Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus elegantulus Steud.

First published in Flora 25: 583 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [1215] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000673183 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Munyenyembe, P. [856] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000580376 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8668] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000580377 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Kamundi, D. [684] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000673157 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [305] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000581634 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [780] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000580340 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3399] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000673188 Yes
May 1, 1998 Pollard, B.J. [19] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000673182 Yes
Cheek, M. [9847 A] Cameroon Cyperus niger subsp. elegantulus K000683609 Yes
Feb 1, 1893 Buchanan, J. [307] South Africa Pycreus elegantulus K000363038 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 1893 Schimper [965] Ethiopia Pycreus elegantulus K000363030 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1893 Buchanan, J. [50] South Africa Pycreus elegantulus K000363036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 1893 Schimper [312] Ethiopia Pycreus elegantulus K000363019 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1893 Schimper [574] Ethiopia Pycreus elegantulus K000363018 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. [101] South Africa Pycreus elegantulus K000363037 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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