879) non Mariscus bulbocaulis Hochst. ex A. Rich.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus monoflorus
										
										
									 Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus njombensis   Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 40 (2014), nom. nov. superfl.
= Kyllinga uniflora   Mtot.; Nordic J. Bot. 9(6): 640 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus monospermus
										
										
									 (S.M.Huang) G.C.Tucker; Fl. China 23: 239 (2010)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus monospermus   S.M.Huang; Fl. Hainan. 4: 537 (1977)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus mortonii
										
										
									 (S.S.Hooper) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Sierra Leone; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; SW-Chad; ?Uganda
			22 BEN GHA IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE 24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus lanceolatus subsp. ugandensis Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 619 (1981)
= Pycreus mortonii   S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 23: 313 (1969)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus moutona
										
										
									 F.Br.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84, 99 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Marquesas Isl.  (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva)
			61 MRQ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus mtotomwemus
										
										
									 (Beentje) comb.ined.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia; Malawi
			26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga mtotomwema   Beentje; Fl. Zambes. 14: 322 (2020)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mudugensis
										
										
									 D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 49: 365 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus multifolius
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 91 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Panama; Ecuador
			80 PAN 83 ECU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus multifolius   (Kunth) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
= Mariscus polyphyllus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 217 (1816)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus multinervatus
										
										
									 Bosser; Naturaliste Malgache 7: 119 (1955)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus multispicatus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 362 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-India  (Assam); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Myanmar  (Taninthayi); Java
			40 BAN IND 41 AND MYA 42 JAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus multispiceus
										
										
									 R.Booth, D.J.Moore & Hodgon; Austrobaileya 8(1): 42 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mundii
										
										
									 (Nees) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 17 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E- & S-Spain; SE-Algeria; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert); Canary Isl.  (Hierro, La Palma, Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura); Cape Verde Isl.  (Ilha de Sao Tiago); Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Nigeria; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Lebanon  (coastal W-Lebanon); Cuba [I]
			12 SPA 20 ALG EGY 21 CNY CVI 22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 34 LEB 81 cub
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus mundii   (Nees) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 17: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus densifolius   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 114 (1837)
= Cyperus densifolius   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 6 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus distichophyllus   Steud.; Flora 25: 582 (1842)
= Cyperus eragrostis   Clementi ex Willk. & Lange; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 1: 137 (1861), non Lam.
= Cyperus mundii f. distichophyllus (Steud.) Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 2 (1921)
= Cyperus mundii var. distichophyllus (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 381 (1936)
= Cyperus mundii var. glaucus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 449 (1868)
= Cyperus mundii var. uniceps (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 69 (1934)
= Cyperus turfosus   Salzm. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 7 (1837)
= Pycreus decumbens   T.Koyama; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B, 2(4): 167 (1976)
= Pycreus densifolius   (Kunth) Nees ex Cherm.; Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille 27: 77 (1919)
= Pycreus mundii   Nees; Linnaea 10: 131 (1835)
= Pycreus mundii var. gracilis Cherm.; Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille 27: 77 (1919)
= Pycreus mundii var. uniceps (C.B.Clarke) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 3 (1971)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus var. uniceps C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 132 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. densispiculosus
									 (Kük.) Hoenselaar; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 287 (2010)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus mundtii var. densispiculosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 381 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus mundulus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 74 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus glaziovianus   Boeckeler; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 3, 1: 128 (1869)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus muniziae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Bot. Brasil [58 Congr. Nac. Bot.]. 312 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus munnarensis
										
										
									 V.P.Prasad & Govaerts; Skvortsovia 3(1): 2 (2016), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Kerala)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus fasciculatus   Govind.; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 301 (1996)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus mutisii
										
										
									 (Kunth) Andersson; Galapagos Veg. 53 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Mutis´ flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Martinique; Grenada; Trinidad; Colombia  (Antioquia, Atlántico, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Magdalena, Nariño, Tolima); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (La Paz, Tarija); N-Brazil; WC-Brazil
			76 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus asper   (Liebm.) O´Neill; Fl. Ariz. New Mex. 767 (1941)
= Cyperus compressotriqueter   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 10 (1888)
= Cyperus ehrenbergianus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 391 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus martinicensis   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 38 (1890)
= Cyperus mutisii var. asper (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 486 (1936)
= Cyperus mutisii var. contractus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 486 (1936)
= Cyperus mutisii var. ehrenbergianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 485 (1936)
= Cyperus mutisii var. fuscisquamatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 486 (1936)
= Cyperus mutisii var. martinicensis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 485 (1936)
= Cyperus mutisii var. semitribrachiatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 485 (1936)
= Cyperus ochreatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 386 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus semitribrachiatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 386 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Mariscus asper   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 229 (1850)
= Mariscus ehrenbergianus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 290 (1907)
= Mariscus karwinskianus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 123 (1837)
= Mariscus mexicanus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 64 (1854)
= Mariscus micans   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 50 (1842)
= Mariscus mutisii   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 216, t. 66 (1816)
= Mariscus oaxacensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 65 (1854)
= Mariscus poeppigianus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 123 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus mwinilungensis
										
										
									 Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 109 (1961)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; N-Botswana
			25 TAN 26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus mwinilungensis var. major Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 110 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus myrmecias
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 144 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe
			26 ANG ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus myrmecias   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 590 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nanellus
										
										
									 Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 151, 232 (1961)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Shanxi)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nanus
										
										
									 Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 272 (1798)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Indian flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Veracruz); Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; Guadeloupe; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao
			79 MEX 81 AGU ARU BON CUB CUR GDL HIS JAM NAV PUE VIR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus nanus var. rigidulus Ekman & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 536 (1936)
= Cyperus tenuis var. capillaris (Sw.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 188 (1926)
= Kyllinga capillaris   (Sw.) Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 120 (1857)
= Kyllinga filiformis var. capillaris (Sw.) Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 568 (1864)
= Mariscus capillaris   (Sw.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 372 (1805)
= Mariscus nanus   (Willd.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
= Schoenus capillaris   Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 20 (1788), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. liebmannii
									 (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 536 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga liebmannii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 67 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus natalensis
										
										
									 Hochst. ex C.Krauss; Flora 28: 755 (1845)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal)
			26 MOZ 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nayaritensis
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110(2): 161 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nduru
										
										
									 Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mem. 4(7): 18 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			22 GHA GUI IVO NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus margaritaceus var. nduru (Cherm.) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 67 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nemoralis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 553 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus nemoralis var. onivensis (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 200 (1936)
= Cyperus onivensis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 614 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus neochinensis
										
										
									 (Tang & F.T.Wang) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 21 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong); Pakistan; Nepal; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (Penang Isl., Johor); Singapore
			36 CHI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 MLY SNG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Scirpus neochinensis   Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 28, 223 (1961)
= Ascolepis tenuior   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 105 (1855)
= Isolepis squarrosa   (L.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 111 (1817), nom. illeg.
= Lipocarpha squarrosa   (L.) Goetgh.; Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 89(1): 71 (1989)
= Rikliella squarrosa   (L.) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13(2): 154 (1973)
= Schoenoplectus squarrosus   (L.) S.Yun Liang; Higher Pl. China 12: 269 (2009)
= Scirpus sinensis   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 202 (1837), in syn.
= Scirpus squamosus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 79 (1820), orth. var.
= Scirpus squarrosus   L.; Mant. Pl. Altera [Linnaeus] 181 (1771)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus neoguineensis
										
										
									 Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 43 (1924)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus platyphyllos   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 242 (1916), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus rigidulus   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 211 (1916), nom. illeg., non Vahl
= Cyperus subrigidulus   Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 230 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus neokunthianus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 427 (1936) 427 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: +Hawaii  (+West Maui)
			63 HAW
			
			
				Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Extinct
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus kunthianus   (Gaudich.) Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 468 (1888), non Nees
= Mariscus kunthianus   Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 415 (1829)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus neotropicalis
										
										
									 Alain; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 92: 291 (1965)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: American halfchaff Sedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Illinois, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida)
			74 USA 78 USA
			
				Remarks: see also C. sellowianus into which this species was frequently included
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Dichromena cephalotes   (Walter) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 100 (1888)
= Dichromena cephalotes   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 100 (1888)
= Hypolytrum maculatum   (Michx.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 335 (1898)
= Kyllinga maculata   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 29 (1803)
= Lipocarpha maculata   (Michx.) Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 288 (1836)
= Mariscus maculatus   (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 243 (1817)
= Scirpus cephalotes   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 71 (1788) [not Linnaeus 1762]
= Scirpus pycnostachys   Salzm. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 129 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus neourbanii
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 604 (1936) 604 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba
			81 CUB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga urbanii   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 183 (1926)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nervosostriatus
										
										
									 Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 68 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Transvaal)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus esculentus var. nervosostriatus (Turrill) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 119 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nervulosus
										
										
									 (Kük.) S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 41 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria)
			42 NWG 50 AUS
			
				Remarks: sometimes treated as synonym of C. pumilus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pumilus var. nervulosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 378 (1936)
= Pycreus nervulosus   (Kük.) Govind.; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 304 (2014)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus ngothe
										
										
									 (Mtot.) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 40 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
			25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga ngothe   Mtot.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 111: 294 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus niederleinianus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ecuador; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Cordillera); Argentina  (Corrientes, Misiones)
			83 ECU 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus niederleinianus   (Boeckeler) Lindm.; Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk-Akad. Handl. 26(9): 6 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nigricans
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 584 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
			23 BUR CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus diloloensis   (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 340 (1936)
= Cyperus fibrillosus   Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 1 (1921)
= Cyperus lanceus var. angustifolius Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 7: 126 (1884)
= Cyperus lanceus var. macrostachya Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 8 (1837)
= Cyperus lanceus var. mucronatus Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 8 (1837)
= Cyperus macranthus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 462 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 389 (1936)
= Cyperus macranthus var. mucronatus (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 389 (1936)
= Cyperus muricatus   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 92 (1913)
= Cyperus nigricans var. firmior (Kük.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 337 (1935)
= Cyperus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 337 (1936)
= Cyperus permutatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 477 (1868)
= Cyperus sumbawangensis   (Hoenselaar) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
= Pycreus diloloensis   Kük. ex Cherm.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 24: 296 (1934), in adnot.
= Pycreus fibrillosus   (Kük.) Cherm.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 22: 63 (1932)
= Pycreus macranthus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 538 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Pycreus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke ex Rendle; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 2: 107 (1899)
= Pycreus muricatus   (Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 6 (1971)
= Pycreus nigrescens   C.B.Clarke; Nyassaland [Buchanan] 20 (1889)
= Pycreus nigricans   (Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 53 (1894)
= Pycreus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 605 (1927)
= Pycreus nyasensis   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 304 (1901)
= Pycreus permutatus   (Boeckeler) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 6 (1971)
= Pycreus segmentatus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 1 (1908)
= Pycreus simulans   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 139 (1919)
= Pycreus sumbawangensis   Hoenselaar; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 297 (2010)
= Pycreus vavavatensis   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 138 (1919)
= Pycreus vavavatensis var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 605 (1927 publ. 1928)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nigriceps
										
										
									 Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 40 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Congo [Brazzaville]; S-Chad; Ethiopia; etc.
			22 GHA GUI IVO LBR SEN SIE TOG 23 CON 24 CHA ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus brevifolius subsp. luridus (Kük.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: 2 (1983)
= Cyperus erectus var. luridus (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 590 (1936)
= Kyllinga aurata var. lurida (Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28: 21 (1971)
= Kyllinga brevifolia subsp. lurida (Kük.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1: 747 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga brevifolia var. lurida (Kük.) Beentje; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 315 (2010)
= Kyllinga colorata var. lurida (Kük.) Lye; Bot. Not. 125: 218 (1972)
= Kyllinga erecta var. lurida Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 300 (1925)
= Mariscus luridus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 589 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nigripes
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 572 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Botswana
			25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga nigripes   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 285 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nigrofuscus
										
										
									 T.L.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 150, 232 (1961)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (N-Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus niigatensis
										
										
									 Ohwi; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 43 (1934)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nipponicus
										
										
									 Franch. &  Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 537 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Primorye); China  (Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
			31 RFE 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus michelianus f. exiguus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 315 (1936)
= Cyperus michelianus var. nipponicus (Franch. & Sav.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 314 (1936)
= Cyperus stauntonii   (C.B.Clarke) Ohwi; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 43 (1934)
= Dichostylis nipponica   (Franch. & Sav.) Palla; Monde Pl. 12: 40 (1910)
= Juncellus nipponicus   (Franch. & Sav.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 3 (1908)
= Scirpus stauntonii   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 253 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nitidus
										
										
									 Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 145 (1791)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Israel
			22 BEN GAM NGA NGR SEN 23 BUR CMN RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF 29 MDG 34 ISR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ater   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 335 (1805)
= Cyperus brunneoater   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 498 (1884)
= Cyperus fulvus   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 126 (1884)
= Cyperus lanceus f. densior (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 336 (1936)
= Cyperus lanceus   Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 18 (1794)
= Cyperus lanceus var. divaricatus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 93 (1913)
= Cyperus lanceus var. grantii (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 66 (1884)
= Cyperus lanceus var. humilis Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 8 (1837)
= Cyperus lanceus var. melanopus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 335 (1936)
= Cyperus lanceus var. palaestinensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 336 (1936)
= Cyperus lanceus var. ramosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 336 (1936)
= Cyperus melanopus   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 545 (1879)
= Cyperus monti var. stylosus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 73 (1884)
= Cyperus umbraticola   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 13 (1837)
= Juncellus stylosus   (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 595 (1893)
= Pycreus antsirabensis   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 138 (1919)
= Pycreus antsirabensis var. densior Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 171 (1925)
= Pycreus lanceus   (Thunb.) Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 67 (1925)
= Pycreus lanceus var. melanopus (Boeckeler) Troupin; Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba 4: 128 (1956)
= Pycreus nitidus   (Lam.) J.Raynal; Kew Bull. 23: 314 (1969)
= Pycreus umbrosus   Nees; Linnaea 10: 130 (1835)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus niveoides
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 570 (1894 publ. 1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: W-Cameroon; S-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; N-Zambia
			23 CMN ZAI 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus macropus   K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 570 (1894 publ. 1895) [non Boeckeler]
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus niveus
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 12 (1788)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iran; Afghanistan  (Paktia / Khost); Saudi Arabia  (Asir); China  (Sichuan, Yunnan); Pakistan  (Azad Kashmir); Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan, N.W.Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Chitral, Swat, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; ?Sulawesi
			34 AFG IRN 35 SAU 36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK 41 LAO MYA THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. leucocephalus
									 (Kunth) Fosberg; Kew Bull. 31(4): 835 (1977)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Ivory Coast; Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Aldabra [I]  (Aldabra Isl. [I]); Saudi Arabia
			22 BEN GUI IVO NGA 23 BUR CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 ERI ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES SAF SWZ 29 ald MDG 35 SAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ambongensis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 361 (1874)
= Cyperus argenteus   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 133 (1884)
= Cyperus compactus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 144 (1791), non Retz.
= Cyperus compactus var. tenerior C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 321 (1901)
= Cyperus lacteus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 27 (1854)
= Cyperus ledermannii   (Kük.) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 578 (1972)
= Cyperus niveus var. ledermannii (Kük.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Cyperus niveus var. polyphyllus Boeckeler; Flora 62: 550 (1879)
= Cyperus obtusiflorus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 308 (1805)
= Cyperus obtusiflorus var. ledermannii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 287 (1936)
= Cyperus obtusiflorus var. membranaceus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 287 (1936)
= Cyperus obtusiflorus var. peramoenus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 287 (1936)
= Cyperus obtusiflorus var. rigidus (Vahl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 286 (1936)
= Cyperus rigidus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 309 (1805)
= Cyperus serrulatus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 300 (1805)
= Cyperus somalicus   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 350, in clavi
= Cyperus sphaerocephalus var. leucocephalus Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 45 (1837)
= Cyperus striatulus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 311 (1805)
= Cyperus wilmsii   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 350 (1922)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. tisserantii
									 (Cherm.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Central African Republic; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			22 BEN BKN GHA IVO NGA SEN TOG 23 CAF 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus margaritaceus var. tisserantii (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 285 (1936)
= Cyperus tisserantii   Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): 18 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus noeanus
										
										
									 Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 371 (1882)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey  (Inner Anatolia)
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nudiceps
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke ex Standl.) O´Neill; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 38 (1944)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Isla del Coco; ?Panama
			80 COC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga nudiceps   C.B.Clarke ex Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 199 (1929)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nuerensis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 62: 555 (1879)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			22 BEN GUI IVO NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus globosus var. nuerensis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 356 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. sanguineus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 371 (1936)
= Pycreus globosus var. nuerensis (Boeckeler) Troupin; Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba 4: 126 (1956)
= Pycreus nuerensis   (Boeckeler) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 579 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nutans
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 363 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-China; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mandalay, Yangon); Thailand; Cambodia; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Sumbawa, Flores, Alor); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory); Vanuatu
			36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD MYA THA 42 JAW LSI NWG PHI SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 VAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus jacquinii   (Schrad.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus calopterus   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 282 (1856)
= Cyperus elatus   Jacq.; Index Sem. (Vienna) (1826), ex Linnaea 11(Lit.): 87 (1837)
= Cyperus jacquinii   Schrad.; Linnaea 11(Lit.): 87 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. eleusinoides
									 (Kunth) Haines; Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 898 (1924)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Niger; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Angola; Mozambique; Mauritius [I]; Afghanistan  (Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Israel  (Rift Valley); Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (W-Yemen); China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi, Hazara); Nepal; India  (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Flores, Timor); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
			22 NGR 24 ERI ETH SUD 25 UGA 26 ANG MOZ 29 mau 34 AFG ISR 35 OMA YEM 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN IND LDV NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 LSI NWG PHI 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus eleusinoides   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 39 (1837)
= Cyperus indicus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 6 (1888), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus infra-apicalis   Nees ex Aitch.; Cat. Pl. Punjab Sindh 155 (1869)
= Cyperus inornatus   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 86 (1875)
= Cyperus kotschyanus   Fenzl ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 36 (1854)
= Cyperus mysurensis   B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] 116, no. 3346B (1831), pro syn.
= Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides (Kunth) T.Koyama; Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 136 (1977)
= Cyperus xanthopus   Steud.; Flora 25: 595 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. subprolixus
									 (Kük.) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 46 (1989)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; India  (Uttarakhand); Lesser Sunda Isl.
			38 NNS TAI 40 IND 42 LSI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus eleusinoides var. subprolixus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 145 (1935)
= Cyperus nutans subsp. subprolixus (Kük.) T.Koyama; Fl. Taiwan 5: 260 (1978)
= Cyperus nutans var. subprolixus (Kük.) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas; (1990) isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nyasensis
										
										
									 (Podlech) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye] 211 (1983), as ´nyassensis´
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
			25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus nyasensis   Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 114 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus nyererei
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 225 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Malawi
			25 TAN 26 MLW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus nyikanus
										
										
									 Govaerts; Skvortsovia 4(3): 79 (2018), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; ?NE-Tanzania
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus oblongus   (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 580 (1936), non A.Braun (1851), fossil name
= Kyllinga nervosa subsp. oblonga (C.B.Clarke) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 192 (1995)
= Kyllinga oblonga   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 530 (1894 publ. 1895), et Flora of Tropical Africa 8: p. 284 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus oakfortensis
										
										
									 Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 159 (1897)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus oakfortensis   (Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 159 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus obbiadensis
										
										
									 Chiov.; Pl. Nov. Aethiop. 12 (1928)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus oblongoincrassatus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 550 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; NE-Tanzania
			25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus clarkeanus   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 123 (1895), nom. inval.
= Cyperus oblongoincrassatus var. clarior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 550 (1936)
= Cyperus oblongoincrassatus var. groteanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 550 (1936)
= Cyperus oblongoincrassatus var. udigensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 550 (1936)
= Mariscus taylorii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 384 (1901)
= Mariscus taylorii var. groteanus (Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 14 (1971)
= Mariscus taylorii var. udigensis (Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28: 14 (1971)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus obtusatus
										
										
									 (J.Presl & C.Presl) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 585 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Caribbean island spikesedge
			
			Distribution: Mali; Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Angola; Rwanda; Tanzania; Malawi; Honduras; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix); Antigua; Grenada; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Nariño, Valle); Venezuela  (Apure); Bolivia  (Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Cordillera, Paraguari); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA TOG 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW 80 HON 81 ABA CAY GRE HIS JAM PUE VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aphyllus   Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Hasskarl] 24 (1844), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus obtusatus var. africanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 586 (1936)
= Cyperus obtusatus var. cylindrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 586 (1936)
= Cyperus obtusatus var. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 586 (1936)
= Cyperus peruvianus   (Lam.) F.N.Williams; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 7: 90 (1907)
= Cyprolepis denudata   Steud.; Flora 33: 229 (1850), nom. inval.
= Kyllinga capitata   P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 1: t. 31 (1806)
= Kyllinga erecta var. africana (Kük.) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26: 580 (1972)
= Kyllinga globosa   P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 1: t. 31 (1806)
= Kyllinga obtusata   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 183 (1828)
= Kyllinga obtusata var. aphylla Boeckeler; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 3, 1: 159 (1869)
= Kyllinga obtusata var. cylindrostachya Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 419 (1868)
= Kyllinga obtusata var. subaphylla Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 418 (1868)
= Kyllinga peruviana   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 366 (1792), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Kyllinga pungens   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 326 (1827)
= Kyllinga repens   Salzm. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 67 (1854)
= Kyllinga rigida   Baldwin; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 2: 169 (1825)
= Kyllinga stricta   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 13 (1842)
= Kyllinga tenuis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 423 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga vaginata   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 148 (1791)
= Kyllinga vaginata   Rchb.f. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 128 (1837), pro syn.
= Lyprolepis denudata   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 130 (1855)
= Schoenus angularis   Spreng. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 128 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ochraceus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 325 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Yellow cyperus (Bahamas)
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix); Anguilla; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Colombia  (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar); Venezuela  (Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Tachira, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Paraguari); Argentina  (Chaco, Jujuy, Salta)
			75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU BAH CUB GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bakeri   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 290 (1883)
= Cyperus navicularis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 32 (1854)
= Cyperus ochraceus var. excelsior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 182 (1936)
= Cyperus ochraceus var. minor Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 182 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus odoratus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 46 (1753)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. odoratus
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Coarse cyperus (Bahamas), Caguey de agua, Trefilo, Yerba de canuto (Dominican Republic)
			
