Cyperus

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 44. 1753.

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Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 26. 1754.

Common names: Umbrella-sedge flatsedge
Etymology: Greek kupeiros, name for Eurasian Cyperus longus Linnaeus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 141. Mentioned on page 7, 154, 162, 163, 164, 168, 170, 184.
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FNA23 P38 Cyperus involucratus pg 150.jpegCyperus involucratus
Cyperus lecontei
Cyperus dentatus
Cyperus onerosus
Cyperus haspan
Cyperus prolifer
Cyperus acuminatus
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FNA23 P39 Cyperus surinamensis pg 153.jpegCyperus reflexus
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Cyperus virens
Cyperus drummondii
Cyperus eragrostis
Cyperus distinctus
Cyperus ochraceus
Cyperus entrerianus
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FNA23 P40 Cyperus pseudovegetus pg 156.jpegCyperus pseudovegetus
Cyperus difformis
Cyperus fuscus
Cyperus gracilis
Cyperus amabilis
Cyperus cuspidatus
Cyperus flavicomus
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Herbs, perennial or less often annual, cespitose or not, rhizomatous, stoloniferous, rarely tuberous. Culms solitary or not, trigonous or round, glabrous or scabridulous with extrorse or antrorse (rarely retrorse) prickles. Leaves usually basal; ligules absent; blades keeled abaxially, flat, V, or inversely W-shaped in cross-section. Inflorescences terminal, rarely pseudolateral, 1st order subumbellate to capitate, 2d order with spicate or digitately arranged spikelets, rarely a solitary spikelet; spikelets 1–150; 1st order rays unequal (rarely equal) in length, produced singly from the axils of inflorescence bracts; involucral-bracts 1–22, spirally arranged at culm apex, spreading to erect, leaflike. Spikelets: scales to 76, distichous, each subtending flower, cylindric to compressed, borne spicately or digitately at ends of rays (occasionally proliferous). Flowers bisexual [rarely unisexual], in axils of distichous floral scales, bases often decurrent onto rachilla as ± hyaline wings; perianth absent; stamens 1–3; styles linear, 2–3-fid, base deciduous or persistent; stigmas 2–3. Achenes biconvex, flattened, or trigonous.

Distribution

Pantemperate and tropical

Discussion

Species ca. 600 (96 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Stigmas 2 (3 in C. serotinus); achenes biconvex. > 2
1 Stigmas 3; achenes trigonous, plano-convex, or terete. > 3
2 Achenes laterally flattened, borne with edge toward rachilla. Cyperus subg. Pycreus
2 Achenes dorsiventrally flattened, borne with face toward rachilla. Cyperus subg. Juncellus
3 Spikelets borne in digitate clusters (rarely singly) or in umbellate or glomerulate heads. Cyperus subg. Pycnostachys
3 Spikelets borne in spikes on conspicuous rachis. > 4
4 Rachilla continuous or articulate only at base. Cyperus subg. Cyperus
4 Rachilla articulate at base of each scale, mature spikelet disarticulating into segments consisting of scale, internode, and rachilla wings. Cyperus subg. Diclidium

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Cyperus"
trigonous;flattened;trigonous;flattened;biconvex +
Gordon C. Tucker* +, Brian G. Marcks* +  and J. Richard Carter * +
Linnaeus +
persistent +  and deciduous +
decurrent +
w--shaped +  and keeled +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Umbrella-sedge +  and flatsedge +
scabridulous +
round +  and trigonous +
Pantemperate and tropical +
Greek kupeiros, name for Eurasian Cyperus longus Linnaeus +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
subumbellate +  and capitate +
spreading +  and erect +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
antrorse +  and extrorse +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Sp. Pl. +  and Gen. Pl. ed. +
1753 +  and 1754 +
unequal +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
cylindric;compressed +
cylindric +
1 +  and 150 +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
2 +  and 3 +
papillate +
2-3-fid +
Cyperus +
Cyperaceae +
tuberous +, stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
annual +  and perennial +
herb +, not +  and cespitose +