Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus pectinatus Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 298 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Masharabu, T., Bigendako, M.J., Lejoly, J., Nkengurutse, J., Noret, N., Bizuru, E. & Bogaert, J. (2010). Etude analytique de la flore et de la végétation du Parc National de la Ruvubu, Burundi. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 4: 834-856.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 66 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 172 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 151, fig.24 (2010).
  • Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 298 (1805).

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Masharabu, T., Bigendako, M.J., Lejoly, J., Nkengurutse, J., Noret, N., Bizuru, E. & Bogaert, J. (2010). Etude analytique de la flore et de la végétation du Parc National de la Ruvubu, Burundi. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 4: 834-856.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Enum. Plant. 2: 298 (1805)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 439, fig. 212.70 (1997).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 172 (1983)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4107] Cameroon K000050693 Yes
May 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9135] Cameroon K000050691 Yes
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4499] Cameroon K000050692 Yes
May 1, 2001 Satabie, B. [1122] Cameroon K000050694 Yes
Fayad, C. [246] Kenya K003069928 Yes
Norman, E.M. [143] Uganda K003069916 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Katende, A.B.; Tabuti, J.R.S. [23452] Uganda K003069912 Yes
Verdcourt [435] Kenya K003069926 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [862] Tanzania K003069938 Yes
Tallantire, A.C. [624] Uganda K003069917 Yes
Rose, F. [10231] Uganda K003069919 Yes
Wingfield [772] Tanzania K003069936 Yes
Price, D.; B. Mhoro [WK352] Tanzania K003069931 Yes
Richards, H. M. (Mrs.) [24601] Tanzania K003069932 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [[7053]] Tanzania K003069930 Yes
Chevalier, A. [628] Mali K000391900 Yes
Burgt, X.M. van der [1985] Sierra Leone K001243288 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [3629] Uganda K003069911 Yes
Verdcourt [435] Kenya K003069925 Yes
Richards, M. [20194] Tanzania K003069940 Yes
Dummer, R. [2594] Uganda K003069921 Yes
Jackson, G. [1111565] Uganda K003069915 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2151] Kenya K003069927 Yes
Morrison [22] Uganda K003069918 Yes
Peter, G.A. [8794] K003069934 Yes
Sacleux, R.P. [2267] Tanzania K003069941 Yes
Chandler, P.; [G. H. J. Hancock] [15] Uganda K003069914 Yes
Morrison [54] Uganda K003069924 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [1945] Tanzania K003069937 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [82] Uganda K003069922 Yes
Bigger, M. [2168] Tanzania K003069939 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P3724] Uganda K003069913 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Katende, A.B.; Denny, P. [5226] Uganda K003069920 Yes
Katende, A.B. [K1179] Uganda K003069923 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A.; Mwasumbi, L.; Mwangulango, N. [1179] Tanzania K003069935 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12298] Tanzania K003069933 Yes

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