Checklist: Cyperaceae
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CYPERACEAE
Introduction: This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded. To go to the main family page, click on the family name above. |
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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 | |
| Names | FZ Divisions |
| ZULUSTYLIS Muasya | |
| Zulustylis hygrophila (Gordon-Gray) Muasya | MS(?other) |
| Abildgaardia hygrophila (Gordon-Gray) Lye | |
| Fimbristylis hygrophila Gordon-Gray | |
| SCHOENOPLECTIELLA Lye | |
| Schoenoplectiella articulata (L.) Ley | T,MS,GI |
| Schoenoplectus articulatus (L.) Palla | |
| Scirpus articulatus L. | |
| Schoenoplectiella erecta (Poir.) Lye | GI,M |
| Schoenoplectus erectus (Poir.) J. Raynal | |
| Scirpus erectus Poir. | |
| Schoenoplectiella lateriflora (J.F. Gmel.) Lye | |
| Schoenoplectus lateriflorus Schoenoplectus lateriflorus (J.F. Gmel.) Lye | |
| Scirpus supinus L. var. uninodis auct. | |
| Scirpus uninodis auct. | |
| Schoenoplectiella senegalensis (Steud.) Lye | N,T |
| Isolepis senegalensis Steud. | |
| Schoenoplectus senegalensis (Steud.) Palla | |
| Scirpus jacobi (C.E.C. Fisch.)Lye | |
| Scirpus jacobi C.E.C.Fischer | |
| Scirpus praelongatus auct. | |
| Scirpus praelongatus Poir. | |
| QUEENSLANDIELLA Domin | |
| Queenslandiella hylalina (Vahl) Ballard | N,Z (other?) |
| Cyperus hyalinus Vahl | |
| Cyperus pumilus sensu Nees | |
| Mariscus hyalinus (Vahl) Ballard | |
| Mariscus suaveolens Cherm. | |
| Pycreus hyalinus (Vahl) Domin | |
| Pycreus pumilus sensu Nees | |
| Queenslandiella mira Domin | |
| NEMUM Desv. | |
| Nemum angolense (C.B. Clarke) Larridon & Goetgh. | |
| Scirpus angolensis C.B. Clarke | |
| 452.000 LIPOCARPHA R.Br. | |
| RIKLIELLA J. Raynal | |
| Lipocarpha atra Ridl. | |
| Lipocarpha chinensis (Osbeck) J. Kern | N,MS |
| Cyperus albescens (Steud.) Larridon & Govaerts | |
| Cyperus lipocarpha T.Koyama | |
| Cyperus submaculatus T.Koyama | |
| Kyllinga albescens Steud. | |
| Lipocarpha argentea (Vahl) R. Br. | |
| Lipocarpha senegalensis Lam.) Th. & H.Dur. | |
| Scirpus chinensis Osbeck | |
| Scirpus senegalensis Lam. | |
| Lipocarpha nana (A. Rich.) Cherm. | ? |
| Fuirena nana A. Rich. | |
| Lipocarpha pulcherrima Ridl. | |
| Lipocarpha rehmannii (Ridl.) Goetgh. | |
| Rikliella rehmannii (Ridl.) J. Raynal | |
| Scirpus hystrix auct. | |
| Scirpus rehmannii Ridl. | |
| 454.000 ASCOLEPIS Nees ex Steud. | |
| Ascolepis capensis (Kunth) Ridl. | MS (other?) |
| Ascolepis lineariglumis Lye | |
| var. lineariglumis | |
| Ascolepis protea Welw. var. splendida K. Schum. | |
| Ascolepis protea Welw. | |
| var. bellidiflora (Welw.) Lye | N(Other?) |
| Ascolepis bellidiflora (Welw.) Cherm. | |
| 459.000 CYPERUS L. | |
| MARISCUS Vahl | |
| MONANDRUS Vorster | |
| Cyperus albostriatus Schrad. | |
| Cyperus amabilis Vahl | GI |
| Cyperus amauropus Steud. | Z |
| Mariscus amauropus (Steud.) Cufod. | |
| Mariscus leptophyllus (Hochst.) C.B. Clarke | |
| Cyperus articulatus L. | GI |
| Cyperus colymbetes Kotschy & Peyr. | |
| Anosporum colmbetes (Kotschy & Peyr.) Lye | |
| Cyperus compressus L. | GI |
| Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. | |
| Cyperus crassipes Vahl | |
| Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze | N,Z,M |
| Cyperus macrocarpus (Kunth) Boeckeler | |
| Mariscus cylindrystachyus Steud. | |
| Mariscus macer Kunth | |
| Mariscus sieberianus Nees | |
| Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) J. Raynal | |
| Scirpus cyperoides L. | |
| Cyperus denudatus L.f. | MS,GI |
| Cyperus distans L.f. | N,Z,MS,M |
| Cyperus keniensis Kük. | |
| Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük. | |
| Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük. | |
| Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S. Hooper | |
| Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm. | |
| Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm. | |
| Cyperus dives Delile | |
| Cyperus immensus C.B. Clarke | |
| Cyperus dubius Rottb. | |
| var. dubius | N,Z,MS,GI,M |
| Mariscus dregeanus Kunth | |
| Mariscus dubius (Rottb.) Kük. ex C.E.C.Fisch. | |
| Cyperus esculentus L. | T,MS,GI |
| Cyperus callistus Ridl. | |
| Cyperus fischerianus A. Rich. | |
| Cyperus hemisphaericus Boeckeler | N,T,MS,M |
| Mariscus hemisphaericus (Boeckeler) C.B. Clarke | |
| Cyperus imbricatus Retz. | Z,T,MS,GI |
| Cyperus flexifolius Boeckeler | |
| Cyperus radiatus Vahl | |
| Cyperus involucratus Rottb. | MS,M |
| Cyperus alternifolius L. subsp. flabelliformis Kük. | |
| Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb. | |
| Cyperus kirkii C.B. Clarke | |
| Cyperus latifolius Poir. | |
| Cyperus longispicula Muasya & D.A. Simpson [NrEnd] | MS |
| Cyperus macrocarpus (Kunth) Boeckeler | N(other?) |
| Mariscus sumatrensis var. macrocarpus (Kunth) Maquet | |
| Cyperus mapanioides C.B. Clarke | Z,MS |
| Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm. | |
| Cyperus margaritaceus Vahl | GI |
| Cyperus natalensis Hochst. | MS,GI,M |
| Cyperus nduru Cherm. | T |
| Cyperus margaritaceus Vahl var. nduru (Cherm.) Kük. | |
| Cyperus nutans Vahl | |
| var. eleusinoides (Kunth) Haines | |
| Cyperus obtusiflorus Vahl | |
| var. obtusiflorus | GI,M |
| Cyperus niveus Retz. var. leucocephalus (Kunth) Fosb. | |
| Cyperus papyrus L. | |
| Cyperus prolifer Lam. | MS (other?) |
| Cyperus rotundus L. | N,Z,GI,M |
| Cyperus merkeri C.B. Clarke | |
| Cyperus nubicus C.B. Clarke | |
| Cyperus platystachys Cherm. | |
| Cyperus retzii Nees | |
| Cyperus rotundus L. subsp. tuberosus (Rottb.) Kük. | |
| Cyperus taylorii C.B. Clarke | |
| Cyperus tuberosus Rottb. | |
| Cyperus rupestris Kunth | |
| Cyperus schinzii Boeckeler | |
| Cyperus holostigma Schweinf. | |
| Cyperus solidus Kunth | M |
| Mariscus solidus (Kunth) Vorster | |
| Cyperus tenuiculmis Boeckeler | |
| Cyperus uitenhagensis (Steud.) C. Archer & Goetgh. | GI |
| 459.010 PYCREUS P. Beauv. | |
| Pycreus atribulbus (KüK.) Napper | MS (other?) |
| Pycreus pelophilus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke | GI |
| Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. | |
| var. laxiflorus (Benth.) C.B.Clarke | GI |
| Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. laxiflorus Benth. | |
| Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. laxiflorus (Benth.) Lye | |
| 459.050 ALINULA J. Raynal | |
| Alinula paradoxa (Cherm.) Goetgh. & Vorster | MS,M |
| Lipocarpha paradoxa Cherm. | |
| Mariscus paradoxus (Cherm.) Cherm. | |
| Pseudolipocarpha paradoxa (Cherm.) Vorster | |
| 461.050 COURTOISINA Soják | |
| COURTOISIA Nees | |
| Courtoisina cyperoides (Roxb.) Soják | |
| Courtoisia cyperoides (Roxb.) Nees | |
| Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Kük. | |
| Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Kük. var. africanus C.B.Cl. ex Kük. | |
| Mariscus cyperoides (Roxb.) A.Dietr. | |
| 462.000 KYLLINGA Rottb. | |
| Kyllinga alba Nees | Z,T,MS,M |
| Cyperus alatus (Nees) F. Muell. subsp. albus (Nees) Lye | |
| Cyperus cristatus (Kunth) Mattf. & Kük. | |
| Cyperus nigripes (C.B. Clarke) Kuk var. grandiceps Kuk | |
| Kyllinga alata Nees var. alba (Nees) Kuntze | |
| Kyllinga cristata Kunth | |
| Kyllinga albiceps (Ridl.) Rendle | |
| Kyllinga bulbosa P. Beauv. | |
| Cyperus ruchardii Steud. | |
| Kyllinga cartilaginea K. Schum. | |
| Kyllinga crassipes Boeckeler | |
| Cyperus bulbipes Mattf. & Kük. | |
