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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Coleochloa setifera
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
  
459.000 CYPERUS L. 
MARISCUS Vahl 
MONANDRUS Vorster 
Cyperus denudatus L.f.
Cyperus esculentus L.
Cyperus callistus Ridl.
Cyperus tomaiophyllus K. Schum.
Mariscus tomaiophyllus (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke
Cyperus vandervekenii Reynders, Dhooge & Goetgh.
  
459.010 PYCREUS P. Beauv. 
Pycreus elegantulus (Steud.) C.B. Clarke
Cyperus atronitens Hochst.
Cyperus elegantulus Steud.
Cyperus niger Ruiz & Pav. subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye
Pycreus elegantulus (Steud.) C.B. Clarke var. submelanostachyus Kük.
Pycreus niger (Ruiz & Pav.) Cufod. subsp. elegantulus (Steud.) Lye
Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B. Clarke
  
462.000 KYLLINGA Rottb. 
Kyllinga appendiculata K.Schum.
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük. subsp. appendiculatus (K.Schum.) Lye
Kyllinga stenophylla K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke
Cyperus camerunensis Lye
  
468.020 ISOLEPIS R. Br. 
Isolepis fluitans (L.) R. Br.
Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link
Scirpus fluitans L.
  
469.010 ELEOCHARIS R. Br. 
HELEOCHARIS T. Lestib. 
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) C. Presl
  
515.000 SCLERIA Bergius 
Scleria distans Poir.
Scleria hirtella Sw.
Scleria nutans Kunth
Scleria nutans Willd. ex Kunth
  
525.000 CAREX L. 
Carex bequaertii De Wild.
Carex conferta A. Rich.

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