			Distribution: Spain [I]; Bulgaria [I]; Senegal; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Angola; Madagascar; Iraq  (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Japan  (Honshu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima, Anijima, Hahahjima); India  (Maharashtra, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Yangon); Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga  (Vava´u); Fiji; American Samoa  (Tutuila, Aunu´u, Ofu, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa  (Savai´i, ´Upolu); +Tuvalu  (+Funafuti); Gilbert Isl.  (Butaritari, Tarawa, Tabiteuea); Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group, Pukapuka); Marquesas Isl.  (Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Fatu Hiva); Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I]); Austral Isl.  (Raivavae, Rapa Iti); Palau  (Kayangl, Babeldaob, Peleliu); Northern Marianas  (Saipan, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, Ifaluk, Lamotrek, Murilo, Nomwin, Truk, Moen, Losap, Lukunor, Pohnpei, Dublon, Fefan); Marshall Isl.  (Rongelap, Wotho, Lae, Kwajalein, Ailuk, Likiep, Majuro, Arno, Jaluit); Hawaii  (+Kauai, Oahu, +Molokai, +Maui, +Hawaii Isl.); Canada  (Ontario, Québec); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Nevis; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Neembucu, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay  (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman); Chile [I]  (O´Higgins [I], Maule [I], Los Rios [I])
			12 spa 13 bul 22 BEN GHA IVO NGA SEN 23 BIO CON EQG PRI SAO ZAI 26 ANG 29 MDG 34 IRQ 38 JAP NNS OGA 40 BAN IND 41 MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SUL SUM XMS 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ GIL NWC ROT SAM TON TUV VAN 61 AUI COO MRQ sci 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU 63 HAW 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ARU BAH BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE STK STL TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG cle PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bracteolatus   Salzm. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 28 (1854)
= Cyperus californicus   S.Watson; Bot. California [W.H.Brewer] 2: 216 (1880)
= Cyperus carruthii   Alph.Wood; Checkl. Pl. Kansas, ed. 2: 26 (1892)
= Cyperus consocius   Steud. ex Jard.; Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 5: 299 (1857)
= Cyperus cubanus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 222 (1850)
= Cyperus densiflorus   G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 34 (1818)
= Cyperus distans   G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 35 (1818), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus engelmannii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 47 (1854)
= Cyperus erythrorhizus   Torr.; Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 61 (1823)
= Cyperus familiaris   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 46 (1854)
= Cyperus ferax f. parvus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 620 (1936)
= Cyperus ferax subsp. engelmannii (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 620 (1936)
= Cyperus ferax subsp. speciosus (Vahl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 619 (1936)
= Cyperus ferax var. bulbifer Barros; Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 39: 371 (1938)
= Cyperus ferax var. densiflorus (G.Mey.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 618 (1936)
= Cyperus ferax var. engelmannii (Steud.) Kük. ex Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 159 (1931)
= Cyperus ferax var. maximiliani (Schrad. ex Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 400 (1870)
= Cyperus ferax var. squarrosus (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 620 (1936)
= Cyperus ferruginescens   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 396 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus flavicomus   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 53 (1813), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus flexuosus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 566 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus fossarum   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 225 (1861)
= Cyperus fossarum   Schltdl.; Linnaea 31: 316 (1862), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus fragilis   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 226 (1851)
= Cyperus granadinus   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 224 (1851)
= Cyperus haenkei   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 172 (1828)
= Cyperus hamiltonii   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 90 (1837)
= Cyperus horizontalis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 49 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus huarmensis   (Kunth) M.C.Johnst.; Southw. Naturalist 11: 124 (1966)
= Cyperus jubaeiflorus   Rudge; Pl. Guian. 17 (1805)
= Cyperus laetus var. obtusiflorus Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 2 (1896)
= Cyperus lenticularis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 48 (1854)
= Cyperus lomentaceus   Nees & Meyen ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 83 (1837)
= Cyperus longiradiatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 37 (1854)
= Cyperus longispicatus   Norton; Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12: 37 (1902), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus lucidus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 89 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus maximiliani   (Schrad. ex Nees) Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 311 (1879)
= Cyperus michauxianus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 123 (1824)
= Cyperus multibracteatus   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 107 (1875)
= Cyperus multiceps   Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 100 (1832), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus nitidulus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 364 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus nortonii   A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 6: 12 (1910)
= Cyperus odoratus var. engelmannii (Steud.) R.Carter, S.D.Jones & Wipff; Phytologia 80(4): 289 (1996)
= Cyperus odoratus var. squarrosus (Britton) S.D.Jones, Wipff & R.Carter; Phytologia 80(4): 289 (1996)
= Cyperus oerstedii   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 224 (1850)
= Cyperus parvispiculatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 7 (1888)
= Cyperus parvus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 397 (1870), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pennatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 404 (1870), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus phleoides   Seem.; Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 319 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus poeoides   Desv.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 12 (1825)
= Cyperus pohlianus   (Nees) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 334 (1898)
= Cyperus prescottianus   Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 3: 100 (1832)
= Cyperus pseudostrigosus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 46 (1854)
= Cyperus raiateensis   J.W.Moore; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 102, 19 (1933)
= Cyperus raphiostachys   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 87 (1820)
= Cyperus reineckei   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 585 (1898)
= Cyperus rufinus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 222 (1850)
= Cyperus sanctae-crucis   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 35 (1850)
= Cyperus speciosus   Torr.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 2(1): 226 (1859), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus speciosus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 364 (1805)
= Cyperus speciosus var. ferruginescens (Boeckeler) Britton; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 61 (1894)
= Cyperus speciosus var. parvus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 214 (1886)
= Cyperus speciosus var. squarrosus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 214 (1886)
= Cyperus stellatus   Rudge; Pl. Guian. 17 (1805)
= Cyperus tenuior   Engelm.; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 2: 492 (1856)
= Cyperus vahlii   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 398 (1870), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus virginicus   Jacq. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 47 (1854)
= Diclidium auriculatum   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 51, 217 (1842)
= Diclidium lenticulare   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 53 (1842)
= Diclidium lomentaceum   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 55 (1842)
= Diclidium maximiliani   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 52 (1842)
= Diclidium odoratum   (L.) Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 54 (1842)
= Diclidium reinwardtii   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 51 in obs. (1842)
= Diclidium uliginosum   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 56 (1842)
= Mariscus familiaris   (Steud.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 73 (1974)
= Mariscus huarmensis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 214 (1816)
= Mariscus pohlianus   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 50 (1842)
= Mariscus rhaphiostachys   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 232 (1850)
= Papyrus odorata   (L.) Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 217 (1816)
= Papyrus odorata   (L.) Willd.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1812-1813: 73 (1816)
= Torulinium confertum   Desv.; Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. [Hamilton] 15 (1825)
= Torulinium michauxianum   (Schult.) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 56 (1900)
= Torulinium odoratum   (L.) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 579 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. attenuatus
									 Fosberg & Sachet; Micronesica 20(1-2): 167 (1987)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Fed. States of Micronesia  (Faraulap); Marshall Isl.  (Ailinglapalap)
			62 MIC MRS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. curtispiculus
									 Fosberg & Sachet; Micronesica 20(1-2): 167 (1987)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Palau  (Koror); Northern Marianas  (Anatahan, Rota)
			62 MRN PLU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. novae-hannoverae
									 (Boeckeler) Fosberg & Sachet; Micronesica 20(1-2): 168 (1987)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror); Northern Marianas  (Rota); Fed. States of Micronesia  (Woleai, Ifaluk, Namonuito, Murilo, Truk, Moen, Satawan); Marshall Isl.  (Ailinglapalap, Majuro, Arno)
			62 MIC MRN MRS PLU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ferax var. novae-hannoverae (Boeckeler) Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 4, 46 (1924)
= Cyperus novae-hannoverae   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 91 (1883)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. transcaucasicus
									 (Kük.) Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 32(3): 162 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Iraq; NW-Iran
			33 ARM AZE GEO 34 IRN IRQ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ferax subsp. transcaucasicus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 620 (1936)
= Torulinium caucasicum   Palla; Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 30: 27 (1913)
= Torulinium ferax subsp. caucasicum (Palla) Hadač; Bull. Coll. Sci. Univ. Baghdad 6: 11 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ohwii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 197 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan [I]  (Kyushu [I]); Bangladesh; N-Thailand; Vietnam; W-Java; Australia  (Queensland)
			38 jap 40 BAN 41 THA VIE 42 JAW 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus elatus var. macronux C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 189 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus okavangensis
										
										
									 (Podlech) Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 41 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia; Namibia; Botswana
			26 ZAM 27 BOT NAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus okavangensis   Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 522 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus onerosus
										
										
									 M.C.Johnst.; Southw. Naturalist 9: 308 (1964)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Plains flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Texas)
			77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus orgadophilus
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 439 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ornatus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 217 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus orthostachyus
										
										
									 Franch. &  Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 539 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Siberia  (Buryatia); Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye); China  (Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
			30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus orthostachyus var. dahuricus H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 339 (1938)
= Cyperus orthostachyus var. robustus (Nakai) H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 339 (1938)
= Cyperus orthostachyus var. umbellus Y.C.Oh & Y.B.Lee; Korean Cyperaceae 52 (2000)
= Cyperus truncatus   C.A.Mey. ex Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 103 (1838), non A. Rich. (1850)
= Cyperus truncatus var. orthostachyus (Franch. & Sav.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 218 (1903)
= Cyperus truncatus var. robustus Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 146 (1926)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. longibracteatus
									 L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 231 (1961)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Heilongjiang, Liaoning)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ossicaulis
										
										
									 Lye; Kew Bull. 51(1): 205 (1996)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
				Remarks: Sect. Mariscus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus ossicaulis   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ovatus
										
										
									 Baldwin; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 2: 168 (1825)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Ovateleaf flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina); Bahamas; Cuba
			78 USA 81 BAH CUB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus cylindricus   Chapm.; Bot. Gaz. 3: 18 (1877), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus deeringianus   Britton & Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 151 (1933)
= Cyperus litoreus   (C.B.Clarke) Britton ex Small; Fl. Florida Keys 22 (1913)
= Cyperus pollardii   Britton; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1321 (1903)
= Cyperus retrorsus var. curtisii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 512 (1936)
= Cyperus retrorsus var. deeringianus (Britton ex Small) Fernald ex Griscom; Rhodora 37: 152 (1935)
= Cyperus winkleri   Britton ex Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 152, 1503 (1933)
= Mariscus curtisii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 15 (1908)
= Mariscus litoreus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus owanii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 61: 29 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Owan´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); USA [I]  (California [I])
			11 ger 26 MOZ 27 SAF 76 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus bolusii   Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 585 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Cyperus owanii var. rogersii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 432 (1936)
= Cyperus umbilensis   (C.B.Clarke ex W.Watson) Boeckeler ex Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 334 (1898)
= Mariscus bolusii   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 585 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Mariscus owanii   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 590 (1894)
= Mariscus umbilensis   C.B.Clarke ex W.Watson; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 10: 190 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus oxycarpus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 46 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus oxylepis
										
										
									 Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 25 (1855)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Sharpscale flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Jamaica; Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (La Guajira, Magdalena); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Cojedes, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; Ecuador; Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Concepcion, Pres. Hayes); Argentina  (Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			77 USA 78 USA 80 GUA HON NIC 81 AGU ARU BON CUR JAM STM VEN 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 ECU 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus jenmanii   C.B.Clarke ex Morong; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 252 (1893)
= Cyperus macrocarpus   Aresch.; Freg. Eugenies Resa, Bot. 120 (1910)[non Boeckeler (1869)]
= Cyperus oxylepis   Nees; Linnaea 9: 285 (1834)
= Cyperus oxylepis var. punensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 167 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pachycephalus
										
										
									 J.Kern; Reinwardtia 2: 119 (1952)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pachyrhizus
										
										
									 Nees; Linnaea 35: 545 (1867 publ. 1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Pakistan  (Karachi); S-India  (Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka
			40 IND LDV MDV PAK SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus conglomeratus f. pachyrhizus (Nees) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 310 (2009), isonym
= Cyperus conglomeratus f. pachyrrhizus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 275 (1936)
= Cyperus conglomeratus subsp. pachyrrhizus (Nees) T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 93 (1032): 344 (1980)
= Cyperus conglomeratus   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 343 (1859) non Rottb.
= Cyperus conglomeratus var. pachyrhizus (Nees) Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 23 (1900)
= Cyperus pachyrhizus var. humei V.P.Prasad; Nelumbo 55: 53 (2013)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pachystylus
										
										
									 (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 591 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga pachystyla   Kük.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 153 (1911)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pacificus
										
										
									 (Ohwi) Ohwi; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 18(1): 150 (1944)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu)
			38 JAP KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus michelianus var. pacificus Ohwi; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 137 (1933)
= Cyperus pacificus var. margoinflatus S.Fujii; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 67: 123 (2016)
= Dichostylis pacificus   (Ohwi) Nakai; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 132 (1952)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pagotii
										
										
									 (J.Raynal) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Chad
			24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus pagotii   J.Raynal; Kew Bull. 23: 314 (1969)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus palianparaiensis
										
										
									 Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 409 (1990)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Naldu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pallidicolor
										
										
									 (Kük.) Tucker; Fl. Novo-Galiciana 13: 324 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pallid flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Colombia  (Nariño); Peru; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Tarija)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 82 CLM 83 BOL PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus subambiguus var. pallidicolor Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 528 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pallidiviridis
										
										
									 T.Koyama; Taiwania 63(1): 4 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Myanmar
			41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus palmatus
										
										
									 (Lye) C.Archer & Goetgh.; Bothalia 41(2): 300 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo)
			25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM 27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus fulgens var. contractus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 122 (1935)
= Cyperus usitatus subsp. palmatus Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 228 (1983)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus panamensis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Britton ex P.C.Standl.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15(20): 457 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Sinaloa); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Valle); Ecuador; Peru
			79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus panamensis var. deformis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 498 (1936)
= Cyperus panamensis var. ramiger Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 498 (1936)
= Mariscus panamensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 15 (1908)
= Mariscus panamensis var. deformis C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 15 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pandanophyllum
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 8 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pangorei
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 18 (1772)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan); Pakistan  (Sind); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Kachin, Yangon); Vietnam; Sulawesi [I]
			36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 MYA VIE 42 sul
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus corymbosus var. pangorei (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 292 (1884)
= Cyperus dehiscens   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 56 (1837)
= Cyperus pangorei var. ambiguus (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 47 (1989)
= Cyperus tegetum   Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 211 (1820)
= Cyperus tegetum var. ambiguus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 162 (1884)
= Cyperus tegetus   Roxb.; (Hort. Bengal. 6 (1814), nomen), Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 211 (1820)
= Papyrus corymbosus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 89 (1834)
= Papyrus dehiscens   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 89 (1834)
= Papyrus pangorei   (Rottb.) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 88 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus paniceus
										
										
									 (Rottb.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 381 (1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Seychelles; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Mandalay); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Java; Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland); Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Pohnpei [I])
			29 SEY 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW 50 AUS 62 mic
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus cariciformis   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 92 (1865), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus karthikeyanii   Wad.Khan & Lakshmin.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1): 379 (2008)
= Cyperus paniceus var. queenslandicus (Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 526 (1936)
= Cyperus paniceus var. roxburghianus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 526 (1936)
= Cyperus umbellatus   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 345 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga panicea   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 15, t. 7, f. 1 (1773)
= Kyllinga punicea   J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 122 (1791), sphalm.
= Mariscus cariciformis   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 92 (1865)
= Mariscus paniceus   (Rottb.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 373 (1805)
= Mariscus paniceus var. queenslandicus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 435 (1915)
= Mariscus paniceus var. roxburghianus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 621 (1893)
= Mariscus pullu   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 66 (1854)
= Mariscus roxburghianus   (C.B.Clarke) Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: Suppl., 309 (1931)
= Mariscus wallichianus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 117 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pannonicus
										
										
									 Jacq.; Fl. Austriac. [Jacquin] 5: 29 (1778)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pannonisches Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria; Slovakia; Hungary; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece  (very rare coastal NE-Greece); C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Siberia  (Altai); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Talysh); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia); China  (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang); Mongolia
			11 AUT ger HUN SLO 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC KOS MNT NMA ROM SRB 14 KRY RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR 36 CHI 37 MON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Acorellus pannonicus   (Jacq.) Palla; Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3 [Hallier & Brand] 2: 2557 (1905)
= Chlorocyperus pannonicus   (Jacq.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 17: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus tataricus   Less.; Linnaea 9: 211 (1834)
= Juncellus pannonicus   (Jacq.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 3 (1908)
= Pycreus pannonicus   (Jacq.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 72 (1830)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus paolii
										
										
									 Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 373 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus amomodorus var. paolii (Chiov.) Cufod.
= Mariscus paolii   (Chiov.) Chiov.
= Cyperus mollipes var. paolii (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 558 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus papyrus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 47 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Papyrus
			
			Distribution: Sicily [I]; Morocco [I]; Algeria [I]; Egypt  (Desert Oases); Canary Isl. [I]  ; Senegal; Gambia; ?Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia  (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); Ryukyu Isl. [I]; India [I]  (Gujarat [I], Kerala [I], Rajasthan [I], West Bengal [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Java [I]; Australia [I]  (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I]); Guam [I]; Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I]  (California [I], Florida [I], Louisiana [I]); Mexico [I]; Guatemala [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]
			13 sic 20 alg EGY mor 21 cny 22 BEN GAM IVO LBR NGA SEN 23 BUR CAF CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 mau MDG reu 34 ISR 38 nns 40 ind srl 41 lao tha 42 jaw 50 aus 60 fij 61 sci 62 gum 63 haw 76 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 cos gua 81 cub gdl jam mar pue trt 82 clm 83 bol 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus papyrus   (L.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus antiquorum   (Willd.) Chiov.; Lav. Reale Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 1: 119 (1931)
= Cyperus antiquorum var. palaestinae Chiov.; Lav. Reale Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 1: 119 (1931)
= Cyperus elapsus   Chiov.; Lav. Reale Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 1: 79 (1931)
= Cyperus imerinensis   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 500 (1884)
= Cyperus madagascariensis   (Willd.) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 876 (1817)
= Cyperus nyassicus   Chiov.; Mem. Reale Ist. Bot. Modena 1: 72 (1931)
= Cyperus panormitanus   Chiov.; Lav. Reale Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 1: 78 (1931)
= Cyperus papyraceus   Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 411 (1766)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum (Willd.) Chiov.; Mem. Reale Ist. Bot. Modena 1: 73 (1931)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. antiquorum (Willd.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 47 (1935), isonym
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. hadidii Chrtek & Slaviková; Preslia 49(2): 184 (1977)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. madagascariensis (Willd.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 48 (1935), isonym
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. madagascariensis (Willd.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 64 (1837)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. niliacus Tournay; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 82: 349 (1950)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. nyassicus (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 47 (1935)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. siculus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 48 (1935)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. ugandensis (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 47 (1935)
= Cyperus papyrus subsp. zairensis (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 48 (1935)
= Cyperus papyrus var. antiquorum (Willd.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 571 (1894)
= Cyperus papyrus var. niliacus Tournay; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 82: 349 (1950)
= Cyperus papyrus var. palaestinae (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 47 (1935)
= Cyperus siculus   Chiov.; Index Sem. (Catania) 1927: 6 (1927), nom. inval.
= Cyperus syriacus   Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 2: 43 (1852)
= Cyperus ugandensis   Chiov.; Lav. Reale Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 1: 77 (1931)
= Cyperus zairensis   Chiov.; Lav. Reale Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 1: 78 (1931)
= Papyrus antiquorum   Willd.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1812-1813: 70 (1812)
= Papyrus domesticus   Poir.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 37: 447 (1826)
= Papyrus madagascariensis   Willd.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1812-1813: 72 (1812)
= Papyrus mossambicensis   Parl.; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 582 (Index), t. 59 (1864)
= Papyrus siculus   Parl.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 189 (1851), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus paramoensis
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Novon 23(1): 115 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Colombia  (Boyacá, Cundinamarca); Venezuela
			82 CLM VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus parishii
										
										
									 Britton ex Parish; Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 52 (1904)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Parish´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada); Mexico  (Sonora)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus congestus var. parishii (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 446 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pauper
										
										
									 Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 478 (1850)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia
			22 NGA 23 CAF CMN 24 ETH 25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus pauper   (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus angulatus   W.Watson; Gaz. N.-W. Prov. India 10: 393 (1876), nom. illeg.
= Pycreus pauper   (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 540 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pearcei
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 7 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
			83 BOL PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pectinatus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 298 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]  (Tshopo etc.); Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia  (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Martinique [I]
			22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CON ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MDG 81 mar
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Anosporum nudicaule   (Poir.) Boeckeler; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 27: 26 (1869)
= Anosporum pectinatum   (Vahl) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(2): 188 (1981)
= Atomostylis cyperiformis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 315 (1854)
= Atomostylis flavescens   Steud.; Flora 33: 229 (1850)
= Cyperus nudicaulis   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 240 (1806)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pedunculatus
										
										
									 (R.Br.) J.Kern; Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 798 (1958)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Beachstar, Junco de playa; Beach Sedge
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania; W-Angola; Madagascar; Seychelles [I]; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; India  (Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Nicobar Isl.  (Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Taninthayi); Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (both coasts); Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland); USA  (Florida); Mexico  (Quintana Roo, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Trinidad; Surinam; French Guiana; NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
			22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE 23 ANN BIO CON EQG GAB PRI ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG 29 MDG sey 38 NNS TAI 40 IND LDV SRL 41 CBD MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL SUM 43 BIS 50 AUS 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CAY GDL HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 FRG SUR 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus kegelianus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 29 (1854)
= Duval-jouvea maritima   (Aubl.) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 89: 500 (1913)
= Lipocarpha foliosa   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 332 (1856)
= Mariscus capitatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 60 (1854)
= Mariscus pedunculatus   (R.Br.) T.Koyama; Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 159 (1977)
= Mariscus pungens   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 60 (1854)
= Remirea distichophylla   Boeckeler; Flora 41: 410 (1858)
= Remirea maritima   Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 45, plate 16 (1775)
= Remirea maritima var. pedunculata (R.Br.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 347 (1878)
= Remirea pedunculata   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 236 (1810)
= Remirea rigidissima   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 317 (1854)
= Remirea wightiana   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 92 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pedunculosus
										
										
									 F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 266 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland)
			42 NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus montis-sellae   K.Schum. ex Warb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 186 (1894)
= Cyperus papuanus   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 241 (1916)
= Cyperus pedunculosus var. floribundus Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 44 (1924)
= Cyperus pedunculosus var. longibracteatus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 425 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pelophilus
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, Bot. 2: 129 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Burundi; S-Chad; South Sudan; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Guadeloupe [I]; Venezuela [I]; Aruba [I]; Ecuador [I]; Brazil [I]
			22 GUI 23 BUR 24 CHA SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 81 aru gdl 82 ven 83 ecu 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus guanipensis   Schnee; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 9: 23 (1944)
= Cyperus pelophilus f. nanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 364 (1936)
= Pycreus chorisanthus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 526 (1902)
= Pycreus decaryi   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 19 (1925)
= Pycreus pelophilus   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 540 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pendulus
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 340 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus penicillatus
										
										
									 Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 2: 230 (1943), sine descr. lat., et ed. 2, 1: 334 (1946)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Oaxaca)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pennatiformis
										
										
									 Kük.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 81, 23 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: +Hawaii  (+Kauai, +Oahu, +Maui, +Hawaii Isl.)
			63 HAW
			
			
				Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Extinct?, USA Status: Endangered
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus pennatiformis   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 123 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. bryanii
									 Kük.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 81: 23 (1931)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Laysan Isl.)
			63 HAW
			
			
				Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Endangered, USA Status: Endangered
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus pennatiformis subsp. bryanii (Kük.) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 123 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pennellii
										
										
									 O´Neill & Ben.Ayeres; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 34 (1944)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Mexico State, Michoacán); Colombia  (Cundinamarca)
			79 MEX 82 CLM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus penzoanus
										
										
									 Pic.Serm.; Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7: Ricerche Bot., Pt. 1, 183 (1951)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
			23 EQG 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus morandinii   Pic.Serm.; Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7: Ricerche Bot., Pt. 1, 185 (1951)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus perangustus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 43 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus perennis
										
										
									 (M.E.Jones) O´Neill; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 93 (1945)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Quintana Roo, Sonora, Yucatan)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aristatus var. perennis M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 25 (1933)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pernambucensis
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 42 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Pernambuco)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus perrieri
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Hoenselaar; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 222 (2010)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pseudovestitus f. angustifolius (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 548 (1936)
= Cyperus pseudovestitus var. astrocephalus Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 7 (1934)
= Cyperus pseudovestitus var. perrieri (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 547 (1936)
= Mariscus goniobolbus var. angustifolius Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 614 (1925)
= Mariscus goniobolbus var. perrieri (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 169 (1925)
= Mariscus perrieri   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 301 (1919)
= Mariscus pseudovestitus var. perrieri (Cherm.) Podlech
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus perspicuus
										
