Taxon:
Cyperus textilis Thunb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. pl. cap. 18. 1794
Verified:
12/09/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Archer, C. 2011. Review of Cyperaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 13 May.
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
- Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges. 2007 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. 1993
- Simpson, D. A. & C. A. Inglis. 2001. Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bull. 56:310.
Common names
English
umbrella sedge – Afrikaans
matjiesgoed –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. elsewhere |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape]
Cultivated
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
fiber (fide Kew Bull 56:310. 2001) –