Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus nigricans Steud.
1680262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680262)
accepted
Species
Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus fibrillosus Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus lanceus var. angustifolius Ridl. · unaccepted
Cyperus lanceus var. macrostachya Kunth · unaccepted
Cyperus lanceus var. mucronatus Kunth · unaccepted
Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler · unaccepted
Cyperus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus macranthus var. mucronatus (Kunth) Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus muricatus Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus nigricans var. firmior Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus permutatus Boeckeler · unaccepted
Cyperus sumbawangensis (Hoenselaar) Lye · unaccepted
Pycreus diloloensis Kük. ex Cherm. · unaccepted
Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm. · unaccepted
Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Pycreus muricatus (Kük.) Napper · unaccepted
Pycreus nigrescens C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Pycreus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm. · unaccepted
Pycreus nyasensis C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Pycreus permutatus (Boeckeler) Napper · unaccepted
Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Pycreus simulans Cherm. · unaccepted
Pycreus sumbawangensis Hoenselaar · unaccepted
Pycreus vavavatensis Cherm. · unaccepted
Pycreus vavavatensis var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm. · unaccepted
- Variety Cyperus nigricans var. firmior Kük. accepted as Cyperus nigricans Steud.
- Variety Cyperus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Kük. accepted as Cyperus nigricans Steud.
terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 25(2): 584 (Pycrei sp.). 1842 to Flora 25: 584 (1842),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 25(2): 584 (Pycrei sp.). 1842 to Flora 25: 584 (1842), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Cyperus nigricans Steud.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680262 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]




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- Angola [details]
- Botswana [details]
- Burundi [details]
- Cape Provinces [details]
- Ethiopia [details]
- Free State [details]
- Kenya [details]
- KwaZulu-Natal [details]
- Lesotho [details]
- Madagascar [details]
- Malawi [details]
- Mozambique [details]
- Northern Provinces [details]
- Rwanda [details]
- Sudan [details]
- Swaziland [details]
- Tanzania [details]
- Uganda [details]
- Zambia [details]
- Zaïre [details]
- Zimbabwe [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 25(2): 584 (Pycrei sp.). 1842 to Flora 25: 584 (1842), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pycreus muricatus (Kük.) Napper)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pycreus nyasensis C.B.Clarke)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyperus permutatus Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pycreus simulans Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus fibrillosus) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus macranthus) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus nigricans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus sumbawangensis Hoenselaar)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus sumbawangensis (Hoenselaar) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nyasensis C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nigrescens C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus simulans Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus muricatus (Kük.) Napper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus permutatus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus diloloensis Kük. ex Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus permutatus (Boeckeler) Napper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. firmior Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. angustifolius Ridl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. macrostachya Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. mucronatus Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus nigricans P00466067 isotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Pycreus macranthus P00573080 isotype 1) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus sumbawangensis (Hoenselaar) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nigrescens C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nyasensis C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus simulans Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus muricatus (Kük.) Napper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus permutatus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus sumbawangensis Hoenselaar)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus diloloensis Kük. ex Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. mucronatus Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. macrostachya Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. angustifolius Ridl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus permutatus (Boeckeler) Napper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. firmior Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus macranthus var. mucronatus (Kunth) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke ex Rendle)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus diloloensis K000362903 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus diloloensis K000362904 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Pycreus nigricans K000363020 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Pycreus nigricans K000960551 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Pycreus segmentatus K000362992 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Pycreus macranthus var. angustifolius Ridl. BM000922530 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke ex Rendle)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke BM000922512 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To US Herbarium (Cyperus nigricans US3648061 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pycreus muricatus (Kük.) Napper)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pycreus nyasensis C.B.Clarke)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyperus permutatus Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pycreus simulans Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus fibrillosus) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus macranthus) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus nigricans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus sumbawangensis Hoenselaar)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus sumbawangensis (Hoenselaar) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nyasensis C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nigrescens C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus simulans Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus muricatus (Kük.) Napper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus permutatus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus diloloensis Kük. ex Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus permutatus (Boeckeler) Napper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. firmior Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. angustifolius Ridl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. macrostachya Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. mucronatus Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus nigricans P00466067 isotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Pycreus macranthus P00573080 isotype 1) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus fibrillosus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus macranthus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus sumbawangensis (Hoenselaar) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus muricatus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nigrescens C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nyasensis C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus simulans Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus muricatus (Kük.) Napper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus permutatus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus sumbawangensis Hoenselaar)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus diloloensis Kük. ex Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus vavavatensis var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. mucronatus Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. macrostachya Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lanceus var. angustifolius Ridl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. simulans (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus permutatus (Boeckeler) Napper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nigricans var. firmior Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus macranthus var. mucronatus (Kunth) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke ex Rendle)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus diloloensis K000362903 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus diloloensis K000362904 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus diloloensis (Kük. ex Cherm.) Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Pycreus nigricans K000363020 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Pycreus nigricans K000960551 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Pycreus segmentatus K000362992 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus segmentatus C.B.Clarke)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Pycreus macranthus var. angustifolius Ridl. BM000922530 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus macranthus var. angustifolius (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke ex Rendle)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke BM000922512 type 1) (from synonym Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To US Herbarium (Cyperus nigricans US3648061 type 1)
From editor or global species database