Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Amur, Assam, Cambodia, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Hainan, India, Iraq, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Canary Is.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
• Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
• Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
• Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
• Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
• Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Cyperus pygmaeus.]

Flora Zambesiaca

• Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 273 (1904).
• Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 262, figs.532,533 (1983).
• Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 156 (2010).
• Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 312 (1936).

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Berhaut, J. (1988). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 9: 1-522. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
• Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
• Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
• Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
• Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
• Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
• Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
• Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
• Verloove, F. (2012). Notes on some Cyperaceae from Gran Canaria (Canary islands, Spain). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 93-99.
• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• E.P. 4, 20 (101): 312 (1936)
• Fl. Somalia 4: 130 (1995).
• Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 262, figs. 532, 533 (1983)
• Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 273 (1904)