										
									 (S.S.Hooper) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 22 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Lipocarpha perspicua   S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 41(2): 424 (1986)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus persquarrosus
										
										
									 T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Nigeria; Cameroon; SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
			22 GUI NGA 23 CMN ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus unistamen   T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960)
= Fuirena nana   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 497 (1850)
= Hypaelyptum pulcherrimum   (Ridl.) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 127 (1895)
= Lipocarpha atropurpurea   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 21 (1888)
= Lipocarpha minima   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 425 (1921 publ. 1922) [non Cyperus minimus L. (1921)]
= Lipocarpha nana   (A.Rich.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 142 (1924)
= Lipocarpha pulcherrima f. luxurians Merxm.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 164 (1952)
= Lipocarpha pulcherrima   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 162 (1884) [non Cyperus pulcherrimus Willd. ex Kunth]
= Lipocarpha tenera   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 21 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pervillei
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 359 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Juncellus pervillei   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 3 (1908)
= Pycreus pervillei   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 540 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus peteri
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 575 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
			25 TAN 26 ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga peteri   (Kük. ex Peter) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 746 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga peteri   Kük. ex Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 514 (1938), in syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus phaeolepis
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 341 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Madagascar flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; USA [I]  (Texas [I])
			29 MDG 77 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus albiflorus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 311 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus phaeolepis var. albiflorus (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 605 (1927 publ. 1928)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus phillipsiae
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 497 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Kenya
			24 SOM 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus phillipsiae   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 391 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus phleoides
										
										
									 (Nees ex Kunth) H.Mann; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 208 (1867)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tuamotu Arch.; Hawaii  (Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.)
			61 TUA 63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus phleoides   (Nees ex Kunth) Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 469 (1888), isonym
= Cyperus phleoides var. kauaiensis Kük.; Candollea 6: 424 (1936)
= Mariscus phleoides   Nees; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2(Fasc. 7): 62 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus phleoides   Nees; Linnaea 9: 286 (1834) ex Kunth
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. hawaiiensis
									 (H.Mann) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 428 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui)
			63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus hawaiensis   H.Mann; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 208 (1867)
= Mariscus phleoides subsp. hawaiiensis (H.Mann) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 124 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus picardae
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 229 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Haiti
			81 HIS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus picardae var. brevinux Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 187 (1926)
= Mariscus picardae   (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pilosulus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum. ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 551 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zanzibar
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus pilosulus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 384 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pilosus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 354 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fuzzy flatsedge
			
			Distribution: China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Kachin, Magway); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (throughout); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali); Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales); Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I]  (´Upolu [I]); Tokelau [I]  (Fakaofo [I]); N-Line Isl. [I]  (Washington [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I]); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I]); USA [I]  (Florida [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], South Carolina [I]); Brazil [I]
			36 CHI TIB 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 fij sam tok 61 lin mrq 62 PLU 63 haw 78 usa 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus donianus   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 290 (1833)
= Cyperus fimbriatus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 86 (1834)
= Cyperus hebes   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 315 (1854)
= Cyperus heyneanus   Boeckeler; Flora 42: 440 bis (1859)
= Cyperus honestus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 74 (1837)
= Cyperus marginellus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 83 (1834)
= Cyperus paniculatus   D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 39 (1825)
= Cyperus pauciflorus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 34 (1854)
= Cyperus pilosus f. badius Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 750 (1891)
= Cyperus pilosus f. pallidus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 750 (1891)
= Cyperus pilosus var. contractus (Miq.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 94 (1935)
= Cyperus pilosus var. fimbriatus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 94 (1935)
= Cyperus pilosus var. laevirhachis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 94 (1935)
= Cyperus pilosus var. muticus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 599 (1868)
= Cyperus pilosus var. pauciflorus L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 231 (1961)
= Cyperus pilosus var. polyanthus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 151 (1884)
= Cyperus pilosus var. pseudobabakensis Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 107 (1929)
= Cyperus pilosus var. purpurascens L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 231 (1961)
= Cyperus piptolepis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 40 (1854)
= Cyperus piptolepis var. contractus Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 280 (1856)
= Cyperus piptolepis var. pyrophytus Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 279 (1856)
= Cyperus pyrophilus   Reinw. ex de Vriese; Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient. 139 (1857)
= Cyperus quinqueflorus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 37 (1854)
= Cyperus subalatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 31 (1854)
= Duval-jouvea pilosa   (Vahl) Palla; Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3 [Hallier & Brand] 3: 2555 (1905)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. obliquus
									 (Nees) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 151 (1884)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); Bhutan; India; peninsular Malaysia; Philippines
			36 CHI 40 BHU IND 42 MLY PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus obliquus   Nees in Wight; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 86 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pinetorum
										
										
									 Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 462 (1916)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba  (Isla de la Juventud)
			81 CUB
			
			
				Conservation Status: vulnerable (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus planifolius
										
										
									 Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Coast cyperus (Bahamas), Sand cyperus (Bahamas), Z´herbe de l´eau, Z´herbe l´eau (Haiti), Cortadera, Cortadora, Lambedora (Puerto Rico)
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia); Mexico  (Campeche, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Yucatan); Belize; Honduras; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico  (incl. Icacos Isl.); Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Saba; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Aragua, Dependencias Federales, Falcon, Sucre); NE-Brazil; Fernando Noronha
			78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ HON 81 ABA ARU BAH BBD BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR NAV PUE SAB STL TRT VIR 82 VEN 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brizaeus   Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792)
= Cyperus brunneus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 565 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus evaginatus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 351 (1870)
= Cyperus glaucus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 42 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus glaucus var. gracilis Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 339 (1870)
= Cyperus ottonis var. humilior Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 351 (1870)
= Cyperus planifolius f. gracilis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 448 (1936)
= Cyperus planifolius f. humilior (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 448 (1936)
= Cyperus planifolius var. navassanus Kük. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 6 (1929)
= Cyperus planifolius var. pickelii Gross ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 447 (1936)
= Cyperus purpurascens   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 359 (1805)
= Cyperus sanguineus   Balb. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 473 (1841)
= Cyperus solmsii   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 228 (1895)
= Mariscus planifolius   (Rich.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 165 (1900)
= Mariscus purpurascens   (Vahl) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 283 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus plantaginifolius
										
										
									 Chern.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 316 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus plantaginifolius var. minor Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 615 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus plateilema
										
										
									 (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 558 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; ?Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; N-Tanzania; Angola; Yemen
			24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 35 YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus atrosanguineus   (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 30 (1854)
= Cyperus bulbocaulis   (A.Rich.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 372 (1870)
= Cyperus bulbocaulis var. atrosanguineus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 559 (1936)
= Cyperus crassivaginatus   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3: 217 (1983)
= Cyperus variegatus var. atrosanguineus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 337 (1870)
= Kyllinga bulbosa   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 62 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus atrosanguineus   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 490 (1850)
= Mariscus bulbocaulis   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 490 (1850)
= Mariscus bulbocaulis var. atrosanguineus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke
= Mariscus bulbosus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 62 (1854)
= Mariscus hochstetteri   Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 3: 678 (1852)
= Mariscus plateilema   Steud.; Flora 25: 596 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus platycaulis
										
										
									 Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 532 (1887)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Niger; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal); Madagascar
			22 NGR 23 BUR CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus denudatus var. delicatulus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 338 (1901)
= Cyperus denudatus var. lucentinigricans (K.Schum.) Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 303 (1925)
= Cyperus kivuensis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 337 (1935)
= Cyperus lucentinigricans   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 119 (1895)
= Cyperus platycaulis var. lucentinigricans (K.Schum.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 254 (1936)
= Cyperus serpens   Cherm.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 24: 297 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus platyphyllus
										
										
									 Roem. &  Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 876 (1817)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-India  (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
			40 IND SRL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus elatus   Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 204 (1820), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus eminens   Klein ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 70 (1837)
= Cyperus fastigiatus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 367 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus latifolius   (Willd.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 316 (2009), nom. illeg. later homonym
= Cyperus maximus   Roxb. ex Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 85 (1834)
= Cyperus roxburghii   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 84 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Papyrus latifolius   Willd.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1812-1813: 74 (1812)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus platystylis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 214 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan; Nepal; India  (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar  (Shan, Yangon); Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Sumba); Moluccas  (Seram); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
			38 TAI 40 BAN IND NEP SRL 41 AND MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG SUL SUM 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Anosporum pallidum   (Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 412 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus fluitans   Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 118 (1884), pro syn.
= Cyperus pallidus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 79 (1834), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus plukenetii
										
										
									 Fernald; Rhodora 47: 110 (1945)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Plukenet´s flatsedge (EN)
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pluricephalus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 371 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus pluricephalus   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus plurinervosus
										
										
									 Bodard; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 99: 61 (1952)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Central African Republic
			23 CAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus podocarpus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 62: 551 (1879)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; ?Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Central African Republic; S-Chad; South Sudan
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF 24 CHA SSU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus poecilus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 323 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Eritrea; Somalia; Kenya
			24 ERI SOM 25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus poeppigii
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 90 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Chile  (Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins)
			85 CLE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus acaulis   Steud.; Flora 25: 599 (1842)
= Mariscus castaneus   Kunze ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 91 (1837)
= Torulinium poeppigii   (Kunth) C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(68): 17 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pohlii
										
										
									 (Nees) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 40 (1854)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. pohlii
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Apure, Guarico); Ecuador; Bolivia  (La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Central, Cordillera, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Misiones, Neuquen, Santa Fe)
			82 VEN 83 BOL ECU 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus meridionalis   Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 179 (1908)
= Chlorocyperus riograndensis   Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 179 (1908)
= Cyperus mendoncae   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 9 (1890)
= Cyperus pohlii var. mendoncae (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 412 (1936)
= Cyperus pohlii var. obscuricoloratus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 412 (1936)
= Cyperus pohlii var. warmingii (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 412 (1936)
= Cyperus validus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 229 (1895)
= Cyperus warmingii   Boeckeler; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 3, 1: 129 (1869)
= Mariscus bracteosus   Schltdl.; Linnaea 25: (1852) 164. 25: 164 (1852)
= Mariscus pohlii   (Nees) D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 44(2): 285 (1989)
= Mariscus setiglumis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
= Mariscus setiglumis   C.B.Clarke ex S.Moore; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 512 (1895)
= Papyrus pohlii   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 59 (Marisci sp.) (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. bahiensis
									 (D.A.Simpson) D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 48(4): 701 (1993)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Bahia)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus pohlii subsp. bahiensis D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 44(2): 286 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus poikilostachys
										
										
									 (Nelmes) Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 41 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus poikilostachys var. heterochrous (Nelmes) Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 41 (2014)
= Pycreus heterochrous   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [7]: 321 (1952)
= Pycreus poikilostachys   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [7]: 320 (1951 publ. 1952)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus polyanthelus
										
										
									 Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 88(3): 234 (1979)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus polystachyos
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 39 (1773)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Manyspike flatsedge
			
			Distribution: S-Italy [I]; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt  (Desert Oases, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta); Canary Isl. [I]  (La Gomera [I]); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago); Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra  (St. Pierre Isl.); Agalega Isl.; Seychelles  (incl. Coetivy Isl.); Chagos Arch.  (Diego Garcia); Russian Far East  (Primorye); Iraq  (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Israel  (coastal W-Israel); Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai); Yemen  (W-Yemen); China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima); Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, S-Pakistan); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand?, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; Cocos [Keeling] Isl. [I]; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], Queensland [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Kermadec Isl. [I]; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Tonga  (Tongatapu); Fiji; American Samoa  (Tutuila, Aunu´u, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa  (Aleipata Isl., Savai´i, ´Upolu); Tuvalu [I]; Gilbert Isl.  (Butaritari, Marakei, Tarawa); N-Line Isl.  (Palmyra Atoll, Kiritimati, Teraina); Cook Isl.  (Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Palmerston, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Pukapuka); Marquesas Isl.  (Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa); Society Isl.  (Tetiaroa Atoll, Tahiti, Raiatea, Tahaa, Tupai); Tuamotu Arch.  (Rangiroa Atoll, Takapoto Atoll); Austral Isl.  (Tubuai); Easter Isl. [I]; Palau  (Angaur, Peleliu); Northern Marianas  (Agrihan, Pagan, Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, Ifaluk, Lamotrek, Truk, Moen, Satawan, Pohnpei); Marshall Isl.  (Kwajalein, Majuro); Hawaii  (incl. Midway Isl.); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Virgin Gorda); Antigua; Guadeloupe  (Desirade Isl.); Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Nariño, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Monagas, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Fernando Noronha Isl. [I]; Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Cordillera); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Rocha, San Jose); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa, Misiones, Santa Fe)
			13 ita 20 ALG EGY MOR TUN 21 cny CVI 22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CON EQG PRI SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 28 asc STH 29 AGA ALD CGS COM MAU MDG REU ROD SEY 31 RFE 34 IRQ ISR SIN 35 YEM 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR KZN NNS OGA TAI 40 IND LDV MDV PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA 42 BOR cki JAW LSI MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 aus lhi nfk 51 ker nzl 60 ASA FIJ GIL NWC SAM TON tuv VAN 61 AUI COO eas LIN MRQ SCI TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU 63 HAW 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BBD CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STL STV TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA fni 85 ARG PAR URU
			
				Remarks: native area in the Pacific uncertain
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus polystachyus   (Rottb.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus aethiops var. circinatus (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Caricoid.): 370 (1936)
= Cyperus aquatilis   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 270 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus atropurpureus   Bojer ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 281 (1883), nom. illeg., non Pers.
= Cyperus boivinii   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 481 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus caespitosus   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 250 (1806)
= Cyperus chlorostachys   Boeckeler; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 2): 540 (1864)
= Cyperus circinatus   Ridl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 64 (1891)
= Cyperus fascicularis   Poir.; Voy. Barbarie 2: 88 (1789)
= Cyperus gatesii   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 255 (1836)
= Cyperus hahnianus   Boeckeler; Flora 61: 138 (1878)
= Cyperus hookerianus   Arn. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 280 (1883), nom. inval.
= Cyperus incrassatus   Beyr. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 15 (1837)
= Cyperus liebmannii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 7 (1854)
= Cyperus litos   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 101 (1824)
= Cyperus olidus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 333 (1805)
= Cyperus olivaceus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 332 (1805)
= Cyperus paniculatus   Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 40
= Cyperus polystachyos f. minor Cherm. ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 373 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos f. pernanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 371 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. caespitosus (Poir.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 372 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. chlorostachys (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 371 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. circinatus (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 370 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. fascicularis (Poir.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 750 (1891)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. glaucescens Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 479 (1868)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. hahnianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 370 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. hookerianus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 280 (1883)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. longispiculatus Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 62 (1898)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. macrostachyos Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 479 (1868)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. miser Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 370 (1936)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. pallidus Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 463 (1888)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. paniculatus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 55 (1884)
= Cyperus polystachyos var. thouarsii (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 373 (1936)
= Cyperus scopellatus   Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792)
= Cyperus sonderi   J.A.Schmidt; Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. 162 (1852)
= Cyperus strictus   Rottler ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 54 (1884), nom. inval.
= Cyperus tenuis   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 22 (1817), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus teretifructus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 3 (1854)
= Cyperus thouarsii   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 12 (1837)
= Pycreus caespitosus   (Poir.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 535 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Pycreus caespitosus var. minor Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 71 (1936)
= Pycreus odoratus   Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 164 (1900) [non Cyperus odoratus L., 1753]
= Pycreus odoratus var. hahnianus (Boeckeler) Stehlé; Caribbean Forest. 5: 184 (1944)
= Pycreus paniculatus   (Rottb.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834) ex Alston, Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 307 (1931)
= Pycreus polystachyos   (Rottb.) P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 2: 48 (1816)
= Pycreus polystachyos subsp. riograndensis D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 44(2): 281 (1989)
= Pycreus polystachyos var. brevispiculatus F.C.How ex Y.F.Deng; J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 17(2): 179 (2009)
= Pycreus polystachyos var. circinatus (Ridl.) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas; Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 472 (1990)
= Pycreus polystachyos var. hahnianus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 18 (1900)
= Pycreus polystachyos var. paniculatus (Rottb.) Donn.Sm.; Enum. Pl. Guatem. 3: 86 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus portae-tartari
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 1(6): 460 (1980)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus potiguar
										
										
									 A.R.O.Ribeiro, M.Alves & R.C.Oliveira; Phytotaxa 204(2): 154 (2015)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Rio Grande do Norte)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus praealtus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 319 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Juncellus altus   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1814: 338 (1914)
= Pycreus altus   (Turrill) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 622 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus praemorsus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 42: 436 bis (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Jamaica
			81 JAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pratensis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 364 (1874)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia
			24 ETH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus pratensis   (Boeckeler) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40: Suppl., 1454 (1970)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pratorum
										
										
									 Korotky; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 292 (1914)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye)
			31 RFE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus sanguinolentus var. pratorum (Korotky) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 388 (1936)
= Pycreus pratorum   (Korotky) Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 3: 8 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus prieurianus
										
										
									 (Steud.) T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Central African Republic; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN TOG 23 CAF 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Lipocarpha prieuriana   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 130 (1854)
= Lipocarpha schweinfurthiana   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 567 (1879)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus procerus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 29 (1773)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritania; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; ?Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo); Madagascar; China  (Hainan); Taiwan; Nepal; India  (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Borneo; Philippines; Java; Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales); Jamaica [I]
			22 BKN GHA IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR TOG 23 CMN ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 NAM SAF 29 MDG 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND NEP SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY PHI SNG 50 AUS 81 jam
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus anceps   B.Heyne ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 466 (1841), nomen
= Cyperus carnosus   B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 3355 A (1831), nomen
= Cyperus griffithianus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 601 (1868)
= Cyperus heynei   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 600 (1868)
= Cyperus procerus var. griffithianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 91 (1935)
= Cyperus procerus var. lasiorrhachis C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 610 (1893)
= Cyperus procerus var. stenanthus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 92 (1935)
= Cyperus procerus var. straminicolor (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 91 (1935)
= Cyperus procerus var. trachycladus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 92 (1935)
= Cyperus procerus var. vanderystii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 92 (1935)
= Cyperus straminicolor   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 349 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus straminicolor var. betsileensis Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 554 (1921)
= Cyperus trachycladus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 348 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Duval-jouvea procera   (Rottb.) H.Pfeiff.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 167 (1928)
= Mariscus thwaitesii   Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 103 (1928)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus prolifer
										
										
									 Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1771)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Miniature flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Mauritius; Australia [I]  (Queensland [I]); Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I]); USA [I]  (Florida [I])
			24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF 29 MAU MDG 50 aus 63 haw 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aequalis   C.Krauss; Flora 28: 754 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus aequalis   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 320 (1805)
= Cyperus isocladus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 37 (1837)
= Cyperus jocladus   E.Mey.; Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. [Drège] 177 (1843)
= Cyperus papyroides   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 272 (1806)
= Cyperus prolifer var. isocladus (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 257 (1936)
= Papyrus aequalis   (Vahl) Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 381 (1837)
= Papyrus laxiflorus   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 232 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus prolixus
										
										
									 Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 206 (1815)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Mosquito flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA [I]  (Louisiana [I], Texas [I]); Mexico  (Chiapas, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Colombia  (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Putumayo, Tolima, Valle, Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Merida, Miranda, Tachira); Guyana; Surinam; ?French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Fernando Noronha Isl.; Paraguay  (Amambay, Caazapa, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Flores Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA FNI 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus prolixus   (Kunth) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 180 (1908)
= Comostemum prolixum   (Kunth) Nees; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 397 (1840)
= Comostemum schottii   Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Cyperus amplissimus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 316 (1854)
= Cyperus bisumbellatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 46 (1854)
= Cyperus prolixus var. vialis (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 147 (1935)
= Cyperus schottii   (Nees) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 1: 220 (1839)
= Cyperus vialis   Ridl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 65 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus proteus
										
										
									 (Welw.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 38 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; ?Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis anthemiflora   Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 77 (1869)
= Ascolepis bellidiflora   (Welw.) Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): 29 (1931)
= Ascolepis elata   Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 79 (1869)
= Ascolepis lineariglumis   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 561 (1983)
= Ascolepis lineariglumis var. pulcherrima Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 562 (1983)
= Ascolepis menonguensis   Meneses; Garcia de Orta 4: 259 (1956)
= Ascolepis protea subsp. anthemiflora (Welw.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 566 (1983)
= Ascolepis protea subsp. atropurpurea Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 563 (1983)
= Ascolepis protea subsp. bellidiflora (Welw.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 566 (1983)
= Ascolepis protea subsp. chrysocephala Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 564 (1983)
= Ascolepis protea subsp. rhizomatosa Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 562 (1983)
= Ascolepis protea var. anthemiflora (Welw.) Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19: 277 (1980)
= Ascolepis protea var. bellidiflora Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 76 (1869)
= Ascolepis protea var. floribunda Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19: 277 (1980)
= Ascolepis protea var. kyllingioides Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 76 (1869)
= Ascolepis protea var. ochracea (Meneses) Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19: 277 (1980)
= Ascolepis protea var. santolinoides Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 76 (1869)
= Ascolepis protea var. splendida K.Schum.; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 177 (1903)
= Ascolepis protea var. stellata Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19: 279 (1980)
= Ascolepis protea var. transiens Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 123 (1936)
= Ascolepis protea var. tuberosa Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(1): 124 (1936)
= Ascolepis protea   Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 75 (1868)
= Ascolepis speciosa var. ochracea Meneses; Garcia de Orta 4(2): 260 (1957)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus psammophilus
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 338 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus psammophilus var. gracillimus Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 339 (1919 publ. 1920)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pseuderemicus
										
										
									 Kukkonen & Väre; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 474 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Saudi Arabia
			35 SAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudobrunneus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 435 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; Comores
			29 COM MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pseudobrunneus var. continentalis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 436 (1936)
= Cyperus pseudobrunneus var. hilsenbergii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 436 (1936)
= Cyperus pseudobrunneus var. pseudobojeri Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 436 (1936)
= Mariscus hilsenbergii   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 589 (1894), nomen
= Mariscus pseudobrunneus   C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 271 (1936)
= Mariscus pseudobrunneus var. hilsenbergii (C.B.Clarke) Cherm.; (1937)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pseudobulbosus
										
										
									 (Mtot.) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga pseudobulbosa   Mtot.; Nordic J. Bot. 9(6): 638 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pseudodiaphanus
										
										
									 (S.S.Hooper) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983), et Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria
			22 BKN GHA GNB GUI MLI NGA SEN TOG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus pseudodiaphanus   S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 23: 313 (1969)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. occidentalis
									 (S.S.Hooper) Reynders; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 152(3): 562 (2019)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Ghana
			22 GAM GHA GUI SEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus pseudodiaphanus var. occidentalis S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 23: 313 (1969)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pseudodistans
										
										
									 Uittien; Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 22: 334 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Amazonas); Surinam
			82 SUR VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pseudoflavus
										
