Cyperus lanceolatus Poir. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 245. 1806.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], ], North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (Africa; Asia),
Common Names: Cortadera (Cuba),
Synonyms: Cyperus densus Link (Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 83. 1820.), Cyperus filiculmis A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 285. 1850.), Cyperus helvus Liebm. (Mexic. Halvgr. 197. 1850.), Cyperus jacquemontii Boeckeler (Linnaea 35: 442. 1868.), Cyperus lanceolatus Poir. var. compositus J. & K. Presl (Reliq. Haenk. 1(3): 167. 1828.), Cyperus olfersianus Kunth (Enum. Pl. 2: 10. 1837.), Cyperus olfersianus Kunth var. elatior Boeck. (Linnaea 35: 440. 1868.), Cyperus variegatus Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 562. 1864), Pycreus densus (Link) Urb. (Symb. Antill. 2: 164. 1900.), Pycreus helvus (Liebm.) C.B. Clarke (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 19. 1900.), Pycreus lanceolatus (Poir.) C.B. Clarke (Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 538. 1894.), Pycreus olfersianus (Kunth) Urb. (Symb. Antill. 2: 164. 1900.), Pycreus propinquus Nees (in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 7. 1842.),
Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 3). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 4). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
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