Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link (Hort. Berol. 1: 292. 1827.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. Croix, ) ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (Africa; Malesia),
Synonyms: Cyperus amentaceus Rudge (Pl. Guian. 1: 16. 1805.), Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. complanata (Retz.) Kük. (Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 50. 1924.), Fimbristylis conferta A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 291. 1850.), Scirpus amentaceus (Rudge) Griseb. (Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 270. 1857.), Scirpus complanatus Retz. (Observ. Bot. 5: 14. 1788.), Trichelostylis complanata (Retz.) Nees (in R. Wight, Contr. Bot. India 103. 1834.),
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