Taxon:
Cyperus elegans L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:45. 1753
Verified:
12/10/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
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 | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Aruba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | Nevis | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | St. Vincent | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Esmeraldas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Sur, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Louisiana]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [Nevis], St. Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent], Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Suriname
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador [Esmeraldas, Galapagos Islands], Peru