| Kyllinga erecta Schumach. | |
| var. erecta | M |
| Cyperus erectus (Schumach.) Mattf. & Kük. | |
| Cyperus erectus (Schum.) Mattf. & Kük. subsp. erecta | |
| Kyllinga intricata (C.B. Clarke) Cherm. | |
| Kyllinga melanosperma Nees | MS,M |
| Cyperus melanospermus (Nees) J.V. Suringar | |
| Kyllinga melanosperma Nees var. melanosperma | |
| Kyllinga nemoralis (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Hutch. | |
| Kyllinga platyphylla K. Schum. | |
| Cyperus ciliato-pilosus Mattf. & Kük. | |
| Kyllinga robinsoniana Mtot. | |
| Kyllinga squamulata Thonn. ex Vahl | |
| Cyperus metzii (Steud.) Mattf. & Kük. | |
| 465.000 FICINIA Schrad. | |
| Ficinia gracilis Schrad. | MS |
| Ficinia stolonifera Boeckeler | |
| Ficinia filiformis (Lam.) Schrad. | |
| 467.000 FUIRENA Rottb. | |
| Fuirena abnormalis C.B. Clarke | T |
| Fuirena bullifera J. Raynal & Roessler | M |
| Fuirena ciliaris (L.) Roxb. | N,Z,MS,GI,M |
| Fuirena claviseta Peter | MS |
| Fuirena hirsuta (P.J. Bergius) P.L.Forbes | M |
| Fuirena leptostachya Oliv. | MS |
| Fuirena microcarpa Lye | ? |
| Fuirena obcordata P. L. Forbes | GI,M |
| Fuirena ochreata Kunth | MS |
| Fuirena pachyrrhiza Ridl. | MS |
| Fuirena pubescens (Poir.) Kunth | MS |
| Fuirena stricta Steud | N,Z,MS |
| Fuirena stricta Steud. | |
| subsp. chlorocarpa (Ridley) Lye | N,MS |
| Fuirena stricta Steud. | |
| var. stricta | Z,MS |
| Fuirena chlorocarpa Ridl. | |
| Fuirena umbellata Rottb. | MS,GI,M |
| Fuirena oedipus C.B. Clarke | |
| Fuirena welwitschii Ridl. | MS |
| Fuirena zambesiaca Lye | N,MS |
| 468.005 KYLLINGIELLA R.W. Haines & Lye | |
| Kyllingiella microcephala (Steud.) R.W. Haines & Lye | |
| Scirpus microcephalus (Steud.) Nelmes | |
| 468.010 SCHOENOPLECTUS (Rchb.) Palla | |
| Schoenoplectus confusus (N.E. Br.) Lye | GI |
| Scirpus rogersii N.E. Br. | |
| Schoenoplectus corymbosus (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) J. Raynal | T |
| Schoenoplectus brachyceras (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Lye | |
| Scirpus brachyceras Hochst. ex A. Rich. | |
| Scirpus corymbosus (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) B. Heyne ex Roth | |
| Scirpus inclinatus (Delile ex Barbey) Asch. & Schweinf. ex Boiss. | |
| Schoenoplectus muricinux (C.B. Clarke) J. Raynal | T,GI?,M? |
| Scirpus muricinux C.B. Clarke | |
| Schoenoplectus scirpoides (Schrad.) Browning | MS,GI,M |
| Schoenoplectus subulatus sensu Lye in Bot. Not. 124:290 (1971) | |
| 468.020 ISOLEPIS R. Br. | |
| Isolepis fluitans (L.) R. Br. | MS |
| Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link | |
| Scirpus fluitans L. | |
| 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. | GI |
| Eleocharis acutangula subsp. breviseta D.J. Rosen | |
| Eleocharis fistulosa (Poir.) Schult. | |
| Scirpus fistulosus Poir. | |
| Eleocharis brainii Svenson | MS |
| Eleocharis cubangensis H.E.Hess | |
| Eleocharis caduca (Delile) Schult. | MS |
| Eleocharis intricata Kük. | |
| Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Hensch. | |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. | MS,GI |
| Eleocharis capitata Boeck. | |
| Eleocharis limosa (Schrad.) Schult. | GI |
| 471.000 FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl | |
| Fimbristylis aphylla Steud. | MS (other?) |
| Fimbristylis bisumbellata (Forssk.) Bubani | GI |
| Fimbristylis bivalvis (Lam.) Ley | GI |
| Fimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl | GI |
| 471.010 BULBOSTYLIS Kunth | |
| Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle | |
| Abildgaardia boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Lye | |
| Abildgaardia boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Lye var. boeckeleriana Haines & Lye | |
