Checklist: Cyperaceae

CYPERACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Literature:  
Browning, J. & Goetghebeur, P. (2017) Sedge (Cyperaceae) Genera of Africa and Madagascar Troubador (Matador), Leicester, UK 
Gibbs Russell, G.E. (1977) Keys to Vascular Aquatic Plants in Rhodesia Kirkia 10(2) 411-502 
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995) Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2  
Govaerts, R., Koopman, J., Simpson, D., Goetghebeur, P., Wilson, K., Egorova, T. & Bruhl, J. (2010) World Checklist of Cyperaceae The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/ accessed 10 July 2010 
Haines, R.W. & Lye, K. (1983) The Sedges and Rushes of East Africa East African Natural History Society, Nairobi, Kenya 
Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022) Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa Meise Botanic Garden 
  
NamesFZ Divisions
Cyperus denudatus L.f.
Cyperus dubius Rottb.
var. dubius
Mariscus dregeanus Kunth
Mariscus dubius (Rottb.) Kük. ex C.E.C.Fisch.
Cyperus dubius Poir.
var. macrocephalus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
Cyperus esculentus L.
Cyperus callistus Ridl.
  
468.030 BOLBOSCHOENUS (Asch.) Palla 
Bolboschoenus glaucus (Lam.) S.G. Sm.
Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla
Schoenoplectus maritimus (L.) Lye
Scirpus glaucus Lam.
Scirpus maritimus L.
  
471.010 BULBOSTYLIS Kunth 
Bulbostylis hensii (C.B. Clarke) R.W. Haines
Scleria distans Poir.
var. distans
Scleria hirtella Sw.
Scleria nutans Kunth
Scleria nutans Willd. ex Kunth

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