										
									 (Kük.) Lock; Fl. Zambes. 14: 239 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cyperoides subsp. pseudoflavus (Kük.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983)
= Cyperus macer   (Kunth) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895), nom. illeg., non C. B. Clarke 1884
= Cyperus macrocarpus var. pseudoflavus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 529 (1936)
= Mariscus macer   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 121 (1837)
= Mariscus pseudoflavus   C.B.Clarke; Ill. Cyper., t. XXIII, f. 8-9 (1909), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pseudohildebrandtii
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 366 (1936) 366 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar
			25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus hildebrandtii   (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum. ex T.Durand & B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew., Suppl. 1: 122 (1902)
= Cyperus minutulus   K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 339 (1897), nom. illeg.
= Pycreus hildebrandtii   (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke ex T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 538 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Pycreus minimus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 302 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus pseudokyllingioides
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 14 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Sichuan, Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (widespread, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
			36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Courtoisia cyperoides   (Roxb.) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 92 (1834)
= Courtoisina cyperoides   (Roxb.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 354 (2009)
= Courtoisina cyperoides   (Roxb.) Soják; Čas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Přír. 148(3-4): 193 (1979 publ. 1980)
= Indocourtoisia cyperoides   (Roxb.) Bennet & Raizada; Indian Forester 107(7): 432 (1981)
= Kyllinga cyperoides   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 81 (1814), nomen
= Mariscus cyperoides   (Roxb.) A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 438 (1833)
= Pseudomariscus cyperoides   (Roxb.) Rauschert; Taxon 31(3): 559 (1982) comb. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. africanus
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 501 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Chad; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
			24 CHA 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Courtoisia cyperoides var. africana C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 596 (1894), nom. inval.
= Courtoisina cyperoides subsp. africana (Kük.) Vorster; Fl. Zambes. 14: 252 (2020)
= Cyperus kleinianus   Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 596 (1894 publ. 1895) in syn.
= Cyperus kleinianus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 71 (1854)
= Cyperus pseudokyllingioides var. africanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 501 (1936)
= Mariscus cyperoides subsp. africanus (Kük.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 523 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudopeteri
										
										
									 (Goetgh.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 37 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Ascolepis pseudopeteri   Goetgh.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 286 (1980)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudopetiolatus
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Bot. Brasil [58 Congr. Nac. Bot.]. 313 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Brazil  (Bahia)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudopilosus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Govaerts; World Checkl. Cyperaceae 352 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Uganda; Angola
			22 GUI IVO LBR 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB 25 UGA 26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus socialis   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 351 (1901)
= Mariscus pseudopilosus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 36: Compt-Rend. Séanc., 89 (1897)
= Mariscus socialis   (C.B.Clarke) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 578 (1972)
= Mariscus trinervis   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 577 (1894), nom. inval.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudosomaliensis
										
										
									 Kük. ex Chiov.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 552 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-Ethiopia; N-Somalia
			24 ETH SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus somaliensis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 229 (1895)
= Cyperus pseudosomaliensis   Kük. ex Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 437 (1932), in syn.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudothyrsiflorus
										
										
									 (Kük.) R.Carter & S.D.Jones; Rhodora 99(900): 330 (1997 publ. 1998)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Texas, New Mexico); Mexico  (Coahuila)
			77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus uniflorus var. pseudothyrsiflorus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 521 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudovegetus
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 24 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Marsh flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Chiapas, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Yucatan)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus calcaratus   S.Watson; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 6: 570 (1890)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pseudovestitus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 547 (1936) 547 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
			24 ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus pseudovestitus var. polycarpus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 548 (1936)
= Kyllinga hymenopoda   Peter; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., N. F. 13(2): 47 (1928)
= Mariscus goniobolbus   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 301 (1919)
= Mariscus pseudovestitus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 709 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pubens
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 200 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus pubens   (Kük.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 115 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pulchellus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Togo; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; Philippines; Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			22 BKN GAM GNB GUI MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 29 MDG 42 PHI 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus androhibensis   D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 47(4): 745 (1992)
= Cyperus leucocephalus   Nees; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 28 (1854), non Retz., 1789
= Cyperus sorostachyus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 588 (1867 publ. 1868), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus zanzibarensis   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 581 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Sorostachys pulchellus   (R.Br.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(2): 189 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pulcher
										
										
									 Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 18 (1794)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Myanmar [I]
			27 SAF 41 mya
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus ingratus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 31 (1837)
= Cyperus prasinus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 31 (1837)
= Cyperus pulcher var. prasinus (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 235 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pulcherrimus
										
										
									 Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 35 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Pakistan  (Sind); India  (Assam, ?Kerala); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl.); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY NWG PHI SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus eumorphus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 22 (1854)
= Cyperus pulcherrimus var. rectiglumis Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 95 (1898)
= Cyperus silletensis   Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 343 (1864), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pulguerensis
										
										
									 M.T.Strong; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 284 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Puerto Rico
			81 PUE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pulicaris
										
										
									 Kük., Repert.Spec.Nov.Regni Veg.23: 187 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Haiti
			81 HIS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus pulicaris var. explicatus Kük.; Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 5 (1929)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pumilus
										
										
									 L.; Cent. Pl. II: 6 (1756)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Low flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Gabon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores; Seychelles [I]; China  (Flores); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.  (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Thailand; ?Laos; ?Cambodia; Vietnam; Borneo; Sulawesi; Java; Moluccas  (Ambon, Buru); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland); Wake Isl. [I]; USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I]); Martinique [I]; Trinidad [I]; French Guiana [I]; NE-Brazil [I]; SE-Brazil [I]
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 CMN GAB ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 COM MDG sey 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BHU IND LDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MOL NWG SUL 50 AUS 62 wak 78 usa 81 mar trt 82 frg 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus breviculmis   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 267 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus commutatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 10 (1854)
= Cyperus divergens   Chapm.; Fl. South. U.S. 512 (1860), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus gymnoleptus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 3 (1854)
= Cyperus laxiusculus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 14 (1854)
= Cyperus leucolepis   J.Carey ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 61 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus nitens   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 13 (1788)
= Cyperus nitens var. muticus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 484 (1868)
= Cyperus nitens var. patens (Vahl) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 484 (1868)
= Cyperus obstinatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 10 (1854)
= Cyperus patens   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 334 (1805)
= Cyperus pulvinatus   Nees & Meyen; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 74 (1834)
= Cyperus pumilus f. borneensis C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 45 (1884)
= Cyperus pumilus f. gracilis (E.G.Camus) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 376 (1936)
= Cyperus pumilus f. patens C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 44 (1884)
= Cyperus pumilus var. leucolepis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 378 (1936)
= Cyperus pumilus var. mutica (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 45 (1884)
= Cyperus pumilus var. patens (Vahl) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 378 (1936), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pumilus var. prorepens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 378 (1936)
= Cyperus pumilus var. punctatus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 46 (1884)
= Cyperus punctatus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 5 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus pusillus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 303 (1805)
= Cyperus pygmaeus   Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 9 (1786), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus strictus   Wight ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 46 (1884), nom. inval.
= Cyperus terminalis   Marsh ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 5 (1854)
= Cyperus truncatulus   Steud.; Flora 25: 581 (1842)
= Dichostylis nitens   (Nees) Palla; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 296 (1898)
= Dichostylis patens   (Vahl) Palla; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 296 (1888)
= Dichostylis patens   (Vahl) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 565 (1895), isonym
= Juncellus leucolepis   (J.Carey ex C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 3 (1908)
= Juncellus pumilus   Peter; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Kl., N. F. 13(2): 48 (1928)
= Pycreus bolei   S.M.Almeida; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83(1): 180 (1986)
= Pycreus lancelotii   S.M.Almeida; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83(1): 182 (1986)
= Pycreus nitens   (Retz.) Nees; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 53 (1843)
= Pycreus nitens f. gracilis E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 241 (1910)
= Pycreus palghattensis   Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 427 (1990)
= Pycreus patens   (Vahl) Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: Suppl., 306 (1931)
= Pycreus patens   (Vahl) Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): 11 (1931)
= Pycreus pulvinatus   (Nees & Meyen) Nees & Meyen ex Nees; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 53 (1843)
= Pycreus pumilus   (L.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 417 (1915)
= Pycreus pumilus   (L.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Pycreus pumilus   (L.) Nees ex Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 164 (1900)
= Pycreus pumilus var. patens (Vahl) Hoenselaar; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 283 (2010)
= Pycreus pumilus var. punctatus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 417 (1915)
= Pycreus punctatus   (Roxb.) Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 100(6): 426 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus puncticulatus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 348 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia
			40 IND SRL 41 LAO VIE 42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus baccha   Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834), nom. inval.
= Cyperus inundatus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 76 (1834)
= Cyperus puncticulatus var. quinquagintiflorus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 69 (1884)
= Pycreus baccha   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 10 (1842)
= Pycreus inundatus   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 10 (1842)
= Pycreus puncticulatus   (Vahl) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 10 (1842)
= Pycreus puncticulatus var. quinquagintiflorus (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 594 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus purpureoluteus
										
										
									 (Ridl.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 22 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; S-Chad; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN TOG 24 CHA SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus echinolepis   T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960), nom. nov.
= Hypaelyptum albiceps   (Ridl.) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 127 (1895)
= Lipocarpha albiceps   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 163 (1884)
= Lipocarpha purpureolutea   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 163 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus purpureoviridis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 224 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pustulatus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 341 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Mozambique
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus barteri   (Boeckeler) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 563 (1895)
= Cyperus barteri   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 460 (1868)
= Cyperus pustulatus var. debilis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 161 (1936)
= Cyperus pustulatus var. djalonis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 161 (1936)
= Juncellus pustulatus   (Vahl) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 546 (1894)
= Pycreus djalonis   A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 696 (1920), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pycnostachyus
										
										
									 (Kunth) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 77 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sonora, Tlaxcala)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus schmitzianus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 226 (1895)
= Mariscus pycnostachyus   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 215 (1816)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pyramidalis
										
										
									 (Govind.) V.P.Prasad & Govaerts; Skvortsovia 3(1): 2 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus pyramidalis   Govind.; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 301 (1996)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus pyrotechnicus
										
										
									 Lock; Fl. Zambes. 14: 175 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe
			26 ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus radians
										
										
									 Nees & Meyen ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 95 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Shandong, Zhejiang); Taiwan; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia  (both coasts); Singapore; Sumatra  (Bangka Isl.); Borneo
			36 CHI 38 TAI 40 SRL 41 MYA THA 42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus griffithii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 316 (1854)
= Cyperus macropus   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 599 (1861)
= Cyperus radians var. compositus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 215 (1936)
= Cyperus radians var. floribundus (E.G.Camus) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 215 (1936)
= Cyperus radians var. griffithii (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 215 (1936)
= Cyperus shimadae   Ohwi; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 300 (1932)
= Cyperus sinensis   Debeaux; Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 31: (1877) t. 2
= Cyperus sinensis var. floribundus E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243 (1910)
= Mariscus radians   (Nees & Meyen ex Kunth) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 177 (1961)
= Mariscus radians var. floribundus (E.G.Camus) S.M.Huang; Fl. Hainan. 4: 537 (1977)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ramosus
										
										
									 (Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 486 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus conicus var. ramosus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 290 (1878)
= Mariscus ramosus   (Benth.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 441 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus rapensis
										
										
									 F.Br.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84, 98 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austral Isl.  (Rapa Iti)
			61 AUI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus raynalianus
										
										
									 (Govind.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 23 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Lipocarpha raynaleana   Govind.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 20(4): 369 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus recurvispicatus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 376 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus recurvispicatus   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus reddyi
										
										
									 (S.S.Hooper) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 23 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-India  (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Lipocarpha reddyi   S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 41(2): 427 (1986)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus redolens
										
										
									 Maury ex Micheli; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 31: (1890) n. 1, 126 t. 36
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Cochabamba); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay); Uruguay  (Maldonado, Paysandu, Rivera, Soriano); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Santa Fe)
			83 BOL 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cayennensis var. redolens (Maury ex Micheli) Gross ex J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 42 (1931)
= Cyperus flavus subsp. redolens (Maury ex Micheli) Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3(2): 152 (1931)
= Mariscus cayennensis var. humilis (Benth. ex C.B.Clarke) Stehlé; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 86 (1947)
= Mariscus flavus var. humilis Benth. ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 588 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus reduncus
										
										
									 Hochst. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 580 (1867 publ. 1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Central African Republic; Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 BUR CAF 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 TAN UGA 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aristatus   Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 90 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus reflexus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 42 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Bentawn flatsedge (EN), Morcacho, ñocha [Chile]
			
			Distribution: Australia [I]  (New South Wales [I]); USA  (Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Chiapas, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Costa Rica; Venezuela  (Bolívar); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Tarija); WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Central); Uruguay  (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Durazno, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa, Misiones, Rio Negro, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman); Chile  (Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos); Juan Fdz. Isl.
			50 aus 74 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS 82 VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE JNF PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus arenicola   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 51 (1854)
= Cyperus baazas   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 316 (1854)
= Cyperus brazas   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 559 (1868)
= Cyperus cyrtolepis var. arenicola (Steud.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 558 (1868)
= Cyperus fernandezianus   Colla; Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 39: 21 (1836)
= Cyperus haematostachys   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 41 (1854)
= Cyperus herteri   Kük. ex Osten; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: Entr. 2, 137 (1931), in syn.
= Cyperus juncoides   Regel; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 1866: 77 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pseudovegetus var. arenicola (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 176 (1936)
= Cyperus reflexus f. anterna C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 438 (1901)
= Cyperus reflexus f. capitatus Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 136 (1931)
= Cyperus reflexus f. evolutus Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 136 (1931)
= Cyperus reflexus f. major Maury; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31: 127 (1890)
= Cyperus reflexus subf. flaccidus Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 136 (1931)
= Cyperus reflexus subf. glaucovirens Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3: 137 (1931)
= Cyperus reflexus var. macrostachys Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 559 (1868)
= Cyperus rufescens   Torr. & Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 436 (1836)
= Cyperus sellowii   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 307 (1827)
= Cyperus sparteus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 19 (1842)
= Cyperus virens var. arenicola (Steud.) Shinners; Field & Lab. 22: 30 (1954)
= Pycreus fernandezianus   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(68): 5 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus refractus
										
										
									 Engelm. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: (1869-170) 369
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Reflexed flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
			75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus refractus f. grandis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 510 (1936)
= Cyperus retrofractus   Engelm. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 47 (1854), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus regiomontanus
										
										
									 Britton; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 362 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Nariño, Santander); Ecuador; Peru
			79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus haenkei   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 181 (1828)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus rehmii
										
										
									 Merxm.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 84 (1951)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Namibia
			27 NAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus remotispicatus
										
										
									 S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 577 (1972)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria
			22 BKN GHA IVO NGA SEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus remotus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 561 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Zambia; etc.
			23 ZAI 24 SSU 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus remotus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 591 (1894 publ. 1895), nomen, et in Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 382 (1901), descr.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus renschii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 65: 11 (1882)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; ?Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Comores  (Anjouan, etc.)
			22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA SAO ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 29 COM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus deremensis   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 119 (1895)
= Cyperus deremensis   K.Schum. ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. 39: 50 (1894)
= Cyperus hylaeus   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 134 (1884)
= Cyperus ochrocarpus   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895)
= Cyperus renschii var. scabridus Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3: 229 (1983)
= Cyperus sylvicola   Ridl.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 208 (1887)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus retroflexus
										
										
									 Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 9 (1863 publ. 1864)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Oneflower flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero, Nuevo León, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
			74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus uniflorus   Torr. & Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 431 (1836), non Thunb.
= Cyperus uniflorus var. dicarpus Boeckeler; Flora 61: 30 (1878)
= Cyperus uniflorus var. retroflexus (Buckley) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 521 (1936)
= Mariscus retrofractus   Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 12 (1788)
= Mariscus uniflorus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 64 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. pumilus
									 (Britton) R.Carter & S.D.Jones; Rhodora 99: 329 (1997)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Texas); Mexico
			77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus subuniflorus   Britton; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 173 (1903)
= Cyperus uniflorus var. pumilus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 11: 87 (1884)
= Mariscus subuniflorus   (Britton) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus retrofractus
										
										
									 (L.) Torr.; Carices North. U.S. [Carey] 519 (1847)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rough flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus dipsaciformis   Fernald; Rhodora 8: 127 (1906)
= Cyperus retrofractus var. dipsaciformis (Fernald) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 509 (1936)
= Mariscus retrofractus   (L.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 375 (1805)
= Scirpus retrofractus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 50 (1753)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus retrorsus
										
										
									 Chapm.; Bot. Gaz. 3: 175 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pine barren flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Azores [I]  (Pico [I]); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Colombia  (Magdalena)
			21 azo 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 82 CLM
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus blodgettii   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 316 (1890)
= Cyperus cylindricus   (Elliott) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 7: (1880) 48, t. 3, f. 2 [not Boeckeler 1859
= Cyperus nashii   Britton; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1321 (1903)
= Cyperus ovularis var. cylindricus (Elliott) Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 279 (1836)
= Cyperus ovularis var. tenellus Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 279 (1836)
= Cyperus plankii   Britton ex Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 172 (1903)
= Cyperus retrorsus var. cylindricus (Elliott) Fernald & Griscom; Rhodora 37: 152 (1935)
= Cyperus retrorsus var. multiflorens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 513 (1936)
= Cyperus retrorsus var. nashii (Britton) Fernald & Griscom; Rhodora 37: 152 (1935)
= Cyperus retroversus   Chapm.; Fl. South. U.S., ed. 2: 659 (1883), orth. var.
= Cyperus torreyi   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 215 (1886)
= Mariscus aureus   Bertol.; Misc. Bot. [Bertoloni] 8: 29, t. 3, f. 2 (1849)
= Mariscus avenicola   C.B.Clarke ex Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 316 (1890)
= Mariscus blodgettii   (Britton) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 73 (1974)
= Mariscus brittonii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 14 (1908)
= Mariscus cylindricus   Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 74 (1816)
= Mariscus neglectus   Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 144 (1824)
= Mariscus ovularis   Torr.; Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 58 (1823), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus retrorsus   (Chapm.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 15 (1908)
= Mariscus umbellatus   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 59 (1813), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. robustus
									 (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 513 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
			77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus globulosus var. robustus (Boeckeler) Shinners; Field & Lab. 20: 34 (1952)
= Cyperus ovularis var. robustus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 378 (1870)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus rheophyticus
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 24(3): 273 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon
			23 CMN
			
			
				Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga rheophytica   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 147 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus rhizomafragilis
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga rhizomafragilis   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 744 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus rhizomatosus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 328 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus commersonii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 6 (1908)
= Pycreus commersonii   (C.B.Clarke) Cherm.; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 7: 11. 69 (1919)
= Pycreus rhizomatosus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 2 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rhynchosporoides
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 537 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
			23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ochrocephalus   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 53 (1894)
= Rhynchospora ochrocephala   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 568 (1879)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus richardii
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 8 (1854), nom. nov. for Kyllinga macrocephala
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; ?Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion
			22 BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 29 MAU MDG REU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus geminiflorus   (Steud.) Wickens; Bull. Republ. Sudan Min. Agric. & Forest., n. s., 14: 40 (1969)
= Cyperus purpureoglandulosus   Mattf. & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 570 (1936), nom. nov. for Kyllinga sphaerocephala
= Cyperus richardii var. angustior (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 570 (1936)
= Cyperus richardii var. oliganthus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 570 (1936)
= Kyllinga bulbosa   P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 1: 11, t. 8, f. 1 (1805)
= Kyllinga geminiflora   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 70 (1854)
= Kyllinga leucantha   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 356 (1874)
= Kyllinga macrocephala   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 491 (1805)
= Kyllinga macrocephala var. angustior C.B.Clarke; Études Fl. Congo [Durand & Schinz] 279 (1896)
= Kyllinga macrocephala var. oligantha Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 334 (1935)
= Kyllinga monocephala   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 91 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga nana   Nees; Bot. Beechey Voy. 224 (1837)
= Kyllinga parvula   C.B.Clarke ex Rendle; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 2: 103 (1899)
= Kyllinga pumila   Steud.; Flora 25: 596 (1842), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga schimperi   Hochst. ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 145 (1892), pro syn.
= Kyllinga sphaerocephala   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 258 (1875)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus richardsiae
										
										
									 (Vollesen) comb.ined.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
				Remarks: known from only two collections
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus richardsiae   Vollesen; Fl. Zambes. 14: 296 (2020)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ridleyi
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 599 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
			25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga pauciflora   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2, 7: 147, t. 23, ff. 1-4 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rigens
										
										
									 J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 170 (1828)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. rigens
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Ñocha, lleivún [Chile]
			
			Distribution: Australia [I]  (New South Wales [I]); Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caaguazu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones, Paraguari, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Flores Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman); Chile  (Arica y Parinacota, Antofagasta, Metropolitana de Santiago, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Lagos)
			50 aus 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus oostachyus   (Nees) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 180 (1908)
= Cyperus aurescens   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 8 (1888)
= Cyperus chilensis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 323 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus conceptionis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 42 (1854)
= Cyperus lacustris   Phil.; Linnaea 33: 270 (1865), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus laetus subsp. oostachyus (Nees) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
= Cyperus laetus var. conceptionis (Steud.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
= Cyperus laetus var. parciflorus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 252 (1929)
= Cyperus nocha   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 346 (1896)
= Cyperus oostachyus   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 39 (1842)
= Cyperus paposanus   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 343 (1896)
= Cyperus quinquespicatus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 226 (1895)
= Cyperus rancoanus   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 345 (1896)
= Cyperus rigens var. capitatus J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 170 (1828)
= Cyperus rigens var. latifolius Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 252 (1929)
= Cyperus rigens var. rufidulus (Steud.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 252 (1929)
= Cyperus rigens var. umbellatus J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 170 (1828)
= Cyperus rufidulus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 316 (1855)
= Mariscus conceptionis   (Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(68): 16 (1902)
= Mariscus rigens   (J.Presl & C.Presl) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. selmirae
									 Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 538 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Paraguay  (Cordillera, Misiones, Paraguari); Argentina  (Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa)
			85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. serrae
									 (Boeckeler) Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 540 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Flores Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Salto, San Jose, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios)
			84 BRA 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus serrae   (Boeckeler) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 180 (1908)
= Cyperus serrae   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 227 (1895)
= Cyperus serrae var. elongata Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 3 (1896)
= Cyperus serrae var. minor Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 3 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rigidellus
										
										
									 (Benth.) J.M.Black; Fl. S. Austral. [J.M.Black] 676 (1929)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus gracilis var. rigidellus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 266 (1878)
= Cyperus subpinnatus   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 199 (1931)
= Cyperus subpinnatus var. subrigidellus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 200 (1931)
= Mariscus rigidellus   (Benth.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 18 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rigidifolius
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 593 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; South Africa  (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Saudi Arabia  (Asir)
			23 ZAI 24 ERI ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 35 SAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus adoensis   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 484 (1850)
= Cyperus longus var. adoensis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 281 (1870)
= Cyperus rigidifolius var. intercedens Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 304 (1925)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus robinsonianus
										
										
									 (Mtot.) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga robinsoniana   Mtot.; Nordic J. Bot. 9(6): 637 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus robinsonii
										
										
									 (Vollesen) comb.ined.; non Podlech 1961
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zambia
			26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus robinsonii   Vollesen; Fl. Zambes. 14: 280 (2020)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rockii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 431 (1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: +Hawaii  (+Kauai (+Wai´alae Valley))
			63 HAW
			
