Cyperaceae
Cyperus

Cyperus pedunculatus (R.Br.) J.Kern

First published in Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 798 (1958)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cayman Is., China Southeast, Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.

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 Remirea maritima.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Remirea maritima.]
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. [Cited as Remirea maritima.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berhaut, J. (1988). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 9: 1-522. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cabezas, F., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2004). Checklist of the Cyperaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko, Río Muni). Belgian Journal of Botany 137: 3-26.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17101] Brazil Remirea maritima K000189150 Yes
Feb 22, 1904 Merrill, E.D. [Herbarium of the Bureau of Agriculture no. 881] Philippines Remirea maritima K000290940 Yes
Feb 23, 1899 Armand, J. [s.n.] Remirea maritima K000290936 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1895 Rottler [s.n.] Remirea maritima K000881659 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1889 Cuming, H. [867] Philippines Remirea maritima K000290939 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4240] Thailand Remirea maritima K000595257 Yes
Barros, C.S.S.; Lemos, R.P.L.; Bayma, I.A.; Moura, F.B.P. [16] Brazil Remirea maritima K000189147 Yes
Wight, R. [3378] Remirea maritima K000881660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [1854] Remirea maritima K000881658 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] BU Remirea maritima K000881657 Unknown Type Material Yes
?Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil Remirea maritima K000189149 Yes
Macrae, J. [200] Sri Lanka Remirea maritima K000881661 Unknown Type Material Yes
Riedel, L. [146] Brazil Remirea maritima K000189148 Yes
Maingay, A.C. [3193] Malaysia Remirea maritima K000290937 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14156] Thailand Remirea maritima K000595260 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [17949] Brazil Remirea maritima K000189151 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16188] Thailand Remirea maritima K000595259 Yes
unknown [Wall list 3374] Remirea maritima K000290938 Yes
Marcan, A. [2455] Thailand Remirea maritima K000595261 Yes
Mori, S.A.; Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, T.S. [11364] Brazil Remirea maritima K000189146 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [12586] Thailand Remirea maritima K000595258 Yes
Thwaites [CV 3227] India Remirea pedunculata K000357558 Type Yes

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