Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus lanceolatus Poir.

First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 245 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Uganda, Uruguay, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Pereira-Silva, L., Larridon, I., de Oliveira Ribeiro, A.R., Santos, V.M. & Trevisan, R. (2022). Diversity and taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in the Central-West region of Brazil. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 480-545. MBG press.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Pycreus lanceolatus.]
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pycreus lanceolatus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Pycreus lanceolatus.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Pereira-Silva, L., Larridon, I., de Oliveira Ribeiro, A.R., Santos, V.M. & Trevisan, R. (2022). Diversity and taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in the Central-West region of Brazil. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 480-545. MBG press.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 24, 2009 Paraguay K000632082 No
May 18, 2006 Ghana K000362908 No
May 18, 2006 Cameroon K000363022 No
[700] Uganda K002541995 Yes
[590] Uganda K002541994 Yes
[9] Uganda K002542000 Yes
[650] Uganda K002541993 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Bilivogui, D.; Diabate, M.; Haba, O-O. [13262] Guinea K001604484 Yes
[96] Uganda K001734162 Yes
[89] Uganda K002541996 Yes
[Ly 2665] Uganda K002541999 Yes
[AB 3593] Kenya K002542001 Yes
[Ly 1129] Uganda K002541997 Yes
[80] Uganda K002541998 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Pycreus propinquus K000632083 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [714] Brazil Pycreus propinquus K000632084 Isotype Yes
Pringle, C.G. [3789] Mexico Pycreus propinquus K000632090 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1400] Bolivia Pycreus propinquus K000295493 No
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil Pycreus propinquus K000189182 Unknown Type Material Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil Pycreus propinquus K000189183 Unknown Type Material Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico Pycreus propinquus K000632092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balansa, B. [402] Paraguay Pycreus propinquus K000632082 Type Yes
Glocker [202] Brazil Pycreus propinquus K000189181 Unknown Type Material Yes
Müller, F. [s.n.] Mexico Pycreus propinquus K000632091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico Pycreus propinquus K000632093 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [8081] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174542 Yes
Hassler, E. [8452] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K002453397 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [6350] Honduras Cyperus humboldtianus K002453332 Yes
Seibert, R.J. [370] Panama Cyperus humboldtianus K002453331 Yes
Isabelle, M. [s.n.] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174552 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K001732582 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [1183] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K002453394 Yes
Mori, S.; Bolten, A. [7387] Panama Cyperus humboldtianus K002453330 Yes
Balansa, B. [[4710a]] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K001174545 Yes
Widgren [856] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174546 Yes
Hassler, E. [9053] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K002453398 Yes
Burchell [6894] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174548 Yes
Goldsmith [G 66] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174551 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20063] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174544 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7695] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K002453393 Yes
{Riedel} [688] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001732581 Yes
{Glaziou} [17869] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174547 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [2551] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174543 Yes
Burchell [4428] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174550 Yes
Hassler, E. [1958] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K002453395 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Velázquez, R. [24775] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K002453399 Yes
Burchell [5654] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174549 Yes
Dusén, P. [7725] Brazil Cyperus humboldtianus K001174541 Yes
Hassler, E. [5538] Paraguay Cyperus humboldtianus K002453396 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19984] Brazil Pycreus lanceolatus K000189179 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [2383] Brazil Pycreus lanceolatus K000189207 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil Pycreus lanceolatus K000189178 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15510] Brazil Pycreus lanceolatus K000189180 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [2383] Brazil Pycreus lanceolatus K000189208 Yes
Raynal, J. [20985] Mali Pycreus lanceolatus K000391911 Yes

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