			
				Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Extinct
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus rockii   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 124 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rohlfsii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 65: 13 (1882)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
			24 ERI ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus impubes var. rohlfsii (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 492 (1936)
= Mariscus rohlfsii   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 592 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rosattii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 16(2): 427-433 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Lower Orinoco)
			82 VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rotundus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 45 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Knollen-Zypergras (DE); Purple Nutsedge, Nut grass (EN); Juncia batatillera (ES), Coquillo [Chile]
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Switzerland; Austria; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (widespread incl. most islands); Crete; Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt  (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, SE-Egypt); Azores  (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Pico, Faial, Corvo Isl.); Madeira  (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl.  (Hierro, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera); Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena [I]; Madagascar; Comores; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Îles Éparses] [I]  (Île Europa [I], Juan de Nova Isl. [I]); Mauritius; La Réunion; ?Rodrigues; Îles Glorieuses [I]; Aldabra; Agalega Isl.; Seychelles; Chagos Arch. [I]  (Diego Garcia [I]); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (widespread, incl. Rhodos); Turkey  (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran  (EC-Iran, N-Iran, NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, S-Iran); Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Farah, Faryab, Helmand, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Qunduz); Cyprus  (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon  (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Sinai peninsula  (N-Sinai, C-Sinai, S-Sinai); Jordania  (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia  (N-Saudi Arabia); Kuwait; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (coastal Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S-Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima, Anijima, Hahajima); Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Baluchistan, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Swat, Chitral, Gilgit); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.  (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.  (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar  (Bago, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia  (common and widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I]  (´Eua [I], Niuatoputapu [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I]  (´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); American Samoa [I]  (Tutuila [I], Ta´u [I]); Tuvalu [I]; Tokelau [I]  (Fakaofo [I], Swains Isl. [I]); Phoenix Isl. [I]  (Kanton [I]); Gilbert Isl. [I]  (Tarawa [I]); Banaba [Ocean] Isl. [I]; Nauru [I]; N-Line Isl. [I]  (Tabueran [I], Kiritimati [I]); Cook Isl. [I]  (Rarotonga [I], Aitutaki [I], Atiu [I], Mauke [I], Manihiki [I], Penrhyn [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]  (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I]  (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I], Tupai [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I]  (Takapoto Atoll [I], Rangiroa Atoll [I]); Austral Isl. [I]  (Rurutu [I]); Palau [I]  (Angaur [I]); Northern Marianas [I]  (Saipan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]  (Yap [I], Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I]  (Majuro [I], Kwajalein [I], Likiep [I], Arno [I], Jaluit [I]); Wake Isl. [I]; Hawaii [I]  (Kure Isl. [I], Midway Isl. [I], French Frigate Shoals [I], Niihau [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Lanai [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Arizona [I], California [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Maryland [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I]); Bermuda; Mexico  (Veracruz, Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Chihuahua, Valle de Mexico, Michoacán, Nayarit, Sonora, etc.); Revillagigedos Isl. [I]  (Isla Socorro [I]); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas [I]; Turks & Caicos Isl. [I]; Cuba [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]  (Guana [I], St. Croix [I], St. John [I], St. Thomas [I], Tortola [I], Virgin Gorda [I]); Anguilla [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Barbados [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Aruba [I]; Bonaire [I]; Curacao [I]; San Andres y Providencia  (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina); Colombia  (Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Sucre, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita [I]; Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Cordillera); Uruguay  (Canelones, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Soriano); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman); Chile [I]  (Atacama [I], Coquimbo [I], Valparaíso [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], Maule [I], Biobío [I])
			11 AUT ger SWI 12 BAL COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA PTL SIC SRB TUE 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN WSA 21 AZO CNY CVI MDR 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 28 asc sth 29 AGA ALD cgs COM igl MAU mci MDG REU SEY 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR KZN NKO NNS OGA TAI 40 BHU IND LDV MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL SUM XMS 43 SOL 50 AUS lhi nfk 51 nzl 60 asa fij gil nru nue NWC oce phx rot sam tok ton tuv VAN 61 aui coo lin mrq sci tua 62 gum mic mrn mrs plu wak 63 haw 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 MEX rgi 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 agu aru bah bbd BER bon cay cub cur dom gdl his jam mar pue stl tci trt ven vir 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG cle PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
					
						
					
				
				
					
						
					
				
				
				
			 
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus rotundus   (L.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 61 (1900)
= Cyperus agrestis   Willd. ex Spreng. & Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 86 (1818)
= Cyperus badius var. inconspicuus (Nyman) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 317 (1890)
= Cyperus bicolor   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 340 (1805)
= Cyperus bulbosostolonifer   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 260, 559 (1861)
= Cyperus comosus   Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 30 (1806)
= Cyperus elongatus   Sieber ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 59 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus herbicavus   Melliss; St. Helena [Melliss] 343 (1875)
= Cyperus hexastachyos   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 28 (1773)
= Cyperus hildra   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 251 (1806)
= Cyperus hydra   Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 27 (1803)
= Cyperus inconspicuus   Gennari; Linnaea 24: 200 (1851), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus laevissimus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 32 (1854)
= Cyperus leptostachyus   Griff.; Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. 321 (1848)
= Cyperus longus   Boeckeler; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 104 (1880), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus merkeri   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 134 (1906)
= Cyperus micreilema   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 32 (1854)
= Cyperus ochreoides   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 34 (1854)
= Cyperus officinalis   Nees ex Godr.; Fl. France [Grenier] 3: 359 (1855), nom. inval.
= Cyperus oliganthus   Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 2: 37 (1876)
= Cyperus olivaris   O.Targ.Tozz.; Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. 13(2): 338 (1807)
= Cyperus olivaris var. brevibracteatus Le Grand; Bull. Assoc. Franç. Bot. 4: 61 (1901)
= Cyperus pallescens   Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 375 (1882), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pallescens   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 260 (1806), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus patulus   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 47 (1819), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus platystachys   Cherm.; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 10: 1. 48 (1922)
= Cyperus procerulus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 82 (1834)
= Cyperus proteinolepis   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 549 (1879), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus pseudovariegatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 37 (1880)
= Cyperus purpureovariegatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 37 (1890)
= Cyperus radicosus   Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 30 (1806)
= Cyperus rotundus f. comosus (Sm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 112 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus f. contractus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 112 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus f. depallescens Ekman & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 112 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus f. inconspicuus (Nyman) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 112 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus f. latifolius Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 112 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus f. latimarginatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 112 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus subsp. brevibracteatus (Le Grand) M.Laínz; Aport. Conoc. Fl. Gallega 7: 34 (1971)
= Cyperus rotundus subsp. comosus (Sm.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 135 (1890)
= Cyperus rotundus subsp. divaricatus Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16: 367 (1996)
= Cyperus rotundus subsp. inconspicuus (Nyman) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 135 (1890)
= Cyperus rotundus subsp. merkeri (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 115 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus var. acutus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 284 (1870)
= Cyperus rotundus var. amaliae C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 172 (1884)
= Cyperus rotundus var. brevibracteatus (Le Grand) Husn.; Cypéracées 76 (1906)
= Cyperus rotundus var. carinalis Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 280 (1878)
= Cyperus rotundus var. carinatus F.M.Bailey; Queensl. Fl. 6: 1745 (1902), orth. var.
= Cyperus rotundus var. centiflorus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 171 (1884)
= Cyperus rotundus var. comosus (Sm.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 135 (1890), isonym
= Cyperus rotundus var. comosus (Sm.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882)
= Cyperus rotundus var. elongatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 285 (1870)
= Cyperus rotundus var. hydra (Michx.) A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 2: 493 (1856)
= Cyperus rotundus var. inconspicuus Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 759 (1882)
= Cyperus rotundus var. macrostachyus Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 377 (1882)
= Cyperus rotundus var. major Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 2: 37 (1852)
= Cyperus rotundus var. platystachys Bojer ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 182 (1897)
= Cyperus rotundus var. procerula C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 172 (1884)
= Cyperus rotundus var. pseudesculentus Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 44 (1924)
= Cyperus rotundus var. quimoyensis L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 231 (1961)
= Cyperus rotundus var. salsolus C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 171 (1884)
= Cyperus rotundus var. spadiceus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 284 (1870)
= Cyperus rotundus var. taylorii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 114 (1935)
= Cyperus rotundus var. tetrastachyos (Desf.) Trab.; Fl. Alger [Battandier & Trabut] 124 (1884)
= Cyperus rubicundus   Willd. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 87 (1820), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus rudioi var. minor Boeckeler; Flora 65: 12 (1882)
= Cyperus stoloniferus var. pallidus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 490 (1868)
= Cyperus taylorii   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 578 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Cyperus tetrastachyos   Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 45 (1798)
= Cyperus viridis   Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 172 (1884), nom. inval.
= Cyperus yoshinagae   Ohwi; J. Jap. Bot. 13: 332 (1937)
= Pycreus rotundus   (L.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 147 (1932)
= Schoenus tuberosus   Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 190 (1768)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rubicundus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 308 (1806)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Juncia rubia (ES)
			
			Distribution: Canary Isl.  (?Gran Canaria, Tenerife); D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; SW-Angola; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Saudi Arabia  (Asir); United Arab Emirates; Yemen  (Aden Desert, Tihama, W-Yemen); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Cambodia; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Timor); Australia  (Queensland)
			21 CNY 23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 NAM SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG REU ROD 35 SAU UAE YEM 40 IND 41 CBD 42 LSI 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus calcicola   Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 422 (1915), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus coromandelinus   Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 217 (1824)
= Cyperus delesserianus   Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3(2,3): 363 (1848)
= Cyperus exilis   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 50 (1837)
= Cyperus pentadactylus   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 50 (1837)
= Cyperus petraeus   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 29 (1854)
= Cyperus serra   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 479 (1850)
= Cyperus teneriffae f. petraeus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 307 (1936)
= Cyperus teneriffae   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 7: 245 (1806)
= Cyperus teneriffae var. longimucronatus Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 302 (1925)
= Cyperus teneriffae var. succulentus Dinter ex Kük.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 50: 7 (1943)
= Cyperus tersus   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 82 (1820)
= Cyperus wightii   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 78 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rubidomontanus
										
										
									 (Browning) Larridon; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 152(3): 561 (2019)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon
			22 GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Pycreus rubidomontanus   Browning; Phytotaxa 405(2): 83 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rubriglumosus
										
										
									 Govind.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 88(3): 229 (1979)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus rubriglumosus   (Govind.) P.Singh & V.Singh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(2): 468 (1984)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. rubriglumosus (Govind.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 311 (2015 publ. 2014)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rufostriatus
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 575 (1894 publ. 1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus hylophilus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 616 (1925)
= Cyperus rufostriatus   C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 347 (1920), descr.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus rukwanus
										
										
									 Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 40 (2014), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus alba-purpureus   (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Kyllinga alba-purpurea   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1: 743 (1981 publ. 1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rupestris
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 52 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Angola; S-Malawi; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			26 ANG MLW 27 BOT LES SAF SWZ
			
				Remarks: Flora Zambesiaca treats this as synonym of C. semitrifidus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cognatus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 52 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. amnicola
									 (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 304 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus amnicola   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 52 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. parvinux
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 304 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 LES SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus parvinux   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 167 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus rupicola
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 32 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ruwenzoriensis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 40 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar
			23 BIO BUR CMN RWA ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM 27 SAF 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aromaticus var. elatior (Kunth) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 582 (1936)
= Cyperus oblongus var. ruwenzoriensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 580 (1936)
= Cyperus pinguis   (C.B.Clarke) Mattf. & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 583 (1936)
= Kyllinga elatior   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 135 (1837)
= Kyllinga nervosa var. ruwenzoriensis (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Bot. Not. 125(3): 218 (1972)
= Kyllinga pinguis   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 131 (1906)
= Kyllinga polyphylla var. elatior (Kunth) Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 300 (1925)
= Kyllinga ruwenzoriensis   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 283 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sahelii
										
										
									 Väre & Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 478 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Niger
			22 NGR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus salzmannianus
										
										
									 (Steud.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 23 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Belize; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Venezuela  (Tachira); Guyana; N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil
			80 BLZ COS HON PAN 81 CUB 82 GUY VEN 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Lipocarpha cochleata   Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 241 (1866)
= Lipocarpha salzmanniana   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 129 (1855)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sandwicensis
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 430 (1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui)
			63 HAW
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus sandwicensis var. pseudoprescottianus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 406 (1936)
= Mariscus sandwicensis   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 124 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus sanguineoater
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 363 (1881)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas); Guatemala
			79 MEX 80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Chlorocyperus michoacanensis   Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 403 (1913)
= Cyperus atrosanguineus   Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 3: 445 (1885), nom. illeg., non Hochst. ex Steud.
= Cyperus sanguineoater var. floribundus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 464 (1936)
= Mariscus atrosanguineus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 227 (1850)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sanguinolentus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 351 (1805), nom. cons.
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. sanguinolentus
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Purpleglume flatsedge
			
			Distribution: France [I]; Azores [I]; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; La Réunion [I]; Russian Far East  (Amur, Primorye); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan  (Talysh); Turkey  (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia); Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Baghlan, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Parwan); Israel  (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind, Swat, Pakistani Punjab, Gilgit, Baltistan, Skardu); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.  (South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar  (Yangon); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java  (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Lombok, Flores, Bali); Moluccas  (Ambon); Australia  (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand [I]; Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I])
			12 fra 21 azo 24 ERI ETH 25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM 29 reu 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 AZE GEO 34 AFG ISR TUR 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NKO NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND MYA THA 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SUL SUM 50 AUS 51 nzl 63 haw 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus albidus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 146 (1791)
= Cyperus areolatus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 216 (1810)
= Cyperus atratus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 12 (1854)
= Cyperus concolor   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 6 (1854)
= Cyperus eragrostis   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 322 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus eragrostis var. flaccidulus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 446 (1868)
= Cyperus eragrostis var. humilis Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 257 (1856)
= Cyperus eragrostis var. micronux C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 59 (1884)
= Cyperus eragrostis var. microstachyus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 445 (1868)
= Cyperus eragrostis var. minor Ewart; Fl. Victoria 212 (1931)
= Cyperus eragrostis var. pauperita J.M.Black; Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 48: 253 (1924)
= Cyperus erythraeus   Schrad.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 477 (1824)
= Cyperus flavescens f. rubromarginatus (Schrenk) Regel; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 158 (1861)
= Cyperus flavescens var. rubromarginatus Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Enum. Pl. Nov. [Fischer & Meyer] 1: 3 (1841)
= Cyperus korshinskyi   Meinsh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 235 (1901)
= Cyperus levis   F.Muell. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 59 (1884)
= Cyperus louisianensis   Thieret; Proc. Louisiana Acad. Sci. 40: 23 (1977)
= Cyperus neurotropis   Steud.; Flora 25(2. Beibl.): 583 (1842)
= Cyperus pumilus   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 29 (1773), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus rehmannii   Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 364 (1882)
= Cyperus rubromarginatus   (E.G.Camus) Drobow; Key Fl. Tashkent [Vvedensky et al.] 46 (1923)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus f. flaccidulus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 387 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus f. humilis (Miq.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 386 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus f. neurotropis (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 386 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus f. rubromarginatus (Schrenk) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 386 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus f. setaceus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 388 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus subsp. sacer Korlahalli; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 235 (1967 publ. 1968)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus subsp. teysmannii (Boeckeler) J.Kern; Reinwardtia 3: 57 (1954)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus var. areolatus (R.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 388 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus var. korshinskyi (Meinsh.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 387 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus var. micronux (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 387 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus var. teysmannii (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 387 (1936)
= Cyperus teysmannii   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 259 (1875)
= Pycreus albidus   (Lam.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 368 (2009)
= Pycreus eragrostis   Palla; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 23: 204 (1909)
= Pycreus korshinskyi   (Meinsh.) V.I.Krecz.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 27 (1937)
= Pycreus rubromarginatus   E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 240 (1910)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus   (Vahl) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus f. humilis (Miq.) L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 171 (1961)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus f. rubromarginatus (Schrenk) L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 171 (1961)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. micronux (C.B.Clarke) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas; Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 472 (1990)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. sacer (Korlahalli) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 66 (1989)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. teysmannii (Boeckeler) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 311 (2015 publ. 2014)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus var. micronux (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 66 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. cyrtostachys
									 (Miq.) J.Kern; Reinwardtia 3: 57 (1954)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hainan); Andaman Isl.; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			36 CHI 41 AND 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI sng SUL SUM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus eragrostis var. cyrtostachys Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 257 (1856)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus f. cyrtostachys (Miq.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 387 (1936)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. cyrtostachys (Miq.) D.A.Simpson; Pl. Mt. Kinabalu [J.H. Beaman et al.] 3: 128 (1998)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. cyrtostachys (Miq.) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas; Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 472 (1990)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. cyrtostachys (Miq.) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 66 (1989)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus var. cyrtostachys (Miq.) L.K.Dai; Fl. Hainan. 4: 538 (1977)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. melanocephalus
									 (Miq.) J.Kern; Reinwardtia 3: 55 (1954)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya); Andaman Isl.; Philippines; Java; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
			40 IND 41 AND 42 JAW NWG PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus eragrostis f. melanocephalus (Boeckeler) Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 66 (1898)
= Cyperus eragrostis var. melanocephalus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 445 (1868)
= Cyperus melanocephalus   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 257 (1856)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus f. melanocephalus (Miq.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 387 (1936)
= Cyperus sanguinolentus var. melanocephalus (Miq.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 387 (1936)
= Pycreus albidus subsp. melanocephalus (Miq.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 369 (2009)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus f. melanocephalus (Miq.) L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 172 (1961)
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. melanocephalus (Miq.) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas; Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 472 (1990), isonym
= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. melanocephalus (Miq.) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 66 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. nairobiensis
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus sanguinolentus subsp. nairobiensis Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 617 (1981)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus sartorii
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 494 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
				Remarks: insufficiently known
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus scaber
										
										
									 (R.Br.) Boeckeler; Flora 58: 107 (1875); 61: 31 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus scaber   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 218 (1810)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus scabricaulis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 369 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus scaettae
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 42 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Tanzania; N-Zambia
			23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus fibrillosus f. katangensis (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 348 (1936)
= Cyperus fibrillosus var. scaettae (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 348 (1936)
= Pycreus katangensis   Cherm.; Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 5: 11 (1933), nomen
= Pycreus scaettae   Cherm.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 24: 295 (1934)
= Pycreus scaettae var. katangensis Cherm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 13: 279 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. vanderystii
									 (Cherm.) Reynders; Phytotaxa 166(1): 43 (2014)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
			23 ZAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus fibrillosus var. vanderystii (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 348 (1936)
= Pycreus vanderystii   Cherm.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 24: 296 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus scariosus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 216 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			40 ban 41 MYA 42 NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus corymbosus var. scariosus (R.Br.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 83 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schaffneri
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 61: 30 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico State)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schimperianus
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 34 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Egypt  (NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley); Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Sinai peninsula  (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Saudi Arabia  (Rub al Khali, Asir)
			20 EGY 23 CMN ZAI 24 ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW 34 SIN 35 SAU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus amblyleptos   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 30 (1854)
= Cyperus elongatus   Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 160 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus nudiculmis   Sieber ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 161 (1884)
= Cyperus schimperianus var. minor Boeckeler; Flora 62: 551 (1879)
= Cyperus tegetum   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 160 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus tegetum var. protracta C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 162 (1884)
= Cyperus truncatus   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 487 (1850)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schinzii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29: Abh. 45 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Kenya; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga)
			24 ERI ETH 25 KEN 27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus purpureus   Boeckeler; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29: Abh. 45 (1888)
= Cyperus holostigma   C.B.Clarke ex Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: App. 2 (1894) 103
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schlechteri
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 663 (1903)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
			27 LES SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schomburgkianus
										
										
									 Nees; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 393 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Aragua); Guyana; Bolivia  (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Santa Catarina)
			82 GUY VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus leucanthus   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 18 (1842)
= Cyperus schomburgkianus var. leucanthus (Schrad. ex Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 277 (1936)
= Cyperus schomburgkianus var. trilobatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 277 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schomburgkii
										
										
									 (Friedl.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 23 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure); Guyana
			82 GUY VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Hemicarpha schomburgkii   Friedl.; Amer. J. Bot. 28: 858 (1941)
= Lipocarpha schomburgkii   (Friedl.) G.C.Tucker; J. Arnold Arbor. 68(4): 410 (1987)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schweinfurthii
										
										
									 (Chiov.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 553 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Burkina Faso; Eritrea
			22 BKN 24 ERI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus schweinfurthii   Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 78 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus schweinitzii
										
										
									 Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 276 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Schweinitz´ flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan); USA  (Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Zacatecas)
			71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus schweinitzii   (Torr.) Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 58: 392 (1908)
= Cyperus alterniflorus   Schwein.; Narrat. Exped. St. Peter´s River [Keating] 2: 381 (1824), non R. Br. 1810
= Mariscus schweinitzii   (Torr.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus sciaphilus
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 346 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus scleropodus
										
										
									 Chiov.; Pl. Nov. Aethiop. 11 (1928)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus scleropodus   (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40: Suppl. 1456 (1970)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus scott-elliotii
										
										
									 Govaerts; Skvortsovia 4(3): 90 (2018), nom. nov. for Kyllinga flava C. B. Clarke
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; SE-Kenya; Tanzania
			24 SOM 25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus oblongus subsp. flavus (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
= Kyllinga flava   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 281 (1901)
= Kyllinga nervosa subsp. flava (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 747 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga nervosa var. flava (C.B.Clarke) Lye; Bot. Not. 125(3): 218 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus sculptus
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 34 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus secubans
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 4(3): 474 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus seemannianus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 390 (1869 publ. 1870), et ex Kük. in Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 482 (1936), descr. emend.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vanuatu; Tonga  (Tafahi, Tofua); Niue; Fiji; American Samoa  (Ta´u, Tutuila); [Western] Samoa  (Savai´i, Aleipata Isl., ´Upolu); Society Isl.  (Tahiti)
			60 ASA FIJ NUE SAM TON VAN 61 SCI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus monostachys   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 389 (1869 publ. 1870)
= Cyperus seemannianus var. altus Kük.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 128: 17 (1934)
= Cyperus seemannianus var. monostachys (Boeckeler) Kük.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 128: 18 (1934)
= Cyperus upoluensis   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 88 (1875)
= Mariscus flavus   Seem.; Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 319 (1868)
= Mariscus laevigatus   Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 72 (1832)
= Mariscus seemannianus   (Boeckeler) Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 452 (1909)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus sellowianus
										
										
									 (Kunth) T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Veracruz); Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Trinidad; Colombia  (Antioquia, Casanare, Cundinamarca, Meta); Colombia  (Arauca, Chocó, Meta, Valle); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Guarico, Monagas, Portuguesa); Guyana; Surinam; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Cordillera, Misiones, Paraguari, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Cerro Largo, Durazno, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones)
			79 MEX 80 COS HON PAN 81 CUB TRT 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis venezuelensis   Schnee; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 9: 5 (1944)
= Hypolytrum glomeratum   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 64 (1842), nom. inval.
= Hypolytrum sellowiana   (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 335 (1898)
= Lipocarpha glomerata   Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 64 (1842)
= Lipocarpha humboldtiana   Nees; Linnaea 9: 287 (1834)
= Lipocarpha sellowiana   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 267 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus semifertilis
										
										
									 S.T.Blake; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 51: 33 (1939 publ. 1940)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus semiochraceus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 61: 29 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bourgaei   C.B.Clarke ex Lundell; Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash., No. 436 (Prelim. Sketch Phytogeogr. Yucatan Penins.) 287 (1934), nomen subnudum.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus semitrifidus
										
