Taxon:
Cyperus amabilis Vahl
Summary
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 2:318. 1805
Verified:
12/10/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
foothill flat sedge –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Yemen | Socotra | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | s. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Aruba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Yemen [Socotra]
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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INDO-CHINA:
Vietnam
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Sur, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Veracruz]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona (s.)]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Cuba, Dominican Republic
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador