Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus distans L.f.
1680740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680740)
accepted
Species
Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans subsp. distans G.Mey. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye · unaccepted
Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut · unaccepted
Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye · unaccepted
Cyperus elatus Rottb. · unaccepted
Cyperus graminicola Steud. · unaccepted
Cyperus keniaeensis Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus keniensis Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus kurrii Steud. · unaccepted
Cyperus laxus Vahl · unaccepted
Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye · unaccepted
Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl · unaccepted
Cyperus psilostachys Steud. · unaccepted
Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler · unaccepted
Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud. · unaccepted
Cyperus squamulatus Steud. · unaccepted
Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper · unaccepted
Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm. · unaccepted
Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm. · unaccepted
- Forma Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük. accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Forma Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük. accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Forma Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük. accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Variety Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük. accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Variety Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük. accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Variety Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Variety Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Variety Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük. accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Variety Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye accepted as Cyperus distans L.f.
- Variety Cyperus distans var. major Thwaites (uncertain > unassessed)
terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Suppl. Pl. 103 1782 to Suppl. Pl. : 103 (1782), information provided...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Suppl. Pl. 103 1782 to Suppl. Pl. : 103 (1782), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The P [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Cyperus distans L.f.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680740 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
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Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]




From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Suppl. Pl. 103 1782 to Suppl. Pl. : 103 (1782), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The P [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus psilostachys Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (241 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyperus keniaeensis Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Cyperus elatus Rottb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus distans)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus laxus) (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus nutans) (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To Genève Herbarium (Cyperus graminicolus G00191573 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To Genève Herbarium (Cyperus graminicolus G00191574 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus elatus Rottb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus psilostachys Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Moscow University Herbarium (Cyperus kurrii MW0591497 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568908 lectotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568909 isolectotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568910 isolectotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568911 paratype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus purpureovaginatus P00611994 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus purpureovaginatus P00611995 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus squamulatus P00582052 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus keniensis Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus psilostachys Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus elatus Rottb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000188731 holotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000290896 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000321383 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000321460 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000321461 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus keniaeensis Kük.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (241 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyperus keniaeensis Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Cyperus elatus Rottb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus distans)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus laxus) (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus nutans) (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To Genève Herbarium (Cyperus graminicolus G00191573 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To Genève Herbarium (Cyperus graminicolus G00191574 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus elatus Rottb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus psilostachys Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Moscow University Herbarium (Cyperus kurrii MW0591497 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568908 lectotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568909 isolectotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568910 isolectotype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus distans P00568911 paratype 1)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus purpureovaginatus P00611994 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus purpureovaginatus P00611995 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cyperus squamulatus P00582052 isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus keniensis Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus squamulatus Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus psilostachys Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus elatus Rottb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus kurrii Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus graminicola Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus laxus Vahl)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000188731 holotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000290896 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000321383 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000321460 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus distans K000321461 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus keniaeensis Kük.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut)