Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus aggregatus

Cyperus aggregatus var. aggregatus

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

France, Japan, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Spain

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Verloove, F. & Sáchez Gullón, E. (2010). Further notes on Cyperaceae in the Iberian Peninsula: corrections, adjustments and additions. Flora Mediterranea 20: 141-147.
  • Verloove, F. (2014). A conspectus of Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) in Europe (incl. Azores, Madeira and Canary islands), with emphasis on non-native naturalised species. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 69: 179-223.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schomburgk [807] Guyana Cyperus flavus K003727580 No
Schomburgk [462] Guyana Cyperus flavus K000632129 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; F. Mamani [14070] Bolivia Cyperus flavus K003728319 No
Bruderreck, B. [74] Bolivia Cyperus flavus K003728318 No
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil Cyperus flavus K000632127 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hostmann [282] Suriname Cyperus flavus K001613007 No
Sieber [19] Martinique Cyperus flavus K000632132 Unknown Type Material Yes
Arsene, B.G. [2840] Mexico Cyperus flavus K000632007 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [730] Cuba Cyperus flavus K000602485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [713] Brazil Cyperus flavus K000632130 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Soto, D.; Villarroel, D. [25042] Bolivia Cyperus flavus K003728320 No
Schomburgk [462] Guyana Cyperus flavus K000632128 Unknown Type Material Yes
St. G. Beck [17432] Bolivia Cyperus flavus K003728317 No
Poiteau [s.n.] Guyana Cyperus flavus K000632131 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balansa, B. [416] Paraguay Cyperus flavus K000632125 Isotype Yes
May 1, 1891 [Funetz, N.] [95] Venezuela Mariscus flavus K003728302 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images