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 
Browning, J. et al. (2020) Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 198-199 
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 
Larridon, I., Reynders, M. & Thery, P. (2020) Cyperaceae; Introduction et Tribu I. Hypolytreae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique 
Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022) Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa Meise Botanic Garden 
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
MAPANIA Aubl. 
  
HYPOLYTRUM Pers. 
Hypolytrum goetghebeurii Thery [End] IX,XI
Hypolytrum heteromorphum Nelmes II,III,IV,VI,IX
Mapania heteromorpha (Nelmes) Lye
Hypolytrum pynaertii (De Wild.) Nelmes IV,VI
Hypolytrum gabonicum Cherm.
Mapania pynaertii De Wild.
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.
  
469.010 ELEOCHARIS R. Br. 
HELEOCHARIS T. Lestib. 
WEBSTERIA S.H.Wright 
Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult. IV,VI,VII,XI
Eleocharis acutangula subsp. breviseta D.J. Rosen
Eleocharis fistulosa (Poir.) Schult.
Scirpus fistulosus Poir.
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) C. Presl XI
Eleocharis brainii Svenson XI
Eleocharis cubangensis H.E.Hess
Eleocharis caduca (Delile) Schult. XI
Eleocharis intricata Kük.
Eleocharis complanata Boeckeler ?
Eleocharis anceps Ridl.
Eleocharis confervoides (Poir.) Steud. III,IV,VI,VIII,XI
Websteria confervoides (Poir.) S.S. Hooper
Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Hensch. V,VI,XI
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. I,VII,XI
Eleocharis capitata Boeck.
Eleocharis minima Kunth IV
Eleocharis trilophus C.B.Clarke
Eleocharis minuta Boeckeler VI
Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. I,XI
Eleocharis naumanniana Boeckeler
var. naumanniana III,IV,XI
Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb. III,VI,XI
Eleocharis setifolia (A.Rich.) J.Raynal
subsp. schweinfurthiana (Boeckeler) D.A.Simpson XI
Eleocharis helenae Buscal. & Muschl.
Eleocharis schweinfurthiana Boeckeler
Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C. Presl III,IV,V,VI,VII,IX,XI
  
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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