Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus blepharoleptos Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 28 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Africa, Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Larridon, I., Reynders, M., Huygh, W., Bauters, K., Vrijdaghs, A., Leroux, O., Muasya, A.M., Simpson, D.A. & Goetghebeur, P. (2011). Taxonomic changes in C3 Cyperus (Cyperaceae) supported by molecular phylogenetic data, morphology, embryology, ontogeny and anatomy. Plant ecology and evolution 144: 327-356.
  • 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:

  • 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 Oxycaryum cubense.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Oxycaryum cubense.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • 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?
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Pena, E.M.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [2445] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000579115 Yes
Oct 1, 1987 Lutzelburg, Ph.von [255] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000189125 Yes
Jun 1, 1984 Mori, S.A.; Santos, T.S. [11528] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000189124 Yes
Jun 1, 1984 Pickel, D.B. [2199] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000189127 Yes
Jun 1, 1984 Pickel, D.B. [3778] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000189126 Yes
Richards, H.M. [13318] Zambia Oxycaryum cubense K001418755 Yes
Melo, E.; França, F.; Bezerra, M.; Ramos, H. [1821] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000189129 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Sudan Oxycaryum cubense K000416432 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sokpon, N.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [640] Benin Oxycaryum cubense K001562057 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Sudan Oxycaryum cubense K000416431 Unknown Type Material Yes
França, F.; Melo, E.; Tamos, H.; Gomes, D. [2295] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000189128 Yes
Melo, E.; França, F.; Bezerra, M. [1748] Brazil Oxycaryum cubense K000189130 Yes

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