Taxon:
Cyperus alternifolius L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 1:28. 1767
Verified:
12/10/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Baijnath, H. 1975. A study of Cyperus alternifolius L., sens. lat. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bull. 30:521-526. Note: accepts in narrow sense
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994 Note: sensu auct. = C. involucratus Rottb.
- Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges. 2007 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
- Kukkonen, I. 1990. On the nomenclatural problems of Cyperus alternifolius. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 27:59-66. http://www.sekj.org/AnnBot.html
- Rogers, G. & B. McClain. 1998. The sedges (Cyperaceae) of Barbados. Rhodora 100:391.
- Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
- Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- Note: sensu auct. = C. involucratus Rottb.
- Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
- Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
palmeira-umbela – papiro-anão – planta-umbela – sombrinha-chinêsa –
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 | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics & subtropics |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | s. |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Norte | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Federal District | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Morelos | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Society Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal]
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde, Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt, Morocco
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China (s.)
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Norte, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Louisiana]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia [Society Islands]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica