Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus margaritaceus Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 307 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 376 (1967).
  • Enum. Pl. 2: 307 (1806)
  • F.T.A. 8: 321
  • Kük, in Engl., Pflanzenr. Cyper. 284, incl. var. pseudoniveus (Boeck.) C.B. Cl. (1936)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 321 (1901).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 257, fig.519 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 179 (2010).
  • Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 20(101): 284 (1936).
  • Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 307 (1805).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • E.P. 2: 307 (1805)
  • E.P. 4, 20 (101): 284 (1936)
  • F.T.A. 8: 321 (1902)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 257, fig. 519 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2023 Wightman, N. [NCW413] Zambia K001639595 Yes
Oct 29, 2019 Datizua, C.; Darbyshire, I; Langa, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [CD17] Mozambique K001346548 No
Feb 25, 2016 Gray, M.; Luke, Q. [447] Kenya K000743856 Yes
Aug 25, 2015 Osborne, J. [1002] Zambia K000569398 Yes
May 1, 2008 Peter, A. [35033] Tanzania K000743867 Yes
May 1, 2008 Acres [122] Tanzania K000743864 Yes
May 1, 2008 Sayadel, P.O. [5327] Tanzania K000743878 Yes
May 1, 2008 Lovett, J.; Congdon, C. [1178] Tanzania K000743876 Yes
May 1, 2008 Jones, V. [35] Tanzania K000743861 Yes
May 1, 2008 Bjørnstad, A. [2100] Tanzania K000743877 Yes
May 1, 2008 Greenway, P.J.,, Savidge, J.; Kanuri [14125] Tanzania K000743875 Yes
May 1, 2008 Wingfield [857] Tanzania K000743880 Yes
May 1, 2008 Bidgood, S.,, Mwasumbi, L.; Vollesen, K. [1113] Tanzania K000743869 Yes
May 1, 2008 Richards, H.M. [7104] Tanzania K000743866 Yes
May 1, 2008 Pedersen, C. [649] Tanzania K000743872 Yes
May 1, 2008 Mungure, M.B. [4725] Tanzania K000743868 Yes
May 1, 2008 Peter, A. [34044] Tanzania K000743865 Yes
May 1, 2008 Gereau, R.; Lovett, J. [2689] Tanzania K000743879 Yes
May 1, 2008 Clair-Thompson, St. [482] Tanzania K000743873 Yes
May 1, 2008 Bjørnstad, A. [1436] Tanzania K000743874 Yes
May 1, 2008 Lloyd, H.M. [14] Tanzania K000743859 Yes
May 1, 2008 Robinson, E.A. [4781] Tanzania K000743858 Yes
May 1, 2008 Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8833] Tanzania K000743881 Yes
May 1, 2008 Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8534] Tanzania K000743882 Yes
May 1, 2008 Bullock, A.A. [2576] Tanzania K000743862 Yes
Jan 7, 2008 Sanou, L. [BUR-563] Burkina Faso K000743782 No
Dec 18, 2007 Mali [ML-385] Mali K000743780 No
Jan 1, 2007 Heath, A.; Heath, R. [501] Botswana K000743937 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Heath, A.; Heath, R. [501] Botswana K000743936 Yes
Jul 1, 2003 Geerling, C. [3712] Nigeria K000743806 No
Jan 1, 1996 Luwiika, B.,, Harder, D.K., Bingha; Zimba, N.B. [373] Zambia K000743915 No
Jan 1, 1995 Laegaard, S. [16946] Senegal K000743774 No
Aug 1, 1990 de Wilde, J.J.,, Arends, J.C.; de Bruiju, J. [9145] Gabon K000743831 Yes
Oct 1, 1892 Burchell, W.J. [2613] South Africa K001790308 Yes
Oct 1, 1892 Burchell, W.J. [1992] South Africa K003153498 Yes
Jul 1, 1892 Vogel [s.n.] Ghana K000743796 No
Dybowski, J. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743828 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [311] Zambia K000743919 No
Davidse, G. [5958] South Africa K000743978 Yes
Sterhuper, E.E. [1178] South Africa K000743986 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3272] Botswana K000743942 Yes
Richards, H.M. [12503] Zambia K000743909 Yes
Rogers, F.A., Rev. [4087] Zimbabwe K000743933 No
Fenner, J.E.L. [203] Malawi K000743885 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [9883] Zambia K000743899 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [9883] Zambia K001562199 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A.; A.W.A. [35821] Nigeria K000743808 No
Kornes, J. [2965] Zambia K000743918 No
Phillips, E. [718] Malawi K000743888 Yes
Francisco, M.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1498] Angola K001625125 Yes
Detilleux, E. [449] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743825 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [4822] Burkina Faso K000391898 No
de Menezes, A. [1314] Angola K000743944 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [1376] Namibia K000743959 Yes
Santo, E. [3090] Guinea-Bissau K000743781 No
Adam, J.G. [1887] Senegal K000743778 No
Fenner, J.E.L. [220] Malawi K000743886 Yes
