Cyperaceae name details
Cyperus compositus R.Br.
1685241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1685241)
uncertain (The type specimen has been lost. The name may apply to C. gunnii (ex descr.); it does not apply to C. alopecuroides (see Wilson in Mabberley & Moore 2022))
Species
terrestrial
Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 217 [details]
page(s): 217 [details]
Holotype BM, geounit New South Wales
, Note Type material cannot be found in BM. The...
Holotype BM, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material Type material cannot be found in BM. The description of C. compositus and the location (Sydney region) suggest this name is applicable to C. gunnii Hook.f.; these details do not fit C. alopecuroides (Wilson in Mabberley and Moore 2022). [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 217 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 217...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 217 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 217 (1810), 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 compositus R.Br.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1685241 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 217 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 217 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BM, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 217 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 217 (1810), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]Type material Type material cannot be found in BM. The description of C. compositus and the location (Sydney region) suggest this name is applicable to C. gunnii Hook.f.; these details do not fit C. alopecuroides (Wilson in Mabberley and Moore 2022). [details]