										
									 Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 16 (1832)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM 27 BOT LES SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus apricus   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 141 (1884)
= Cyperus bellus var. tanganyicanus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 304 (1936)
= Cyperus crinitus   Spreng.; Flora 12(Beibl. 1): 5 (1829), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus ducis   Buscal. & Muschl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 460 (1913)
= Cyperus herbivagus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 53 (1837)
= Cyperus kirkii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 318 (1901)
= Cyperus multiglumis   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 67 (1925)
= Cyperus semitrifidus var. apricus (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 301 (1936)
= Cyperus semitrifidus var. multiglumis (Turrill) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 301 (1936)
= Cyperus semitrifidus var. sanguinolentus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 301 (1936)
= Cyperus tanganyicanus   (Kük.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Cyperus usitatus var. sanguinolentus Nees; Linnaea 10: 136 (1835)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus senegalensis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 581 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mali; Togo
			22 MLI TOG
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status uncertain
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga senegalensis   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 276 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus sensilis
										
										
									 Baijnath; J. S. African Bot. 42(4): 369 (1976)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus serotinus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 31 (1773)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tidalmarsh flatsedge
			
			Distribution: +Switzerland; Austria; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; ?Greece; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Russian Far East  (Primorye); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Georgia [Caucasus]; ?East Aegaean Isl.; Turkey  (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia); Iran; Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Helmand, Laghman, Nangarhar, Qunduz, Takhar); China  (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Volcano Isl.  (Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan  (N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Chitral); India  (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Taninthayi, Yangon); Cambodia; Vietnam; Australia  (Northern Territory); USA [I]  (Delaware [I], New Jersey [I], Pennsylvania [I])
			11 AUT SWI 12 COR FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 RUS UKR 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 GEO 34 AFG IRN TUR 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR KZN NKO NNS TAI 40 BAN IND PAK 41 CBD MYA VIE 50 AUS 75 usa 78 usa
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus serotinus   (Rottb.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 221 (1900)
= Cyperus glaber   Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 2: 182 (1787)
= Cyperus japonicus   Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 140 (1866)
= Cyperus krebsii   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 2 (1890)
= Cyperus litwinowii   Meinsh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 233 (1901)
= Cyperus makinoi   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 187 (1912)
= Cyperus monti   L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 102 (1782)
= Cyperus puncticulatus   Aitch.; Cat. Pl. Punjab Sindh 189 (1869), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus robustior   Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 2: 37 (1876)
= Cyperus scleropoae   Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 199 (1909)
= Cyperus serotinus f. contortus Ces. ex Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(2): 270 (1904)
= Cyperus serotinus f. depauperatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 318 (1936)
= Cyperus serotinus f. grandis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 318 (1936)
= Duval-jouvea serotina   (Rottb.) Palla; Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3 [Hallier & Brand] 3: 2556 (1905)
= Juncellus serotinus   (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 594 (1893)
= Juncellus serotinus f. contortus (Ces. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Juncellus serotinus f. depauperatus (Kük.) L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 160 (1961)
= Juncellus serotinus f. grandis (Kük.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 369 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Pycreus monti   (L.f.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 72 (1830)
= Pycreus serotinus   (Rottb.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30(3): 145 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. capitatus
									 (D.Z.Ma) S.R.Zhang & H.Y.Bi; Biodivers. Sci. 24: 723 (2016)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Nei Mongol)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Juncellus serotinus var. capitatus D.Z.Ma; Fl. Ningxiaensis 2: 522 (1988 publ. 1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. inundatus
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 318 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (West Bengal); Bangladesh; ?China
			40 BAN IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus amoyensis   Hance; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 5: 249 (1866)
= Cyperus diluvialis   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 124 (1824)
= Cyperus inundatus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 6 (1814), nomen
= Cyperus serotinus var. inundatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 318 (1936)
= Juncellus inundatus   (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 595 (1893)
= Juncellus serotinus var. inundatus (Kük.) L.K.Dai; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 160 (1961)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus serratangulus
										
										
									 (Peter & Kük.) Huygh; Phytotaxa 166(1): 40 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cartilagineus var. serratangulus Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 609 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus seslerioides
										
										
									 Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 209 (1816)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Texas flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Venezuela  (Amazonas); Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosí, Tarija); Argentina  (Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, Tucuman)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC 82 VEN 83 BOL PER 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus andinus   Palla; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Caricoid.): 310 (1936). descr.
= Cyperus divergens   Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 28 (1840), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus perpusillus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 499 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus seslerioides f. minor C.B.Clarke ex Donn.Sm.; Enum. Pl. Guatem. 3: 87 (1893)
= Cyperus seslerioides var. alpinus Kük. ex J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(1): 277 (1936)
= Cyperus seslerioides var. minor C.B.Clarke; Enum. Pl. Guatem. 3: 87 (1893)
= Scirpus hahnii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 30 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sesquiflorus
										
										
									 (Torr.) Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 19, 39 (1935)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. sesquiflorus
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Fragrant spikesedge
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Agalega Isl.; China  (Fujian, Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar  (Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali); Moluccas  (Aru Isl.); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. John, St. Thomas); Antigua; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; Grenada; Colombia  (Antioquia, Arauca, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander, Valle, Vaupés); Colombia  (Vichada); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Artigas, Durazno, Flores Prov., Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, Soriano, Treinta y Tres); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF 29 AGA MAU MDG REU ROD 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 AND LAO MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SUM 50 AUS 74 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus kernianus   Ohwi & T.Koyama; J. Jap. Bot. 30: 126 (1955)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. bulbifer (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 593 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. denticulatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 595 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. dunensis (Osten) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 593 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. elongatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 594 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. globosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 594 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. gracilis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 593 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus f. spinulosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 593 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus subsp. cylindricus (Nees) T.Koyama; Fl. E. Himalaya 389 (1966)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus var. cylindricus (Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 593 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus var. minor (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 593 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus var. pluriceps (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 595 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus var. subtriceps (Kunth) T.Koyama; Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 191 (1961)
= Kyllinga brasiliensis   Raddi; Atti Reale Accad. Lucchese Sci. 2: 340 (1823)
= Kyllinga campestris   Salzm. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 68 (1854)
= Kyllinga cylindrica f. latifolia (Benth.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 414 (1915)
= Kyllinga cylindrica   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 91 (1834)
= Kyllinga cylindrica var. elongata Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 415 (1868)
= Kyllinga cylindrica var. subtriceps Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 91 (1834)
= Kyllinga filicula   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 526 (1902)
= Kyllinga leucocephala   Baldwin; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 2: 170 (1825)
= Kyllinga leucocephala var. pluriceps Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 92 (1913)
= Kyllinga madagascariensis   Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 298 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Kyllinga martiana   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 14 (1842)
= Kyllinga monocephala   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 3 (1817), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga odorata subsp. cylindrica (Nees) T.Koyama; Gard. Bull. Singapore 30: 161 (1977)
= Kyllinga odorata   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 382 (1805)
= Kyllinga odorata var. bulbifera Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 91 (1913)
= Kyllinga odorata var. cylindrica (Nees) Kük.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 76: 80 (1917)
= Kyllinga odorata var. dunensis Osten; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 3(2): 120 (1931)
= Kyllinga odorata var. elongata Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 415 (1868)
= Kyllinga odorata var. gracilis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 411 (1868)
= Kyllinga odorata var. latifolia Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 252 (1878)
= Kyllinga odorata var. major Boeckeler; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 3, 1: 125 (1869)
= Kyllinga odorata var. minor Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 411 (1868)
= Kyllinga odorata var. pluriceps (Kük.) Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 299 (1925)
= Kyllinga odorata var. rigida Boeckeler; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 5, 6: 237 (1895)
= Kyllinga odorata var. stenocarpa Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 299 (1925)
= Kyllinga pellucidoalbida   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 1 (1888)
= Kyllinga pellucidolucida   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 1 (1888)
= Kyllinga pumila   Sieber ex C.Presl; Isis [Oken] 21: 270 (1828)
= Kyllinga sesquiflora subsp. cylindrica (Nees) T.Koyama; Fl. Taiwan 5: 288 (1978)
= Kyllinga sesquiflora   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 287 (1836)
= Kyllinga triceps   Sw.; Observ. Bot. [Swartz] 33 (1791)
= Kyllinga tuberosa   Scheele; Linnaea 17: 342 (1843)
= Kyllinga viridula   Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 492 (1850)
= Schoenus odoratus   Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 44 (1775)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. appendiculatus
									 (K.Schum.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Togo; Benin; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; South Sudan; Tanzania; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda
			22 BEN TOG 23 BIO CMN EQG RWA ZAI 24 ETH SOM SSU 25 TAN UGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus afrosylvestris   Lye; Lidia 7(4): 96 (2011), nom. nov.
= Cyperus sesquiflorus var. fallax (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 595 (1936)
= Cyperus sesquiflorus var. major (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 594 (1936)
= Kyllinga appendiculata   K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 338 (1897) ex C. B. Clarke in Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 283
= Kyllinga cylindrica var. appendiculata (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8(2): 283 (1901)
= Kyllinga cylindrica var. major Nees ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 415 (1868)
= Kyllinga cylindrica var. major C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 528 (1894)
= Kyllinga macrocephala   Hook.f.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 225 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Kyllinga odorata subsp. appendiculata (K.Schum.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 746 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Kyllinga odorata var. fallax Kük.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 299 (1925)
= Kyllinga odorata var. major (C.B.Clarke) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 432 (1932), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus setiformis
										
										
									 Korsh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 12: 405 (1892)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Amur); China  (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol); South Korea; Japan  (Honshu); ?India  (?Maharashtra)
			31 RFE 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus diaphanus subsp. setiformis (Korsh.) J.Kern; Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermatoph. 7(3): 653 (1974)
= Cyperus diaphanus var. setiformis (Korsh.) T.Koyama; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 11 (1955)
= Pycreus diaphanus var. setiformis (Korsh.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 370 (2009)
= Pycreus diaphanus var. setiformis (Korsh.) Wad.Khan; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 297 (2014), isonym
= Pycreus gratissimus   Kitag.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 222 (1935)
= Pycreus setiformis   (Korsh.) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 201 (1912)
= Pycreus setiformis   (Korsh.) Schischk.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 3: 5 (1935), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus setigerus
										
										
									 Torr. &  Hook.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 434 (1836)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Lean flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus berlandieri   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 10 (1908)
= Cyperus hallii   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 211 (1886)
= Cyperus lutescens var. fulvescens C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 182 (1884)
= Cyperus setigerus var. fulvescens (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 97 (1935)
= Cyperus setigerus var. hallii (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 97 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sexangularis
										
										
									 Nees; Linnaea 9: 284 (1834)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia  (Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus webbianus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 20 (1854)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sexflorus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 215 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus sporobolus var. sexflorus (R.Br.) Benth. ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 457 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sharonensis
										
										
									 Danin & Kukkonen; Israel J. Pl. Sci. 43(1): 77 (1995)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Israel
			34 ISR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sharpei
										
										
									 R.Booth, D.J.Moore & Hodgon; Austrobaileya 8(1): 43 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus shepherdii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker & Gandhi; Harvard Pap. Bot. 18: 150 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (NE-Brazil, SE-Brazil); Paraguay
			84 BRA 85 PAR
			
				Remarks: sometimes treated as the same as C. meyenianus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus palustris   (Schrad.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 421 (1936)
= Mariscus palustris   Schrad.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 141 (1824)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus siamensis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 38 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N- & NE-Thailand; Laos
			41 LAO THA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis dipsacoides subsp. siamensis (C.B.Clarke) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 8: 99 (1968)
= Ascolepis gracilis   Turrill; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 31: t. 3020 (1915)
= Scirpus chinensis var. siamensis (C.B.Clarke) Raymond; Naturaliste Canad. 84: 124 (1957)
= Scirpus siamensis   (C.B.Clarke) J.Kern; Blumea 9: 219 (1958)
= Scirpus squarrosus var. siamensis C.B.Clarke; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 460 (1910)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sieberianus
										
										
									 Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2): 29 (1827)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao)
			21 CVI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sikkimensis
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 467 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bhutan; N-India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim)
			40 BHU IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus hookerianus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 623 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus silletensis
										
										
									 Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 79 (1834)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bhutan; India  (Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar
			40 BAN BHU IND 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus simaoensis
										
										
									 Y.Y.Qian; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 21: 335 (2001)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus simplex
										
										
									 Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 207 (1815)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Oaxaca, Chiapas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil
			79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus simpsonii
										
										
									 (Muasya) Larridon; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 144(3): 352 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire; Tanzania; Zambia
			25 TAN 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllingiella simpsonii   Muasya; Kew Bull. 57: 997 (2002)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus smithianus
										
										
									 Ridl.; J. Bot. 22: 15 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; ?Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Madagascar
			22 BEN BKN GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus cuanzensis   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 128 (1884)
= Cyperus fluminalis   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 127 (1884)
= Cyperus fluminalis var. longifolius (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 402 (1936)
= Cyperus monocephalus   Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 531 (1887), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus spiculosus   F.N.Williams; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 224 (1904), nom. illeg.
= Pycreus cuanzensis   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 536 (1894)
= Pycreus fluminalis   (Ridl.) Rendle; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 2: 106 (1899)
= Pycreus fluminalis   (Ridl.) Troupin; Fl. Spermat. Parc Nat. Garamba (Explor. Parc Nat. Garamb. Miss. H. de Saeger, Fasc. 4) 1. Gymnosp. & Monocot., 126 (1956), isonym
= Pycreus monocephalus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 538 (1894)
= Pycreus monocephalus var. longiflorus Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 506 (1933)
= Pycreus smithianus   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 542 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus solidus
										
										
									 Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 76 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus solidus   (Kunth) Vorster; S. African J. Bot. 52(3): 265 (1986)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus somalidunensis
										
										
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 16(4): 374 (1996 publ. 1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus somalidunensis   (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus somaliensis
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 229 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia
			24 SOM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus songeensis
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
			25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga songeensis   Lye; Bot. Not. 125(3): 218 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus soongoricus
										
										
									 Kar. &  Kir.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 859 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan
			32 KAZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sordidus
										
										
									 J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 171 (1828)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa); Revillagigedos Isl.  (Isla Socorro)
			79 MEX RGI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus howellii   O´Neill & Ben.Ayeres; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 35 (1944)
= Cyperus planifolius f. decolorans Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 448 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus soyauxii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5(5): 501 (1884)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. soyauxii
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Gabon
			22 BEN GHA IVO NGA SEN TOG 23 GAB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Mariscus soyauxii   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 593 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. pallescens
									 Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 227 (1983)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya
			25 KEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus soyauxii subsp. pallescens (Lye) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus spectabilis
										
										
									 Spreng.; Novi Provent. [Sprengel] 15 (1818)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Spectacular flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, La Paz)
			74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON 83 BOL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus buckleyi   Britton ex Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 461 (1894)
= Cyperus mohrii   Britton ex C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 10 (1908)
= Cyperus parryi   Britton ex C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 9 (1908)
= Cyperus scaberrimus   Nees; Linnaea 19: 697 (1847)
= Cyperus spectabilis var. filiformis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 607 (1868)
= Cyperus spectabilis var. parryi (Britton ex C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 461 (1936)
= Cyperus spectabilis var. scaberrimus (Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 606 (1868)
= Mariscus mohrii   (Britton ex C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
= Mariscus spectabilis   (Link) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. jujuyensis
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 461 (1936)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Jujuy, Salta)
			85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sphacelatus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 26 (1772)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Roadside flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Madagascar; Chagos Arch. [I]  (Diego Garcia [I]); India [I]  (Tamil Nadu [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Thailand [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]  (Penang Isl. [I], Johor [I], Singapore [I]); Sumatra [I]; Borneo [I]; Java [I]; New Guinea [I]; Bismarck Arch. [I]; Australia [I]  (Queensland [I]); [Western] Samoa [I]  (´Upolu [I]); USA  (Florida); Honduras; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola); St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Caquetá, Casanare, Córdoba, Meta, Quindío, Vaupés); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
			22 BEN BKN GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO BUR CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM 29 cgs MDG 40 ind srl 41 tha 42 bor jaw mly nwg sng sum 43 bis 50 aus 60 sam 78 USA 80 COC COS HON PAN 81 BBD CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE STK STL TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus balbisii   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 63 (1837)
= Cyperus chromatolepis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 32 (1854)
= Cyperus duchaisingii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 45 (1854)
= Cyperus hexastachyos   Sw.; Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 117 (1797), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus locuples   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 566 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Cyperus nemorosus   G.Mey.; Prim. Fl. Esseq. 31 (1818)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sphaerocephalus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 310 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-Somalia; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			24 SOM 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus compactus var. flavissimus (Schrad.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 15: 552 (1894)
= Cyperus flavissimus   Schrad.; Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2067 (1821)
= Cyperus niveus var. flavissimus (Schrad.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye] 257 (1983)
= Cyperus obtusiflorus var. flavissimus (Schrad.) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 529 (1868)
= Cyperus obtusiflorus var. sphaerocephalus (Vahl) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 67 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sphaeroideus
										
										
									 L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans; Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 4(6): 378 (1973), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga intermedia   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 219 (1810)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sphaerolepis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 609 (1868)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rusby´s flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Nuevo León, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Zacatecas); Guatemala
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus fendlerianus var. debilis (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 465 (1936)
= Cyperus fendlerianus var. leucolepis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 466 (1936)
= Cyperus leucolepis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 610 (1868)
= Cyperus rusbyi   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 11: 29 (1884)
= Cyperus schweinitzii var. debilis Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 208 (1886)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sphaerospermus
										
										
									 Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 18 (1832)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia  (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus denudatus var. sphaerospermus (Schrad.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 255 (1936)
= Cyperus huillensis   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 2: 139 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus spicigerus
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 300 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Pará, São Paulo)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus schoenomorphus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 39 (1854)
= Papyrus junciformis   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 57, t. 3 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus splendens
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 414 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus splendens   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 405 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sporobolus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 215 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus spherobolos   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 5: 187 (1817)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus squarrosulus
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 375 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus squarrosulus   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 25: 137 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus squarrosus
										
										
									 L.; Cent. Pl. II: 6 (1756); Amoen. Acad. 4: 303
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Grannen-Zypergras, Bearded flatsedge
			
			Distribution: N-Italy [I]; Cape Verde Isl.  (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha da Boa Vista, Fogo Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Soqotra; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Comores; Afghanistan  (Kunar / Nuristan, Parwan); Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Oman  (Dhofar); China  (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Zhejiang); Taiwan; Pakistan  (N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Chitral); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.  (South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Philippines; Java  (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Sumba, Timor); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); Canada  (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming); Bermuda; Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, St. Thomas); Anguilla; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (Atlántico); Venezuela  (Anzoategui, Carabobo, Guarico, Miranda); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Concepcion, Cordillera); Uruguay  (Cerro Largo, Durazno, Rocha, Salto, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Catamarca, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, San Juan, Tucuman); Chile [I]  (Coquimbo [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], O´Higgins [I], Maule [I], Biobío [I], Los Rios [I])
			13 ita 21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GUI IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CMN GAB 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 COM MDG 34 AFG 35 OMA SAU 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI PHI 50 AUS 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA 81 AGU ARU BAH BER BON CUB CUR HIS PUE TCI VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG cle PAR URU
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus inflexus   (Muhl.) Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 17: Beilage p. 6 (1911)
= Cyperus aristatus f. falciculosus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 505 (1936)
= Cyperus aristatus f. inflexus (Muhl.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 92 (1884)
= Cyperus aristatus   Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 22 (1773), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Cyperus aristatus var. floribundus E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243 (1910)
= Cyperus aristatus var. inflexus (Muhl.) Boeckeler ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 504 (1936)
= Cyperus aristatus var. runyonii O´Neill; Rhodora 44: 56 (1942)
= Cyperus aristatus var. semiglobosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 504 (1936)
= Cyperus aristatus var. versicolor (Nees) Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 500 (1868)
= Cyperus arsitatus var. perennis M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 25 (1933)
= Cyperus aureus   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 168 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus brownii   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 228 (1817)
= Cyperus falciculosus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 204 (1850)
= Cyperus inflexus   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 16 (1817)
= 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 purshii   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 177 (1817)
= Cyperus pygmaeus   Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s., 5: 142 (1835), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus squarrosus var. congestus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 268 (1878)
= Cyperus squarrosus var. cylindraceus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 268 (1878)
= Cyperus squarrosus var. graniticus P.D.Lowe; Castanea 88(1): 12 (2023)
= Cyperus squarrosus var. runyonii (O´Neill) S.D.Jones & Wipff; Phytologia 77(6): 462 (1994 publ. 1995)
= Cyperus uncinatus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 215 (1810), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus versicolor   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 78 (1834)
= Dichostylis aristata   (Rottb.) Palla; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888)
= Dichostylis aristata   (Rottb.) Rikli; Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 565 (1895), isonym
= Dichostylis squarrosa   (L.) Palla; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 296 (1888)
= Isolepis echinulata   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 205 (1837)
= Mariscus aristatus   (Rottb.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 366 (1938), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus aristatus   (Rottb.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 178, t. 59, f. 12-13 (1961), isonym
= Mariscus intricatus   (L.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40: Suppl. 1453 (1970)
= Mariscus squarrosus   (L.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 623 (1893)
= Pycreus squarrosus   (L.) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Scirpus intricatus   L.; Mant. Pl. Altera [Linnaeus] 182 (1771)
= Scirpus lappaceus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 139 (1791)
= Scirpus tenellus   Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 81 (1814), nomen
= Trichelostylis tenella   (Roxb.) Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 103 (1834)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. graniticus
									 P.D.Lowe; Castanea 88(1): 12 (2023)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Oklahoma, Texas)
			74 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus steadii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 199 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Iran; S-Pakistan
			34 IRN 40 PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus stenophyllus
										
										
									 Valck.Sur.; Nova Guinea 8: 701 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Thailand; Palawan; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas  (Ternate, Babar); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; New Caledonia
			41 THA 42 JAW LSI MOL NWG PHI PLW 43 BIS SOL 60 NWC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ornans   Valck.Sur.; Nova Guinea 8: 700 (1912)
= Cyperus ornans var. rechingeri (Palla) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 419 (1936)
= Cyperus ornans var. stenophyllus (Valck.Sur.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 419 (1936)
= Cyperus stenophyllus var. ornans (Valck.Sur.) Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 47 (1924)
= Cyperus stenophyllus var. pseudoauricomus Kük.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 47 (1924)
= Mariscus rechingeri   Palla; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 89: 499 (1913 publ. 1914)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus stergiosii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Kew Bull. 68(4): 622 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Beni)
			83 BOL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus steudneri
										
										
									 (Boeckeler) Larridon; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 146(1): 138 (2013), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Chad; ?Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
			24 ERI ETH 25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus spiralis   Larridon; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 144: 352 (2011), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Isolepis polyphylla   A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 503 (1850)
= Kyllinga ambigua   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 70 (1854)
= Kyllingiella polyphylla   (A.Rich.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye] 143 (1983)
= Scirpus steudneri   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 733 (1869 publ. 1870)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus stewartii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 8(1): 25 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Isla del Coco
			80 COC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus stoloniferus
										
										
									 Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 10 (1786)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; S-China  (Fujian, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind); India  (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, ?Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.  (North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl.); Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (common on both coasts); Singapore; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl.; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia; [Western] Samoa  (Aleipata Isl., Savai´i, ´Upolu); American Samoa  (Tutuila, Ta´u)
			29 MAU MDG REU ROD 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN IND PAK SRL 41 CBD NCB THA 42 BOR CKI JAW MLY NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL SUM 50 AUS 60 ASA NWC SAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus arenarius   Hance ex C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 173 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus bulbosostolonifer   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 18 (1854)
= Cyperus bulbosus var. elatus E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 244 (1910)
= Cyperus conjunctus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 18 (1854)
= Cyperus lamprocarpus   Nees; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 27 (1854)
= Cyperus littoralis   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 216 (1810)
= Cyperus mayeri   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 194 (1931)
= Cyperus spadiceus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1791)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus stradbrokensis
										