Siame, W. [269] Zambia K000743905 Yes
Huntley, B.J. [1946] South Africa K000743977 Yes
Miller, O.B. [3230] South Africa K000743927 No
Hinds [13] Ghana K000743784 No
Robinson, E.A. [999] Zambia K000743906 Yes
Adam, J.G. [018271] Senegal K000743776 No
Testu [4091] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743840 Yes
Merrett, L. [2274] Zambia K001561886 Yes
Phelps, R.J. [193] Zimbabwe K000743925 No
Goodier, R. [456] Zimbabwe K000743929 No
Morton, G.C. [7157] Ghana K000743793 No
Baum, H. [310] Angola K000743945 Yes
De Witte [3196] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743833 Yes
De Witte [3196] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743832 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Lewis, G.F. [14336] Zambia K000743921 No
Nuvunga, A. [552] Mozambique K000743883 Yes
Weber, O. [228] Zimbabwe K000743923 No
Compéro [1016] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743826 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1439] Ghana K000743787 No
Irvine, F.R. [1439] Ghana K000743788 No
Symoens, J.J. [14123b] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743835 Yes
Raal, P. [398] South Africa K000703981 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [55163] Nigeria K000743810 No
Weber, O. [167] Zimbabwe K000743931 No
Martins, S.; Maia [4130] Angola K000743948 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [892] Angola K000569013 Yes
Rusch, E. [7931] South Africa K001562207 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [608] South Africa K001562200 Yes
Angus, A. [1460] Zambia K000743894 Yes
Angus, A. [1460] Zambia K000743893 Yes
Lowe, J. [2494] Nigeria K000743812 No
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2876] Botswana K000743940 Yes
Coetzee, B.J. [1508] South Africa K000743979 Yes
Morton, J.K. [6156] Ghana K000743791 No
Morton, J.K. [1678] Ghana K000743783 No
Chevalier, A. [9324] Chad K000743818 Yes
Kami, E.; Cheek, M.; Harrig, C. [4262] Congo, Republic of the K000683133 No
Compere, P. [1360] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743853 Yes
[illegible] [1015] Ghana K000743786 No
Quarré [134] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743827 Yes
Symoens, J.J. [11130] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743824 Yes
de Winter, B. [3883] Namibia K000743963 Yes
Koechlin, J. [4470] Congo, Republic of the K000743822 Yes
Moss, C.E. [9747] South Africa K000743970 Yes
Pole-Evans, L.B. [16979] South Africa K000743969 Yes
Miller, O.B. [3194] Zimbabwe K000743928 No
Weber, O. [206] Zimbabwe K000743922 No
Berhaut [6169] Senegal K000743813 No
Poisson, M.E. [s.n.] Benin K000743800 No
Edwards [3029] South Africa K001562201 Yes
Fenner, J.E.L. [231] Malawi K000743887 Yes
Craeter, W. [45] Zimbabwe K000743934 No
de Menezes, A. [1540] Angola K000743943 Yes
J.K. [5652] Congo, Republic of the K000743821 Yes
Peter, A. [34825] Tanzania K000743860 Yes
Kassner, T. [2075] Zambia K000743891 Yes
Irvine, F.R., Dr. [5018] Ghana K000743789 No
van Rensburg, H.J. [1213] Zambia K000743911 No
Mrs. Macaulay [80] Zambia K000743890 Yes
Story, R. [6371] Namibia K000743967 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [775] South Africa K000743972 Yes
De Witte [2716] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743834 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4896] South Africa K000743983 Yes
Hochobes, M.M. [MH1058] Namibia K000743961 Yes
Carson, A. [20] Zambia K000743892 Yes
Hall, J.B. [40409] Ghana K000743795 No
Nigeria [33294] Nigeria K000743809 No
Astle, W.L. [4267] Zambia K000743917 No
Robinson, E.A. [4328] Zambia K000743904 Yes
Adams, G.D. [357] Ghana K000743790 No
Leistner, O.A. [2120] South Africa K000743993 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [2065] Zambia K000743903 Yes
de Winter, B. [2459] Namibia K000743964 Yes
Magogo [772] Tanzania K000743857 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [638A] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743854 Yes
De Witte [7417] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743837 Yes
Mott, P.J. [1122] Botswana K000743939 Yes
Corby, H.D.L. [291] Zimbabwe K000743932 No
Schinz, H. [376] South Africa K000362856 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sharpe, R.R. [596] South Africa K000743994 Yes
White, F. [6338] Zambia K000743908 Yes
Gilges, W. [942] Zambia K000743913 No
Philcox, D.,, Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8712] Zimbabwe K000743935 No
Biegel, H.M. [1600] Zimbabwe K000743930 No
Audru [190] Chad K000743817 Yes
Richards, H.M. [8323] Zambia K000743902 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [153] Zambia K000743920 No
Broadbent, J.A. [134] Senegal K000743777 No
Ismail, M. [4238] Tanzania K000743863 Yes
Killick; Leistner [3060] Namibia K000743954 Yes
Killick; Leistner [3060] Namibia K000743953 Yes
Eugler, A. [6322] Namibia K000743955 Yes
Lubke, R.A. [191] South Africa K000743976 Yes
s.coll. [183] South Africa K000743987 Yes
De Witte [5196] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743836 Yes
Goodier, R. [455] Zimbabwe K000743926 No
Esterhupen, E.E. [1177] South Africa K000743988 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [275] Nigeria K000743804 No
Richards, H.M. [3839] Zambia K000743898 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [247] South Africa K000743992 Yes
Wild, H. [1673] Zimbabwe K000743924 No
Wedermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1615] South Africa K000743952 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, W. [7019] Namibia K000743956 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [309] Zambia K000743910 No
Gossweiler, J. [9463] Angola K000743946 Yes
Seydel, R. [2473] South Africa K000743966 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3597] South Africa K000743989 Yes
Warnecke [127] Togo K000743797 No
Warnecke [127] Togo K000743798 No
Story, R. [6265] Namibia K000743958 Yes
Mlangwa, J.A. [119] Tanzania K000743870 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [9099] South Africa K000743974 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1592] South Africa K000743990 Yes
Hall, J.B. [1311] Ghana K000743794 No
Lisowski, S. [11468] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743823 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [10416] Ghana K000743792 No
Zwanziger, S. [262] South Africa K000743982 Yes
Kolberg, H.; Loots, S. [HK832] Namibia K000743960 Yes
Leistner, C.A. [1592] Namibia K000743965 Yes
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1404] South Africa K000743975 Yes
Overlaet [256] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743852 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3589] South Africa K000743985 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4233] Angola K000743947 Yes
Story, R. [6132] Namibia K000743957 Yes
Richards, H.M. [8173] Zambia K000743901 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [499] Nigeria K000743803 No
Adam, J.G. [18185] Senegal K000743775 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2345] Botswana K000743938 Yes
Angus, A. [908] Zambia K000743897 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1546] South Africa K000743991 Yes
Richards, H.M. [7975] Zambia K000743912 No
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [578] South Africa K000743973 Yes
Hall, B. [2594] Ghana K000743785 No
Barter [620] Nigeria K000743802 No
Vogel [210] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743829 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [4068] Cameroon K000743841 Yes
Richards, H.M. [8970] Zambia K000743900 Yes
Tisserant, R.P. [669] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743838 Yes
Tisserant, R.P. [669] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743839 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1081] Zambia K000743907 Yes
Westfall, R.H. [1662] South Africa K000743980 Yes
Wilson, S.G. [220] Malawi K000743884 Yes
Dalziel, J.M.? [1117] Nigeria K000743811 No
Tuley, P. [882] Nigeria K000743807 No
Lecomte, H. [26] Congo, Republic of the K000743820 Yes
Lecomte, H. [26] Congo, Republic of the K000743819 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1326] Kenya K000743855 Yes
Richards, H.M. [3677] Zambia K000743895 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11626] Malawi K000743889 Yes
Donaldson, C.H. [74] South Africa K000743971 Yes
Richards, H.M. [7307] Zambia K000743896 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [556] Nigeria K000743805 No
Smook, L. [9166] Namibia K000743951 Yes
Smook, L. [9192] Namibia K000743950 Yes
de Winter, B. [4098] Namibia K000743968 Yes
Vogel, T. [19] Niger K000743801 No
De Witte [3155] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000743830 Yes
Angus, A. [3509] Zambia K000743914 No
van Rensburg, H.J. [2718] Zambia K000743916 No
Goyder, D.J. [8335] Angola K000743949 No
Smith, P.A. [326] Botswana K000743941 Yes
Skues [s.n.] Gambia, The K000743779 No
Ward, C.J. [10066] South Africa K000743984 Yes
Hines, C.J.H. [365] Namibia K000743962 Yes

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