Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus longus

Cyperus longus subsp. longus

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Africa, Europe to Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madeira, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Japan, Tristan da Cunha, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Hand, R. (ed.) (2015). Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45: 245-259.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Adolphy, K. & al. (2021). Beiträge zur Flora Nordhein-Westfalens aus dem Jahr 2020. Jahrbuch des Bochumer Botanischen Vereins 12: 199-278.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gremmen, N. & Halbertsma, R.L. (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha 2: 1-307. Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP).
  • Hassler, M. (2012). Flora of Rhodes. Systematic list of flora of Rhodes http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~db111/flora/rhodos/list.php.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2006). A contribution to the flora of Wadi Abdur (Dhofar, Soutern Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 61: 253-260.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1989 Drummond, T. [335] Australia Cyperus tenuiflorus K000309473 Holotype Yes
Mar 1, 1893 Kotschy [222] Ethiopia Cyperus fenzelianus K000321486 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1893 Kotschy [222] Ethiopia Cyperus fenzelianus K000321485 Isotype Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1038] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477895 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1488] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477894 Yes
Abd el Khalek; Simpson, N.D. [4407] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477896 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1891] Oman Cyperus fenzelianus K002477904 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1310] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477898 Yes
Davis, P.H. [6093B] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477899 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3473] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477903 Yes
McLeish, I. [4009] Oman Cyperus fenzelianus K002477905 Yes
Kotschy [161] Sudan Cyperus fenzelianus K000321345 Type Yes
Letourneux, A. [152] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K000362616 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5465] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477902 Yes
Abd El Ghani, M.M. [2243] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477897 Yes
Kotschy [171] Sudan Cyperus fenzelianus K000321343 Type Yes
Kotschy [171] Sudan Cyperus fenzelianus K000321344 Isotype Yes
Hassib, M. [10] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477900 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [2937] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477893 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5448] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477884 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5438] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477901 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1294] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477883 Yes
Jabashy, I.E. [s.n.] Egypt Cyperus fenzelianus K002477885 Yes
Bolus, H. [3926] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956406 Yes
McLea, J.H. [5813] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956384 Yes
Rehmann, A. [4483] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956382 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [201] Lesotho Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956391 Yes
Baur, R. [1182] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956402 Yes
s.coll. [2270] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956404 Yes
s.coll. [9065] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956398 Yes
Baur, R. [s.n.] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956403 Yes
Leendertz, R. [3261] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956378 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2651] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956401 Yes
Giess, W.; Volk, O.H.; Bleissner, B. [5550] Namibia Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956377 Yes
Sutton, J.D. [1050-790] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956381 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [2365] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956408 Yes
Burchell [385] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956399 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1377] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956415 Yes
Schlechter, R. [6284] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956393 Yes
Bolus, H. [3926B] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956405 Yes
s.coll. [9899] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956397 Yes
Dieterlen [597] Lesotho Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956392 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956407 Yes
s.coll. [86] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956412 Yes
Rehmann, A. [2576] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956396 Yes
Cooper, T. [1365] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956395 Yes
Schlechter, R. [6390] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956394 Yes
{B. de Winter; Leistner} [5567] Namibia Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956376 Yes
[Mummik] [22587] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956386 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [E&W192] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956389 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1377] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956414 Yes
Merxmüller, H.; Giess, W. [1046] Namibia Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956375 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [254] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956383 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956411 Yes
Sutton, J.D. [790] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956380 Yes
{B. de Winter; Codd, L.E.} [351] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956385 Yes
Wilman [23456] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956387 Yes
Rehmann, A. [1778] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956413 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1209] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956416 Yes
Findlay [s.n.] Spain Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002479463 Yes
[E. G. Bayesh] [1054] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956379 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1377] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956417 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [E&W119] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956390 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [2421] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956410 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [1092] Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956388 Yes
s.coll. [3557] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956409 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [1937] South Africa Cyperus longus subsp. tenuiflorus K002956400 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • 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/
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