Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus bifax C.B.Clarke

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 13 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Ecuador, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Lesser Sunda Is., New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Victoria, Western Australia, Yemen, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 20, 1977 Wuth [s.n.] Australia K000309464 Type Yes
Carolin, R. [8695] Australia K002292791 No
Sharpe, P.R. [2333] Australia K002292792 No
Carolin, R. [8792] Australia K002292790 No
McDonald, T.J. [7] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292814 No
Melville, R.; Blake, S.; Everist, S. [3443] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292821 No
Blake, S.T. [7586] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292806 No
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6232] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292802 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292803 No
Blake, S.T. [5173] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292811 No
Blake, S.T. [8341] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292816 No
Blake, S.T. [14187] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292820 No
Blake, S.T. [7752] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292817 No
Pullen, R. [10751] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292794 No
Blake, S.T. [10360] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292813 No
Wilson, K.L. [4689] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292793 No
Lazarides, M. [4138] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292804 No
Blake, S.T. [7667] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292818 No
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292805 No
Foulkes, P.R. [435] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292795 No
Blake, S.T. [11071] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292809 No
Blake, S.T. [10584] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292807 No
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [7039] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292797 No
MacKee, H.S. [10331] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292800 No
White, C.T. [13096] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292799 No
Blake, S.T. [11555] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292810 No
Everist, S.L. [2730] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292808 No
Bent, J.Th. [s.n.] Sudan Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K000321356 Type Yes
Bent, J.Th. [s.n.] Sudan Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K000321355 Type Yes
Ross, J.H. [H1471] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292819 No
Everist, S.L. [7614] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292801 No
Alston, A.H.G. [1089] Sri Lanka Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K003066200 Yes
Lazarides, M. [4186] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292798 No
Blake, S.T. [14015] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292812 No
Blake, S.T. [11306] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292815 No
Everist, S.L. [2943] Australia Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K002292796 No
Hooper, S.S.; Gandhi, K.N. [2419] India Cyperus rotundus subsp. retzii K003066195 Yes
Bidwill, J.C.; Mitchell, T.L. [137] Australia Cyperus disruptus K000309469 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidwill, J.C.; Mitchell, T.L. [137] Australia Cyperus disruptus K000309468 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0