Checklist: Cyperaceae

CYPERACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Literature:  
Browning, J. & Goetghebeur, P. (2017) Sedge (Cyperaceae) Genera of Africa and Madagascar Troubador (Matador), Leicester, UK 
Browning, J. et al. (2020) Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 198-199 
Gibbs Russell, G.E. (1977) Keys to Vascular Aquatic Plants in Rhodesia Kirkia 10(2) 411-502 
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995) Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2  
Govaerts, R., Koopman, J., Simpson, D., Goetghebeur, P., Wilson, K., Egorova, T. & Bruhl, J. (2010) World Checklist of Cyperaceae The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/ accessed 10 July 2010 
Haines, R.W. & Lye, K. (1983) The Sedges and Rushes of East Africa East African Natural History Society, Nairobi, Kenya 
Larridon, I., Reynders, M. & Thery, P. (2020) Cyperaceae; Introduction et Tribu I. Hypolytreae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique 
Mesterházy, A., Browning, J. & Verloove, F. (2022) Cyperaceae of tropical West Africa Meise Botanic Garden 
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
459.000 CYPERUS L. 
MARISCUS Vahl 
MONANDRUS Vorster 
  
471.000 FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl 
  
471.010 BULBOSTYLIS Kunth 
Bulbostylis congolensis De Wild.
Abildgaardia congolensis (De W (De Wild.) Lye
Abildgaardia pusilla (A. Rich.) Lye subsp. congolensis (De Wild.) Lye
Bulbostylis pusilla subsp. congolensis (De Wild.) R.W. Haines
Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) M. Bodard
Abildgaardia contexta (Nees) Lye
Bulbostylis burkei C.B.Clarke
Bulbostylis collina (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
Bulbostylis hensii (C.B. Clarke) R.W. Haines
Bulbostylis hispidula (Vahl) R.W. Haines
Abildgaardia hispidula (Vahl) Lye subsp. pyriformis (Lye) Lye
Fimbristylis exilis (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
Fimbristylis hispidula (Vahl) Kunth
Bulbostylis johnstonii C.B. Clarke
Bulbostylis oligostachys (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Lye
Bulbostylis schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke sens. lat.
Abildgaardia erratica (Hook.) K. Lye subsp. schoenoides (Kunth) K. Lye
Bulbostylis megastachys (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke
Bulbostylis scleropus C.B.Clarke
  
471.020 ABILDGAARDIA Vahl 
Abildgaardia ovata (Burm. f.) Kral
Abildgaardia monostachya (L.) Vahl
Fimbristylis monostachya (L.) Hassk.
Fimbristylis ovata (Burm.f.) J.Kern
Abildgaardia triflora (L.) Abeyw.
Abildgaardia tristachya Vahl
Fimbristylis triflora (L.) K. Schum.
Fimbristylis tristachya (Vahl) Thwaites
  
492.000 RHYNCHOSPORA Vahl 

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