Cyperaceae

Scirpus Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 51 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

New Zealand South

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 446 (1902).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 47 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1929 Smith, H. [2092] China K001057078 Type Yes
Apr 17, 1903 Harper, R.M. [156] United States K001057076 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1887 Buchanan [225] Lesotho K000671266 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1887 s.coll. [5635] South Africa K000671265 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1887 s.coll. [4036] South Africa K000671264 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3459] K001119456 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3465] India K001119468 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; romashchenko, K.; González-Eliozondo, M.S. [20630] Bolivia K001614282 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3462] India K001119464 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lourteig, A.; Cour, P. [28] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572114 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119445 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3469] K001119477 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] India K001119462 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3467] India K001119473 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adamson [359] Australia K001730275 No
Aubert de la Rüe, E. [s.n.] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572167 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3469] K001119478 Unknown Type Material Yes
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 3467] Mauritius K001119475 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3467] India K001119470 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] India K001119448 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4471] Burma K001039069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3457] India K001119453 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jenkins [S.n.] India K001615039 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3461] India K001119463 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3467] K001119469 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] K001119459 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119447 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3459] K001119455 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3463] India K001119465 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3457] Nepal K001119449 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3457] Burma K001119452 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] K001119460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3463] India K001119466 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119450 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119451 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3460] K001119457 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3469] India K001119481 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3456] Burma K001119444 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Burma K001132699 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3467] K001119474 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002052175 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3467] India K001119471 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] India K001119461 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3469] K001119480 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3458] K001119454 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3457] K001119446 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3468] K001119476 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3464] K001119467 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3469] Nepal K001119479 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3467] Nepal K001119472 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3461] K001119458 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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