Cyperaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 26. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Goetghebeur, P. (1998). Cyperaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 141–190. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Govaerts, R., Simpson, D. A., Bruhl, J., Egorova, T., Goetghebeur, P. & Wilson, K. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B., & Beentje, H. J. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kern, J. H. (1974). Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 7: 435–753. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.Simpson & Inglis (2001).
  • Simpson, D. A. & Inglis, C. A. (2001). Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bull. 56: 257–360.

Neotropikey

  • Alves, M., Araújo, A.C, Prata, A.P, Vitta, F., Hefler, S., Trevisan, R., Gil, A.B., Martins & S.,Thomas, W.W. (2007). Diversidade de Cyperaceae no Brasil. In: A Botânica no Brasil: pesquisa, ensino e políticas públicas ambientais (L. Barbosa & N. Santos Junior, orgs.). SBB, São Paulo, pp. 286-290.
  • Bruhl, J.J. (1995). Sedge genera of the world: relationships and a new classification of the Cyperaceae. Australian Systematic Botany 8(2): 125-305.
  • Govaerts, R., Simpson, D.A., Bruhl, J., Egorova, T., Goetghebeur, P., & Wilson, K. (2007). Word checklist of Cyperaceae Sedges. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kearns, D.M., Thomas, W.W., Tucker, G., Kral, R., Camelbeke, K., Simpson, D.A., Reznicek, A., González-Elizondo, M., Strong, M. & Goetghebeur, P. (1998). Cyperaceae In: Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. and Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana vol. 4, pp. 486-663. Missouri Botanical Garden, Press, St. Louis.
  • Thomas, W.W. (2004). Cyperaceae. In: Smith, N., Mori, S.A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D.W. & Heald, S.V. (eds.), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, pp. 434-436. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Dai, L.-K., Liang, S.-Y., Zhang, S.-R., Tang, Y.-C., Koyama, T., Tucker, G. C., Simpson, D. A., Noltie, H. J., Strong, M. T., Bruhl, J. J., Wilson, K. L. & Muasya, A. M. (2010). Cyperaceae. In: Z. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds), Flora of China 23: 164–461. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Goetghebeur, P. (1998). Cyperaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, IV: 141–190. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
  • Govaerts, R., Simpson, D. A., Bruhl, J., Egorova, T., Goetghebeur, P. & Wilson, K. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Semmouri, I., Bauters, K., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Starr, J. R., Goetghebeur, P. & Larridon, I. (2019). Phylogeny and systematics of Cyperaceae, the evolution and importance of embryo morphology. Bot. Rev. 85: 1–39.
  • Simpson, D. A. & Inglis, C. A. (2001). Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bull. 56: 257–360.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 22, 2018 Horne, J. [626] Seychelles K000244890 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 22, 2018 Horne, J. [626] Seychelles K000244891 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] K001119408 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3443] India K001119412 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweintz [S.n.] K003725286 No
Barrabé, L. [1514] New Caledonia K001765764 No
Perigolo, N.A.; dos Santos, A.J.B.; Pereira, J.B.; Pereira-Silva, G.; Silva, T.R.; Walter, B.M.T. [235] Brazil K001567017 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3442] Nepal K001119400 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] India K001132710 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.n. [s.n.] Brazil K001175266 Yes
Zizka, A. [AZ285] French Guiana K001905586 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 4474] K001039072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3441] India K001119398 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adamson [174] Australia K002085174 Yes
Barrett, R.L.; et. al. [4895] Australia K000607953 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] K001119404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Márquez-Corro, J.I.; Rabehevitra, D.; Dombrowski, A .; Monique; Njaka; Wang, D.; Serpell, E.; Soto, J [10JMC22] Madagascar K001600447 No
Mueller [187] K001615078 No
Zizka, A. [AZ309] French Guiana K001905583 No
Barrabé, L. [1515] New Caledonia K001765763 No
O'Donnell, S.A.; Nguyen, T.M.H. [SAO 0023] Vietnam K001765153 Yes
Zizka, A. [AZ280] French Guiana K001905585 No
Jolinon, J. C. [920] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001598654 Yes
Richards, M. [19519] Zambia K001600508 Yes
Richards, H.M. [s.n] Zambia K001600540 Yes
Márquez-Corro, J.I.; Svahnstrom, V.J. , Junnonen A.L; Meadows G.J, Rasaminirina L; Forde M; Márque [08JMC22] Madagascar K001600355 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3441] K001119399 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] K001119410 Unknown Type Material Yes
Herbst, D.R. [9873] Palau K001614938 No
s.coll. [652] K001613082 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3442] Nepal K001119401 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Burma K001132700 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] K001119402 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3441] K001119395 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3443] India K001119413 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barrett, R.L. [8988] Australia K000607952 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] India K001119405 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] K001119403 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] K001119409 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3443] Singapore K001119411 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-22491.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3441] K001119397 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3440] K001119394 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3443] Burma K001119414 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] India K001119406 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davies, F.G. Nepal K:SPC-39980.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3443] K001119407 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3441] K001119396 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0