										
									 Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 422 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus stramineoferrugineus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 555 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Soqotra; Tanzania; Madagascar
			24 SOC 25 TAN 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus stramineo-ferrugineus   (Kük.) Napper; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 28(124): 16 (1971)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus strigosus
										
										
									 L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 47 (1753)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Strawcolored flatsedge (EN), Gestreiftes Zypergras (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; NW-Italy [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Australia [I]  (Northern Territory [I]); Canada  (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Mexico  (Sinaloa, Chihuahua, etc.); Cuba
			11 ger 13 ita 40 ban 50 aus 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 81 CUB
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus distans   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 53 (1813), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus enslenii   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 53 (1813)
= Cyperus hansenii   Britton; Ill. Fl. Pacific States 1: 260 (1923)
= Cyperus michauxianus var. elongatus Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 432 (1836)
= Cyperus naguensis   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 1 (1924)
= Cyperus praelongatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 46 (1854)
= Cyperus stenolepis   Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 263 (1836)
= Cyperus strigosus f. capitatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 408 (1936)
= Cyperus strigosus f. praelongatus (Steud.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 408 (1936)
= Cyperus strigosus f. robustior Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 88 (1837)
= Cyperus strigosus var. capitatus Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 347 (1870)
= Cyperus strigosus var. compositus Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 212 (1886)
= Cyperus strigosus var. elongatus (Torr.) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 212 (1886)
= Cyperus strigosus var. hansenii (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 408 (1936)
= Cyperus strigosus var. naguensis (Britton) O´Neill; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 6: 14 (1946)
= Cyperus strigosus var. pygmaeus Gatt.; Fl. Tennessee 89 (1887)
= Cyperus strigosus var. robustior Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 88 (1837)
= Cyperus strigosus var. stenolepis (Torr.) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 189 (1926)
= Mariscus praelongatus   (Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 20 (1908)
= Mariscus stenolepis   (Torr.) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
= Mariscus strigosus   (L.) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 308 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus strongii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker & Gandhi; Harvard Pap. Bot. 24(2): 354 (2019), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: C-Mexico; Cuba; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; SE-Brazil
			79 MEX 81 CUB HIS JAM 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
			
				Remarks: see Tucker & Gandhi (2019) for nomenclature
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus acicularis   (Schrad. ex Nees) Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 45 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus ferax var. acicularis (Schrad. ex Nees) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 619 (1936)
= Cyperus odoratus var. acicularis (Schrad. ex Nees) O´Neill; Fl. Cuba [León] 1: 196 (1946)
= Diclidium aciculare   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 55 (1842)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subaequalis
										
										
									 Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 531 (1887)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus aequalis var. subaequalis (Baker) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 605 (1927 publ. 1928)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subbadius
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 510 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus badius   (Willd. ex Kunth) Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 375 (1870)
= Mariscus badius   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 123 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus subcaracasanus
										
										
									 Kük.; Ark. Bot. 22A(16): 8 (1929), nomen; et in Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 5 (1929), descr.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Navassa Isl.
			81 NAV
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus subcaracasanus   (Kük.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 74 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subcastaneus
										
										
									 D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 42(4): 897 (1987)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. subcastaneus
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Bahia, Minas Gerais)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. graomogolii
									 D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 44(2): 279 (1989)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Minas Gerais)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subfuscus
										
										
									 Debeaux; Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 31: (1877) t. 3; 32: 28 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (NC-China)
			36 CHI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus sublaevicarinatus
										
										
									 Mattf. &  Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 572 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola; South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal)
			26 ANG 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga buchananii   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 155 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sublimis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Dandy; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 362 (1944)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: São Tomé; Sudan; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa; etc.
			23 SAO 24 SUD 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus subumbellatus var. sublimis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 525 (1936)
= Mariscus sublimis   C.B.Clarke in T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 594 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus submicrolepis
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 241 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; South Sudan; Uganda; SW-Angola; Zambia
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA SSU 25 UGA 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus microlepis   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 551 (1879) non Baker
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subpapuanus
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 196 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Papua New Guinea)
			42 NWG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subparadoxus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 525 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar
			24 ETH 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 27 NAM SAF 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Alinula paradoxa   (Cherm.) Goetgh. & Vorster; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(3-4): 461 (1988)
= Cyperus fimbristyloides   T.Koyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 73: 438 (1960), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Lipocarpha paradoxa   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 425 (1921 publ. 1922)
= Mariscus paradoxus   (Cherm.) Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 169 (1925)
= Pseudolipocarpha paradoxa   (Cherm.) Vorster; Rev. Mariscus S. Afr. 319 (1978)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subsquarrosus
										
										
									 (Muhl.) Bauters; Phytotaxa 166(1): 23 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Smallflower halfchaff Sedge
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Angola; Zimbabwe; Namibia; South Africa  (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Canada  (British Columbia, Ontario, Québec); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington State, Wisconsin); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; +Clipperton Isl.; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia  (Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Cojedes, Falcon, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná); Paraguay  (Cordillera); Uruguay  (Cerro Largo)
			22 SEN 26 ANG ZIM 27 NAM SAF 29 MDG 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ CLI COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ARU BON CUR GDL JAM MAR PUE TRT VEN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 PAR URU
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Hemicarpha axillaris   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 104 (1888), nom. illeg.
= Hemicarpha caespitula   (Liebm.) Palla; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 58: 417 (1908)
= Hemicarpha micrantha   (Vahl) Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 35 (1894)
= Hemicarpha micrantha var. humboldtii (Boeckeler) Beetle; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 41: 476 (1949)
= Hemicarpha micrantha var. minor (Roem. & Schult.) Friedl.; Amer. J. Bot. 28: 860 (1942)
= Hemicarpha subsquarrosa   (Muhl.) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 61 (1842)
= Hemicarpha subsquarrosa var. minor (Schrad.) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 61 (1842)
= Hypolytrum capillare   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 61 (1842), pro syn.
= Isolepis caespitula   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 237 (1850)
= Isolepis humboldtii   Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 112 (1817)
= Isolepis micrantha   (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 110 (1817)
= Isolepis squarrosa   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 221 (1816)
= Isolepis subsquarrosa   (Muhl.) Schrad.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 64 (1824)
= Isolepis subsquarrosa var. minor Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 64 (1824)
= Lipocarpha micrantha   (Vahl) G.C.Tucker; J. Arnold Arbor. 68(4): 410 (1987)
= Scirpus humboldtii   (Roem. & Schult.) A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 112 (1833)
= Scirpus micranthus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 254 (1805)
= Scirpus micranthus var. humboldtii Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 500 (1870)
= Scirpus micranthus var. minor (Roem. & Schult.) B.Boivin; Provancheria 25: 55 (1992)
= Scirpus minimus   Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 55 (1813)
= Scirpus sesquipollicaris   Willd. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 203 (1837)
= Scirpus subsquarrosus   Muhl.; Descr. Gram. [Muhlenberg] 39 (1817)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus substramineus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 10 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Taninthayi); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia  (Kedah, Penang Isl.)
			40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 MYA THA 42 MLY
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus capillaris   Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 4 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus coromandelinus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 480 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus stramineus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 74 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Pycreus stramineus   (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 580 (1893)
= Pycreus substramineus   (Kük.) N.K.Khoi; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 140 (1981), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subtenax
										
										
									 Kük.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 322 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus subtenuis
										
										
									 (Kük.) M.T.Strong; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 288 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix); Bonaire; Curacao
			81 BON CUB CUR HIS JAM NAV PUE VIR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus nanus var. subtenuis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 536 (1936)
= Mariscus tenuis   C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 48 (1900), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus subtilis
										
										
									 (Kük.) Väre & Kukkonen; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42(6): 482 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal
			22 SEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus maritimus var. subtilis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 270 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus subtrigonus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 38 (Cyperac.-Caricoid.): 396 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; N-Angola; Zambia
			23 CAF CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus subtrigonus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 542 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus subulatus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 217 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus andrewsii   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 12 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus subxerophilus
										
										
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 200 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus xerophilus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 313 (1920) [non Domin (1919)]
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sulcinux
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 56 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Bago, Kachin, Taninthayi); Thailand; Cambodia; Borneo; Palawan; Philippines; Java  (incl. Kangean Arch., Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl.  (W-Sumba); Moluccas  (Talaud, Buru, Ternate); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror)
			36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 CBD MYA THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MOL NWG PHI PLW 50 AUS 62 PLU
			
				Remarks: sometimes included in C. pelophilus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bonianus   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 186 (1895)
= Pycreus substellatus   E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 240 (1910)
= Pycreus sulcinux   (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 593 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus surinamensis
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Pl. Rar. 35; Progr. 20 (1772)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tropical flatsedge
			
			Distribution: Chagos Arch. [I]  (Diego Garcia [I]); India [I]  (Karnataka [I], Kerala [I]); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. John, St. Thomas); St. Martin/St. Maarten; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Santander, Valle); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Neembucu, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay  (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Florida Prov., Paysandu, Rio Negro, Salto, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
			29 cgs 40 ind 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 BAH CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STL STM TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus barrancae   M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 18: 25 (1933)
= Cyperus bipontini   Boeckeler; Flora 40: 33 (1857)
= Cyperus compressus   Jacq.; Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 10 (1777), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus denticulatus   Schrad.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 104 (1824)
= Cyperus subenervius   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 27 (1854)
= Cyperus surinamensis var. viridis Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 555 (1868)
= Cyperus tenuicapitatus   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 470 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. lutescens
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 555 (1868)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico; Surinam; French Guiana; Bolivia; Brazil; Paraguay  (Cordillera); Argentina  (Corrientes)
			79 MEX 82 FRG SUR 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus svensonii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Rhodora 88(856): 510 (1986)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas); Honduras; Nicaragua; ?Ecuador
			79 MEX 80 HON NIC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus swartzii
										
										
									 (A.Dietr.) Boeckeler & Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 186 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix); Guadeloupe; Colombia  (Guainía); Venezuela  (Amazonas)
			81 CAY CUB GDL HIS JAM PUE VIR 82 CLM VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus caymanensis   Millsp.; Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 120 (1900)
= Cyperus granularis   (Desf. ex Link) Britton; Bull. Dept. Agric. Jamaica 5: Suppl. 1: 9 (1907)
= Cyperus swartzii var. efoliatus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 187 (1926)
= Cyperus swartzii var. elongatus Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 187 (1926)
= Cyperus swartzii var. granularis (Desf. ex Link) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 186 (1926)
= Cyperus swartzii var. latifolius Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 187 (1926)
= Kyllinga filiformis   Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 20 (1788)
= Kyllinga filiformis var. junciformis C.Wright ex Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 238 (1866)
= Kyllinga granularis   Desf. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 432 (1868), nom. illeg
= Kyllinga granularis   Desf. ex Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 91 (1820)
= Kyllinga microcephala   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 234 (1851)
= Kyllinga rigidifolia   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 432 (1868)
= Mariscus filiformis   (Sw.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 234 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Mariscus gracilis   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 273 (1805)
= Mariscus swartzii   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 343 (1832)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus sylvestris
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, Bot. 2: 134 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus diffusus subsp. sylvestris (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 209 (1936)
= Cyperus laxus subsp. sylvestris (Ridl.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 232 (1983)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus szechuanensis
										
										
									 T.Koyama; Jap. J. Bot. 15: 182 (1956)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tabina
										
										
									 Steud. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 75: 559 (1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Huila, Norte de Santander, Risaralda); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); NE-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná, Caazapa); Argentina  (Jujuy, Misiones)
			80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus andreanus   Maury; J. Bot. [Morot] 2: 393 (1888)
= Cyperus andreanus var. capitinduensis (Maury ex Micheli) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 212 (1936)
= Cyperus andreanus var. excelsior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 212 (1936)
= Cyperus andreanus var. foliosissimus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 212 (1936)
= Cyperus andreanus var. yguazensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 212 (1936)
= Cyperus capitinduensis   Maury ex Micheli; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(1): 129 t. 38 (1890)
= Cyperus foliosissimus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 7 (1890)
= Cyperus nubigenus   Britton & Standl.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 472 (1925)
= Mariscus tabina   (Steud. ex Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 19 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tabularis
										
										
									 Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 110 (1832)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ecklonii   Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 325 (1870)
= Cyperus tabularis var. ecklonii (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 438 (1936)
= Cyperus tabularis var. humilis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 437 (1936)
= Cyperus tabularis var. zeyheri (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 438 (1936)
= Mariscus humilis   Nees ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 594 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Mariscus humilis   Zeyh. ex Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 110 (1832)
= Mariscus tabularis   (Schrad.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 594 (1894)
= Mariscus tabularis var. humilis C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 196 (1898)
= Mariscus tabularis var. zeyheri C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 196 (1898)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tacnensis
										
										
									 Nees & Meyen; Reise Erde 1: 431 (1834); et Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 64 (1843)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Peru
			83 PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus tacnensis   (Nees & Meyen) J.Raynal; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 17(3): 275 (1978)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. tarijensis
									 (Kük.) Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 543 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, La Paz, Tarija)
			83 BOL PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus rigens var. tarijensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 444 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. weberbaueri
									 (Kük.) Pedersen; Darwiniana 17: 543 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Peru
			83 PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus rigens var. weberbaueri Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tanyphyllus
										
										
									 Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, Bot. 2: 143 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus tanyphyllus   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 594 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tanzaniae
										
										
									 (Lye) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
			25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga tanzaniae   Lye; Bot. Not. 125(3): 217 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tatandaensis
										
										
									 Muasya & D.A.Simpson; Kew Bull. 59(4): 595 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tempeae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43 (Rev. Mexican Cyperus): 153 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tenax
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 504 (1867 publ. 1868)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa  (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
			22 BEN IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus actinostachys   Welw. ex Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 140 (1884)
= Cyperus amabilis var. pseudocastaneus Kük.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912, Erg.-Heft: 2 (1921)
= Cyperus andongensis   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 140 (1884)
= Cyperus boehmii   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 498 (1884)
= Cyperus grantii   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 260 (1875)
= Cyperus monroviensis   Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 90 (1884)
= Cyperus sabulicola   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 7: 136 (1884)
= Cyperus tenax subsp. monroviensis (Boeckeler) Mesterházy; Cyperaceae Trop. W. Africa 129 (2022)
= Cyperus tenax var. actinostachys (Welw. ex Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 260 (1936)
= Cyperus tenax var. andongensis (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 259 (1936)
= Cyperus tenax var. angustissimus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 260 (1936)
= Cyperus tenax var. monroviensis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 259 (1936)
= Cyperus tenax var. pseudocastaneus (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 260 (1936)
= Cyperus tenax var. sabulicola (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 259 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tenerrimus
										
										
									 J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 166 (1828)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia  (Magdalena); Bolivia  (Santa Cruz)
			79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cymbiformis   Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 208 (1851)
= Cyperus wawrae   Boeckeler; Linnaea 38: 363 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus tenuiculmis
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 286 (1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Rwanda; Burundi; Burundi; S-Chad; South Sudan; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; S-China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (common throughout); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland); Palau  (Babeldaob, Koror); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia  (Yap, Murilo?, Truk, Moen)
			22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BUR CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA SOC SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 MDG 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 62 GUM MIC PLU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bracteatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 19 (1854), tentatively listed as a synonym
= Cyperus hemadrii   M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 315 (2009), nom. nov. illeg. for C. tenuiculmis Boeckeler
= Cyperus hexastachyus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 82 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus majungensis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 329 (1920 publ. 1921)
= Cyperus robinsonii   Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 111 (1961)
= Cyperus wightii   Hance; J. Bot. 16: 14 (1878), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus zollingeri f. levicaulis C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 361 (1901)
= Cyperus zollingeri var. condensatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 134 (1935)
= Cyperus zollingeri var. livingstonii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 135 (1935)
= Cyperus zollingeri var. longiramulosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 135 (1935)
= Cyperus zollingeri var. parvus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 361 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. guineensis
									 (Nelmes) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 583 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria
			22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus guineensis   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [6]: 165 (1951)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. schweinfurthianus
									 (Boeckeler) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 578 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]  (Tshopo etc.); South Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
			22 BKN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CON ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus schweinfurthianus   Boeckeler; Flora 62: 553 (1879)
= Cyperus zollingeri var. schweinfurthianus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 134 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tenuifolius
										
										
									 (Steud.) Dandy; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 363 (1944)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. [I]  (Ilha de Sao Tiago [I]); ?Mauritania; Senegal; ?Gambia; ?Guinea; Liberia; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; Seychelles [I]; S-China; Pakistan  (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore, Rawalpindi); Bhutan; India  (Tamil Nadu); Myanmar  (Yangon); Thailand; Vietnam; Australia  (Queensland)
			21 cvi 22 GHA IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN 23 BIO CMN EQG 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 29 MDG sey 36 CHI 40 BHU IND PAK 41 MYA THA VIE 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pseudoalatus   (Wad.Khan & R.D.Taur) Kottaim.; Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 38 (2019)
= Cyperus triceps var. angustifolius Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 579 (1936)
= Cyperus triceps var. obtusiflorus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 579 (1936)
= Kyllinga pseudoalata   Wad.Khan & R.D.Taur; Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra 274 (2014)
= Kyllinga tenuifolia   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 69 (1854)
= Kyllinga triceps var. obtusiflora Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 414 (1868)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tenuis
										
										
									 Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 20 (1788), et Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 119 (1797)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Crevice flatsedge (EN); Junquillo de costa (Cuba)
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]  (Tshopo etc.); Chad; Angola; Mexico  (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl.  (St. Croix); Dominica; Martinique; Colombia  (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Risaralda, Santander); Venezuela  (Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Yaracuy, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia  (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz); S-Brazil  (Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Caaguazu, Paraguari)
			22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 24 CHA 26 ANG 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM HIS JAM MAR NAV PUE VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 PAR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus breviradiatus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 214 (1850)
= Cyperus camphoratus var. breviradiatus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 422 (1936)
= Cyperus caracasanus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 86 (1837)
= Cyperus depauperatus var. aximensis (C.B.Clarke) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26(3): 579 (1972)
= Cyperus discigerus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 24 (1850)
= Cyperus dussianus   Boeckeler ex Duss; Ann. Inst. Colon. Marseille 3: 541 (1896 publ. 1897)
= Cyperus dussii   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 37 (1890)
= Cyperus eurystachys   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 143 (1884)
= Cyperus flabelliformis   (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 228 (1825), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus flexibilis   Maury; J. Bot. [Morot] 2: 392 (1888)
= Cyperus hartii   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 9 (1888)
= Cyperus platystachyus   Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 567 (1864)
= Cyperus sertularinus var. discigerus (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 411 (1936)
= Cyperus tenuis var. aximensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 418 (1936)
= Cyperus tenuis var. brevior Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 417 (1936)
= Cyperus tenuis var. eurystachys (Ridl.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 418 (1936)
= Cyperus tenuis var. fulvescens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 417 (1936)
= Cyperus tenuis var. grandiceps Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 417 (1936)
= Cyperus tenuis var. luridus (T.Durand & De Wild.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 418 (1936)
= Mariscus aximensis   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 584 (1894 publ. 1895)
= Mariscus discigerus   (Liebm.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2): 73 (1974)
= Mariscus eurystachys   (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 587 (1894)
= Mariscus flabelliformis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 215 (1816)
= Mariscus flabelliformis var. aximensis (C.B.Clarke) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26: 579 (1972)
= Mariscus luridus   T.Durand & De Wild.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 36: 89 (1897)
= Mariscus tenuis   (Sw.) Nelmes; Amer. J. Bot. 39: 385 (1952)
= Mariscus tenuis var. fulvescens (Kük.) Nelmes; Amer. J. Bot. 39: 385 (1952)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tenuispica
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 11 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Russian Far East  (Primorye); Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; China  (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan  (Sind); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar  (Bago, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia  (Kedah, Penang Isl., Perak, Pahang, Melaka); ?peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Sumtra  (incl. Bangka Isl., Belitung); Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Lombok, Timor); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); Costa Rica [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Brazil [I]
			22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 31 RFE 32 TZK UZB 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY PHI sng SUL 50 AUS 80 cos 82 guy ven 84 bra
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus brevicaulis   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 11 (1908)
= Cyperus delicatulatus   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 21 (1854)
= Cyperus fieldingii   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 2 (1854)
= Cyperus guaricensis   Schnee; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 9: 17 (1944)
= Cyperus helferi   Camus; [non Boeckeler]
= Cyperus leptostachya   Nees; Linnaea 9: 285 (1835) [nomen]
= Cyperus pseudohaspan   Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6: 47 (1892)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tenuispiculatus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 500 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus tenuispiculatus var. pseudatterimus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 141 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus testui
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Reynders; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 152(3): 562 (2019)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Central African Republic
			22 GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN 23 CAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus laxespicatus var. testui (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 332 (1936)
= Pycreus testui   Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): 13 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tetracarpus
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Flora 58: 88 (1875)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tetragonus
										
										
									 Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 71 (1816)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fourangle flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico  
			76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus pringlei   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 7 (1885)
= Cyperus tetragonus var. intercedens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 493 (1936)
= Cyperus tetragonus var. pringlei (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 493 (1936)
= Mariscus tetragonus   (Elliott) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 44 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tetraphyllus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 214 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus thomasii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Rodriguésia 66(2): 612, fig. 2 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Pernambuco)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus thomensis
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Marais; Fl. Mascar. 202: 54 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Malawi; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius; Rodrigues; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Surinam [I]
			22 GAM GHA GNB IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 BIO CMN GAB SAO ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW 29 COM MAU MDG ROD 81 cub jam trt 82 sur
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus cyperoides subsp. flavus Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983), nom. nov.
= Cyperus subumbellatus var. thomensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 525 (1936)
= Mariscus thomensis   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 395 (1902)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus thomsonii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 294 (1869 publ. 1870)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bhutan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Vietnam
			40 BAN BHU IND 41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus thorelii
										
										
									 E.G.Camus; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 242 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Vietnam
			41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus thorncroftii
										
										
									 McClean; Bothalia 2: 366 (1927)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
			
				Remarks: often treated under the name C. kirkii
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus thunbergii
										
										
									 Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 371 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus alopecuroides   Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 18 (1794), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus thunbergii var. gillii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 439 (1936)
= Cyperus thunbergii var. robustior (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 439 (1936)
= Cyperus thunbergii var. trisumbellatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 439 (1936)
= Mariscus riparius   Schrad.; Gött. Gel. Anz. 1821(3): 2067 (1821)
= Mariscus riparius var. gillii C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 193 (1898)
= Mariscus riparius var. robustior C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 193 (1898)
= Mariscus riparius var. trisumbellatus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 193 (1898)
= Mariscus thunbergii   (Vahl) Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 113 (1832)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus thyrsiflorus
										
										
									 Jungh.; Linnaea 4: 24 (1831)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Southern flatsedge
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Honduras; Cuba; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia  (Magdalena, Nariño); Venezuela  (Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon); Peru; Bolivia  (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz)
			77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 HON 81 CUB TRT 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL PER
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus amphekes   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 56 (1854)
= Cyperus anceps   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 213 (1850)
= Cyperus dissitiflorus   Nees ex Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 266 (1836)
= Cyperus pallens   (Liebm.) Standl. & Steyerm.; Fieldiana, Bot. 24(1): 133 (1958)
= Cyperus pittieri   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 19 (1896)
= Cyperus pseudosphacelatus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: (1890) 7
= Cyperus regiomontanus var. pallens (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 527 (1936)
= Cyperus regiomontanus var. pittieri (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 527 (1936)
= Cyperus thyrsiflorus var. anceps (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 494 (1936)
= Cyperus thyrsiflorus var. macrior F.Aresch.; Pl. Itin. Eugeniae 121 (1910)
= Cyperus thyrsiflorus var. vegetior F.Aresch.; Pl. Itin. Eugeniae 121 (1910)
= Cyperus tonduzianus var. tenuis Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 18 (1896)
= Cyperus tribrachiatus   (Liebm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 489 (1936)
= Cyperus tribrachiatus var. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 490 (1936)
= Mariscus dissitiflorus   (Nees ex Torr.) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 45 (1900)
= Mariscus dissitiflorus var. lucidior C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 45 (1900)
= Mariscus pallens   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 230 (1850)
= Mariscus thyrsiflorus   (Jungh. ex Schltdl.) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29: 74 (1974)
= Mariscus tribrachiatus   Liebm.; Mexic. Halvgr. 230 (1850)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tibialis
										