| Bulbostylis cinnamomea sensu C.B.Clarke | |
| Scirpus boeckelerianus Schweinf. | |
| Scirpus collinus (Kunth) Boeckeler var. boeckelerianus (Schweinf.) Schweinf. | |
| Bulbostylis burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B. Clarke | GI |
| Fimbristylis burchellii Ficalho & Hiern | |
| Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) M. Bodard | |
| Abildgaardia contexta (Nees) Lye | |
| Bulbostylis burkei C.B.Clarke | |
| Bulbostylis hispidula (Vahl) R.W. Haines | |
| Abildgaardia hispidula (Vahl) Lye subsp. pyriformis (Lye) Lye | |
| Fimbristylis exilis (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. | |
| Fimbristylis hispidula (Vahl) Kunth | |
| Bulbostylis macra (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | |
| Bulbostylis oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | MS,GI |
| Bulbostylis caespitosa Peter | |
| Bulbostylis trichobasis (Baker) C.B. Clarke var. caespitosa (Peter) Kük. | |
| Fimbristylis oritrephes Ridl. | |
| Bulbostylis pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. | GI |
| Fimbristylis aphyllanthoides Ridl. | |
| Bulbostylis schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke sens. lat. | |
| Abildgaardia erratica (Hook.) K. Lye subsp. schoenoides (Kunth) K. Lye | |
| 471.020 ABILDGAARDIA Vahl | |
| Abildgaardia ovata (Burm. f.) Kral | |
| Abildgaardia triflora (L.) Abeyw. | |
| Fimbristylis triflora (L.) K. Schum. | |
| 482.000 COSTULARIA C.B. Clarke | |
| Costularia natalensis C.B. Clarke | MS |
| 489.000 CLADIUM P. Browne | |
| 492.000 RHYNCHOSPORA Vahl | |
| Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter | GI |
| Rhynchospora cyperoides Mart. | |
| Rhynchospora rugosa (Vahl) Gale | |
| subsp. brownii (Roem. & Schult.) T.Koyama | MS (other?) |
| Rhynchosia brownii Roem. & Schult. | |
| 512.000 COLEOCHLOA Gilly | |
| Coleochloa setifera (Ridl.) Gilly | MS (other?) |
| 515.000 SCLERIA Bergius | |
| Scleria achtenii De Wild. | MS(other?) |
| Scleria angusta Kunth | MS,GI,M |
| Scleria bambariensis Cherm. | |
| var. bambariensis | MS |
| Scleria bulbifera Hochst. ex A.Rich. | |
| Scleria buchananii Boeck. | |
| Scleria catophylla C.B. Clarke | N,Z |
| Scleria aterrima (Ridl.) Napper | |
| Scleria distans Poir. | |
| var. distans | N |
| Scleria hirtella Sw. | |
| Scleria nutans Kunth | |
| Scleria nutans Willd. ex Kunth | |
| Scleria flexuosa Boeckeler | |
| Scleria dieterlenii Turrill | |
| Scleria lateritica Nelmes | |
| Scleria foliosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. | |
| Scleria griegifolia (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | |
| Acriulus griegiifolius Ridl. | |
| Acriulus madagascariensis Ridl. | |
| Scleria friesii Kük. | |
| Scleria lagoensis Boeckeler | N |
| Scleria canaliculato-triquetra Boeck. | |
| Scleria melanomphala Kunth | |
| Scleria nyasensis C.B. Clarke | MS |
| Scleria pachyrrhyncha Nelmes | MS |
| Scleria pergracilis (Nees) Kunth | T |
| Scleria calcicola E.A.Robinson (confirmation required) | |
| Scleria ustulata Ridl. | |
| Scleria poiformis Retz. | Z,MS,GI,M |
| Scleria racemosa Poir. | N,Z,T,MS |
| Scleria ciliolata Boeck. | |
| Scleria palmifolia Ridl. | |
| Scleria verrucosa sensu C.B. Clarke p.p. | |
| Scleria rehmannii C.B. Clarke | |
| Scleria sobolifer E.F. Franklin | M |
| Scleria welwitschii C.B. Clarke | |
| Scleria junciformis Ridl. | |
| 525.000 CAREX L. | |
| Carex cognata Kunth | M |
| Carex cognata Kunth var. drakensbergensis (C.B.Clarke) Kük. | |
| Carex acutatiformis H.E.Hess | |
| Carex drakensbergensis C.B. Clarke | |
| Carex pseudocyperus L. var. cognata (Kunth) Boott | |
| Carex retrorsa Nees | |
| Carex spicato-paniculata C.B.Clarke | MS (other?) |
| Carex steudneri Boeck. | MS(other?) |