										
									 (Ledeb.) Govaerts; World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 21 (1999)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guatemala; Belize; ?Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Antigua; Grenada; Trinidad; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; NE-Brazil
			80 BLZ COS GUA NIC PAN 81 ABA CAY GRE HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus aphyllus   (Vahl) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 272 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus aphyllus   (Vahl) Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Hasskarl] 24 (1844)
= Cyperus peruvianus var. foliatus (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 587 (1936)
= Kyllinga aphylla   (Vahl) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 127 (1837)
= Kyllinga peruviana var. foliata Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 92 (1913)
= Kyllinga tibialis   Poit. ex Ledeb.; Diss. Bot. Pl. Doming. 6, no. 1 (1807)
= Mariscus aphyllus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 373 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tisserantioides
										
										
									 (Mtot.) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Benin; Nigeria; Zambia
			22 BEN NGA 26 ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Kyllinga tisserantioides   Mtot.; Nordic J. Bot. 9(6): 639 (1990)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tomaiophyllus
										
										
									 K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Madagascar
			22 NGA 23 BIO BUR CMN RWA ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus alpestris   K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895)
= Cyperus tomaiophyllus var. alpestris (K.Schum.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 430 (1936)
= Cyperus tomaiophyllus var. crassistolon Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 429 (1936)
= Cyperus tomaiophyllus var. laxiflorus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 430 (1936)
= Cyperus tomaiophyllus var. magnus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 429 (1936)
= Mariscus alpestris   (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 401 (1902)
= Mariscus magnus   C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 134 (1906)
= Mariscus tomaiophyllus   (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 594 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tonkinensis
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 11 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Laos; Thailand; Vietnam
			41 LAO THA VIE
			
				Remarks: sometimes included in C. tenuispica s. l.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. baikiei
									 (C.B.Clarke ex Kük.) S.S.Hooper; Kew Bull. 26: 577 (1972)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Chad; Central African Republic; Congo [Brazzaville]
			22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 CAF CON 24 CHA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus baikiei   C.B.Clarke ex Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 325 (1925)
= Cyperus kottensis   Cherm.; Arch. Bot. Mém. 4(7): 23 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus trachysanthos
										
										
									 Hook. &  Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 99 (1832)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Hawaii  (+Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, +Molokai, +Lanai)
			63 HAW
			
			
				Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Endangered, USA Status: Endangered
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus trailii
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 5 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Amazonas, Apure, Cojedes); Guyana; Surinam; N-Brazil; NE-Brazil
			82 GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ruderalis   Uittien; Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 30: 185 (1933)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus trialatus
										
										
									 (Boeckeler) J.Kern; Reinwardtia 3: 32 (1954)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, etc.); Vietnam; Cambodia; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Java; Borneo
			36 CHI 41 CBD THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY SUM
			
				Remarks: sometimes included in C. tenuispica s. l.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bancanus   Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 599 (1861)
= Cyperus diffusus f. turgidulus Valck.Sur.; Cyperus 100 (1898)
= Cyperus diffusus subsp. bancanus (Miq.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 209 (1936)
= Cyperus turgidulus   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 130 (1884)
= Mariscus trialatus   (Boeckeler) Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 176 (1961)
= Scirpus trialatus   Boeckeler; Flora 41: 445 (1859)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus trichodes
										
										
									 Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 564 (1864)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Jamaica
			81 JAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus trigonellus
										
										
									 Suess.; Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 80 (1951)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
			23 BUR RWA 24 SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pluribracteatus   (Kük.) Govaerts; World Checkl. Cyperaceae 350 (2007)
= Cyperus psilostachys   (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Bot. Not. 1934: 69 (1934), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus psilostachys f. glabrescens Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 546 (1936)
= Cyperus psilostachys var. pluribracteatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 546 (1936)
= Cyperus psilostachys var. subrufus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 546 (1936)
= Mariscus psilostachys   C.B.Clarke; J. Bot. 34: 225 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus trigynus
										
										
									 Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 216 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Peru; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay  (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rocha, San Jose); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios)
			83 PER 84 BRA 85 ARG URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Abildgaardia polycephala   Brongn.; Voy. Monde, Phan. [Brongniart] 176, t. 32 (1833)
= Androtrichum montevidense   (Link) Schrad.; Index Sem. Hort. Acad. Götting. 1835: 1 (1835)
= Androtrichum polycephalum   (Brongn.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 250 (1837)
= Androtrichum trigynum   (Spreng.) H.Pfeiff.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 10 (1937)
= Comostemum globuliferum   (J.Presl & C.Presl) Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 5 (1842)
= Comostemum montevidense   (Link) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1834)
= Cyperus globulifer   J.Presl & C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 165 (1828)
= Cyperus preslii   A.Dietr.; Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 2: 211 (1833)
= Eriophorum montevidense   Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 331 (1827)
= Megarrhena montevidensis   Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 5 (1842), in syn.
= Scirpus montevidensis   (Link) C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 89 (1908)
= Trichophorum montevidense   (Link) G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 468 (1830)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus trinervis
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales); Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I])
			50 AUS 63 haw
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus enervis var. laxus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 266 (1878)
= Cyperus inundatus   R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 214 (1810)
= Cyperus lessonianus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 29 (1837)
= Cyperus macellus   Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 33 (1837)
= Cyperus superatus   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 4 (1908)
= Cyperus trinervis var. contractus Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 423 (1915)
= Cyperus trinervis var. laxus (Benth.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 293 (1936)
= Cyperus trinervis var. superatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 294 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus trisulcus
										
										
									 D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 39 (1825)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nepal
			40 NEP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tropicalis
										
										
									 M.T.Strong; Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 199 (2001)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Trujillo)
			82 VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tuberosus
										
										
									 Rottb.; Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 28, t. 7, f. 1 (1773)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Algeria; Mali; Senegal; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; South Sudan; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Mozambique; Madagascar; China  (Yunnan); Taiwan; India; Australia  (Northern Territory, Queensland)
			20 ALG 22 BEN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN 23 CMN ZAI 24 ERI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM 29 MDG 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 IND 50 AUS
			
				Remarks: status uncertain, often included in C. rotundus s. l.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chlorocyperus salaamensis   Palla; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 9: 70 (1903)
= Cyperus arabicus   Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 284 (1870)
= Cyperus rotundus subsp. tuberosus (Rottb.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 113 (1935)
= Cyperus rudioi   Boeckeler; Flora 65: 12 (1882)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tuckerianus
										
										
									 Pereira-Silva, Hefler & R.Trevis.; Phytotaxa 284(2): 219 (2016)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus turrialbanus
										
										
									 Gómez-Laur.; Brenesia 14-15: 357 (1978)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
			80 COS PAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus turrillii
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 199 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Free State)
			23 CON ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus laxiflorus   Turrill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 171 (1914)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus tweediei
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 4 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Argentina  (Tucuman); Chile  (Valparaíso)
			85 ARG CLE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus ugogensis
										
										
									 Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 572 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
			25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Kyllinga ferruginea   Peter ex Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 572 (1936), in syn.
= Kyllinga ugogensis   (Peter & Kük.) Lye; Bot. Not. 125(3): 218 (1972)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus uitenhagensis
										
										
									 (Steud.) C.Archer & Goetgh.; Bothalia 41(2): 301 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
			27 LES SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus capensis f. globospica (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 540 (1936)
= Cyperus capensis var. pseudomarlothii Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 540 (1936)
= Mariscus marlothii var. globospica C.B.Clarke; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 7: 187 (1897)
= Mariscus uitenhagensis   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 2: 317 (1855)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus uncinulatus
										
										
									 Schrad. ex Nees; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(1): 23 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Oaxaca, Chiapas); Guatemala; Colombia  (Cesar); Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Cordillera, Paraguari, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Rio Negro); Argentina  (Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe)
			79 MEX 80 GUA 82 CLM 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus paraguayensis   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 90 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus undulatus
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 328 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
			25 KEN TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus unicolor
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 4, 2: 1879 (1880) 24
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela  (Bolívar); Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, Pando); SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraná); Uruguay  (Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Salta)
			82 VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus unifolius
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Linnaea 36: 374 (1869 publ. 1870)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pajon de costa (Puerto Rico)
			
			Distribution: Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.  (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, Tortola)
			81 PUE VIR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus calcicola   Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 387 (1915)
= Cyperus fuligineus var. calcicola (Britton) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 470 (1936)
= Mariscus unifolius   (Boeckeler) T.Koyama; Phytologia 29(2)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus unioloides
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 1: 216 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; China  (Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan  (Shikoku, Kyushu); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sumatra; Philippines; Java; New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Queensland, New South Wales); Mexico  (Chiapas, Mexico State, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Colombia  (Antioquia, Casanare, Cundinamarca); Venezuela  (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Guarico, Merida, Monagas, Portuguesa); Surinam; Peru; Bolivia  (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil; NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Amambay, Central, Cordillera); Uruguay  (Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera); Argentina  (Corrientes, Misiones)
			22 BKN GAM GUI IVO NGA SEN 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG 36 CHI 38 JAP TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW NWG PHI SUM 50 AUS 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE 82 CLM SUR VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus angulatus   Nees; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 73 (1834)
= Cyperus bromoides   Link; Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 85 (1820)
= Cyperus lanceus   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 259 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus luteolus   Boeckeler; Flora 58: 82 (1875)
= Cyperus overlaetii   (Cherm. ex S.S.Hooper & J.Raynal) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Cyperus selloanus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 446 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus spinulifer   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 465 (1867 publ. 1868)
= Cyperus spissiflorus   (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 117 (1895)
= Cyperus taubertii   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 185 (1895)
= Cyperus tosaensis   Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6: 47 (1892)
= Cyperus unioloides f. insularis (Domin) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 340 (1936)
= Cyperus unioloides f. pallescens Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 184 (1926)
= Cyperus unioloides f. reductus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 340 (1936)
= Cyperus unioloides var. bromoides (Link) C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 61 (1884)
= Cyperus unioloides var. compositus T.Koyama; Naturaliste Canad. 82: 213 (1955)
= Cyperus unioloides var. fissivaginatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 340 (1936)
= Cyperus unioloides var. wightii C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 593 (1893)
= Pycreus angulatus   (Nees) Nees; Linnaea 9: 283 (1835)
= Pycreus angulatus   (Nees) Nees ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 593 (1893)
= Pycreus angulatus f. bromoides (Link) Lindm.; Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 26(9): 6 (1900)
= Pycreus angulatus var. wightii Nees ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 593 (1893)
= Pycreus chekiangensis   Tang & F.T.Wang; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 165, 232 (1961)
= Pycreus flavescens subsp. laevinux Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 620 (1981)
= Pycreus overlaetii   Cherm. ex S.S.Hooper & J.Raynal; Kew Bull. 23: 314 (1969)
= Pycreus spissiflorus   (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: (1894) 53
= Pycreus umbrosiformis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 326 (1920 publ. 1921)
= Pycreus unioloides   (R.Br.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 164 (1900)
= Pycreus unioloides var. angulatus (Nees) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 417 (1915)
= Pycreus unioloides var. compositus (T.Koyama) N.K.Khoi; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 137 (1981)
= Pycreus unioloides var. insularis Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 417 (1915)
= Pycreus unioloides var. wightii (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Fl. Ind. Enum. Monocot. [Karthikeyan et al.] 67 (1989)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cyperus unispicatus
										
										
									 Bauters, Reynders & Goetgh.; Novon 20(2): 137 (2010)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus unispicatus   (Bauters, Reynders & Goetgh.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus urbanii
										
										
									 Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 1: 10 (1888)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Puerto Rico  (incl. Vieques Isl.)
			81 PUE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus urbanii   (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 47 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus usitatus
										
										
									 Burch.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 477 (1824)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
			24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bulbifex   E.Mey. ex Drège; Linnaea 20: 245 (1847)
= Cyperus edulis   Dinter; Deut. Südw. Afrik. 41 (1909)
= Cyperus usitatus var. stuhlmannii (C.B.Clarke ex K.Schum.) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Cyperus stuhlmannii   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 578 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. macrobulbus
									 Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 124 (1935)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa
			25 TAN 27 BOT NAM SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus ustulatus
										
										
									 A.Rich.; Voy. Astrolabe 1: 101, t. 17 (1832)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Zealand  (coastal widespread); Kermadec Isl.; Chatham Isl.
			51 CTM KER NZL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus ustulatus f. grandispiculosus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 440 (1936)
= Mariscus ustulatus   (A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke; Man. New Zealand Fl. 766 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus vaginatus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 213 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus cruciformis   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 572 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus textilis   F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 261 (1874)
= Cyperus vaginatus var. contractus Domin; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 41: 268 (1912)
= Cyperus vaginatus var. densiflorus Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 7: 273 (1878)
= Cyperus vaginatus var. pseudotextilis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 190 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus valiae
										
										
									 Pereira-Silva, Hefler & R.Trevis.; Syst. Bot. 43(3): 744 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Mato Grosso do Sul)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus vandervekenii
										
										
									 Reynders, Dhooge & Goetgh.; Novon 16(4): 512 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Rwanda
			23 RWA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus varicus
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 432 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar; Comores
			29 COM MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus varicus var. arcuatoreflexus (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 433 (1936)
= Cyperus varicus var. simpliciusculus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 433 (1936)
= Mariscus arcuatoreflexus   Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 409 (1919)
= Mariscus varicus   C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 408 (1919)
= Mariscus varicus var. simpliciusculus Cherm.; Fl. Madagasc. 29: 303 (1937)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus vatkeanus
										
										
									 (Boeckeler) Goetgh.; Phytotaxa 166(1): 38 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SW-Angola
			26 ANG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Ascolepis oliveri   Vatke & Hoepfner ex C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 1894 (1895) 652 in syn.
= Ascolepis speciosa   Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 78 (1869)
= Ascolepis vatkeana   Boeckeler; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 55 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus ventricosus
										
										
									 R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 217 (1810)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Queensland)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus pennatus var. ventricosus (R.Br.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 440 (1915)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus verloovei
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker & M.T.Strong; Rhodora 124(998-999): 280 (2024)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela; Guyana
			82 GUY VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus vestitus
										
										
									 Hochst. ex C.Krauss; Flora 28: 755 (1845)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Somalia; Tanzania; South Africa  (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
			24 SOM 25 TAN 27 SAF SWZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus albomarginatus   (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 122 (1895), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus indecorus var. inflatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 545 (1936)
= Cyperus indecorus var. namaquensis Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 545 (1936)
= Cyperus obsoletenervosus   Peter & Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 548 (1936)
= Cyperus pseudocallistus   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 329 (1925). 21: 329 (1925)
= Cyperus vestitus var. pseudocallistus (Kük.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 543 (1936)
= Mariscus albomarginatus   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 584 (1894)
= Mariscus binucifer   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 13 (1908)
= Mariscus indecorus var. inflatus (C.B.Clarke) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 524 (1960)
= Mariscus indecorus var. namaquensis (Kük.) Podlech; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 524 (1960)
= Mariscus inflatus   C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 384 (1901)
= Mariscus obsoletenervosus   (Peter & Kük.) Greenway; J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Natl. Mus. 27: 203 (1969)
= Mariscus vestitus   (Hochst. ex C.Krauss) C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 595 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus vicky-martiniae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Kew Bull. 72(2)-32: 1 (2017)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil  (Brasília Distrito Federal)
			84 BRA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus victoriensis
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 12 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
			42 NWG 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus virens
										
										
									 Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 28 (1803)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Cortadera, lleivún [Chile]
			
			Distribution: Hawaii [I]  (Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA  (Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Colombia  (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Valle); Venezuela  (Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Monagas, Portuguesa, Yaracuy, Sucre); Surinam; Ecuador; Galapagos; Bolivia  (Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil; S-Brazil  (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay  (Alto Paraguay, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro); Uruguay  (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano); Argentina  (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman); Chile  (Maule, Araucania)
			63 haw 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE 82 CLM SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus acutangulus   Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 551 (1868)
= Cyperus baenitzii   Boeckeler; Flora 61: 140 (1878)
= Cyperus formosus   Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 327 (1805)
= Cyperus glomeratus   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 70 (1788), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus scaberrimus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 3 (1890), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus surinamensis var. formosus (Vahl) Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 32: 74 (1933)
= Cyperus vegetus var. acutangulus (Boeckeler) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 335 (1898)
= Cyperus virens var. acutangulus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 181 (1936)
= Cyperus virens var. glaucopallidus Boeckeler; Linnaea 35: 554 (1868)
= Cyperus virens var. scaberrimus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 181 (1936)
= Scirpus reticulatus   Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 142 (1791)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. minarum
									 (Boeckeler) Denton; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 11(4): 264 (1978)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico; Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Dominican Republic; Colombia; Brazil; Argentina  (Chaco)
			79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 HIS 82 CLM 84 BRA 85 ARG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus minarum   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: (1890) 5
= Cyperus consanguineus var. minarum (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 172 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. montanus
									 (Boeckeler) Denton; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 11: 265 (1978)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Brazil; Argentina  (Misiones, Santa Fe); Chile  (Ñuble)
			84 BRA 85 ARG CLE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus montanus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 4 (1890)
= Cyperus uleanus   Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 5 (1890)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus viscidulus
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 1(6): 462 (1980)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
			50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus volckmannii
										
										
									 Phil.; Linnaea 33: (1865) 269
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Chile  (Coquimbo, Maule)
			85 CLE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus araeus   Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 346 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus volkielloides
										
										
									 Muasya & Vollesen; Kew Bull. 70(4)-53: 1 (2015)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tanzania
			25 TAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus volodia
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 351 (1919 publ. 1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus vorsteri
										
										
									 K.L.Wilson; Telopea 5(4): 598 (1994), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Mariscus grantii   C.B.Clarke; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 5: 588 (1894 publ. 1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus waillyi
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mali; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Botswana
			22 MLI 23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZAM 27 BOT
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus waillyi   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 366 (1938)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus wallichianus
										
										
									 Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2), Cur. Post.: 28 (1828)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nepal
			40 NEP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus pulcher   D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 38 (1825)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus welwitschii
										
										
									 (Ridl.) Lye; Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. [Haines & Lye], Append. 3: p.2 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Nigeria; Cameroon; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia
			22 BEN BKN IVO MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CMN 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus controversus var. subexalatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 612 (1936)
= Cyperus triceps var. ciliatus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 579 (1936)
= Kyllinga controversa var. subexalata C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 271 (1902)
= Kyllinga tenuifolia var. ciliata (Boeckeler) Beentje; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Cyp. 330 (2010)
= Kyllinga triceps var. ciliata Boeckeler; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 2): 535 (1864)
= Kyllinga welwitschii   Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 147 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus whitmeei
										
										
									 (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 429 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: American Samoa  (Tutuila, Ofu: Nu´utele Islet)
			60 ASA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus seemannianus var. perdensus Kük.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 128: 19 (1934)
= Mariscus whitmeei   C.B.Clarke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 14 (1908)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus wilburii
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Rhodora 88(856): 508 (1986)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Oaxaca)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus wissmannii
										
										
									 O.Schwartz; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 341 (1939)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ethiopia; Oman  (Dhofar); Yemen  (W-Yemen)
			24 ETH 35 OMA YEM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus xantholepis
										
										
									 (Nelmes) Lye; Lidia 7(4): 97 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi
			23 CMN ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus dewildeorum   (J.Raynal) Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 3(2): 231 (1983)
= Pycreus dewildeorum   J.Raynal; Kew Bull. 23: 313 (1969)
= Pycreus xantholepis   Nelmes; Kew Bull. [7]: 319 (1951 publ. 1952)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus xanthostachyus
										
										
									 Steud.; Flora 25: 600 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bolivia  (Cochabamba); Chile  (Valparaíso, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos, Aisén)
			83 BOL 85 CLE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus bracteosus   Kunze ex É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 165 (1854)
= Cyperus cumingii   Nees; Linnaea 9: 284 (1834), nom. inval.
= Cyperus lechleri   Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 27 (1854)
= Cyperus lechleri var. viridiglaucus Boeckeler; Beitr. Cyper. 2: 6 (1890)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus yadavii
										
										
									 Wad.Khan, D.P.Chavan & Solanke; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 30(4): 860 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Kerala)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus zikae
										
										
									 G.C.Tucker; Novon 30(1): 110 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Venezuela
			82 VEN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus zollingeri
										
										
									 Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 17 (1854)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa  (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.; Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia; Philippines  (Luzon); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.  (Bali); New Guinea  (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia  (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
			22 BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO SEN TOG 23 CAF CON GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF 29 MDG 40 SRL 41 AND CBD THA 42 JAW LSI MLY NWG PHI 50 AUS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cyperus lucidulus   C.B.Clarke; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 99 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Cyperus ramosii   Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 326 (1925)
= Cyperus rubroviridis   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 350 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Cyperus rubroviridis var. unicapitatus Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 136 (1935)
= Cyperus sphacelatus var. tenuior C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 8: 347 (1901)
= Cyperus zollingeri var. robusta K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 120 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus zollingerioides
										
										
									 C.B.Clarke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 132 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (W-Cape Prov.)
			27 SAF
			
				Remarks: insufficiently known
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus zonatissimus
										
										
									 (Cherm.) Kük.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.20, Heft 101 (Cyperac.-Scirp.-Cyp.): 395 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Madagascar
			25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM ZIM 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus zonatissimus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 605 (1927 publ. 1928), nom. illeg.
= Pycreus zonatus   Cherm.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 328 (1920 publ. 1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cyperus zonatus
										
										
									 Kük.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 93 (1913)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; ?D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Madagascar
			23 CON 29 MDG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Pycreus afrozonatus   Lye; Nordic J. Bot. 1(5): 622 (1981), nom. nov.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cyperus ×deamii
											
										
										
									 O´Neill; Rhodora 44: 81 (1942), cum descr. ampl.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Delaware, Indiana, New Jersey)
			75 USA 78 USA
			
				Remarks: Cyperus esculentus x strigosus
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cyperus strigosus var. multiflorus Geise; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 15: 253 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cyperus ×insidiosus
											
										
										
									 Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 318 (1921)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madagascar
			29 MDG
			
				Remarks: Cyperus grandis x mangorensis
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cyperus ×kadzusensis
											
										
										
									 T.Koyama; Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 193 (1961)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cyperus ×mesochorus
											
										
										
									 Geise; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 15: 249 (1934)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York)
			74 USA 75 USA
			
				Remarks: Cyperus lupulinus x C. schweinitzii
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cyperus ×turbatus
											
										
										
									 Baijnath; J. S. African Bot. 42(4): 372 (1976)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Africa  (KwaZulu-Natal)
			27 SAF
			
				Remarks: Cyperus prolifer x sensilis
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cyperus ×weatherbianus
											
										
										
									 Fernald; Rhodora 20: 190 (1918)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Massachusetts)
			75 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= xRaymondiella weatherbiana   (Fernald) Boivin; Taxon 22(2-3): 278 (1973)