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Cyperaceae taxon details

Cyperus prolifer Lam.

1678964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678964)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cyperoideae (Subfamily)
  12. Cypereae (Tribe)
  13. Cyperinae (Subtribe)
  14. Cyperus (Genus)
  15. Cyperus prolifer (Species)
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Species
Cyperus L.

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Description Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. Culms trigonous to terete, 20–100 cm × 2–6 mm, soft (flattened in drying),...  
Description Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. Culms trigonous to terete, 20–100 cm × 2–6 mm, soft (flattened in drying), glabrous, often flopping over and rooting at base of rays. Leaves: blades reduced to sheath. Inflorescences: rays 100–250, 5–16 cm; 2d order rays 0.5–5 cm; bracts 2–3, horizontal or reflexed, 4–12 cm × 1.5–4 mm. Spikelets 1–30, linear-lanceoloid, ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid, compressed-quadrangular, 6–17 × 1–1.5 mm; floral scales 5–12, reddish brown, 1–3-ribbed, 1.2–1.7 × 0.7–0.9 mm, apex mucronulate. Flowers: stamens 3; anthers 1–1.2 mm; styles 0.3 mm; stigmas 1–1.3 mm. Achenes brown, obovoid, 0.4 × 0.2 mm, base stipelike to nearly cuneate, apex obtuse, surfaces finely reticulate. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Tabl. Encycl. i. 147. 1791 to Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1791),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Tabl. Encycl. i. 147. 1791 to Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1791), 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 prolifer Lam.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678964 on 2026-09-20
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Nomenclature

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 
   

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Description Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. Culms trigonous to terete, 20–100 cm × 2–6 mm, soft (flattened in drying), glabrous, often flopping over and rooting at base of rays. Leaves: blades reduced to sheath. Inflorescences: rays 100–250, 5–16 cm; 2d order rays 0.5–5 cm; bracts 2–3, horizontal or reflexed, 4–12 cm × 1.5–4 mm. Spikelets 1–30, linear-lanceoloid, ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid, compressed-quadrangular, 6–17 × 1–1.5 mm; floral scales 5–12, reddish brown, 1–3-ribbed, 1.2–1.7 × 0.7–0.9 mm, apex mucronulate. Flowers: stamens 3; anthers 1–1.2 mm; styles 0.3 mm; stigmas 1–1.3 mm. Achenes brown, obovoid, 0.4 × 0.2 mm, base stipelike to nearly cuneate, apex obtuse, surfaces finely reticulate. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Tabl. Encycl. i. 147. 1791 to Tabl. Encycl. 1: 147 (1791), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus papyroides Poir.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Papyrus aequalis (Vahl) Bojer)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Cyperus aequalis C.Krauss)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Cyperus aequalis Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Papyrus laxiflorus Spreng.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cyperus isocladus Kunth)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus isocladus) (from synonym Cyperus isocladus Kunth)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus prolifer) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus isocladus Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus isocladus Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aequalis C.Krauss)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aequalis Vahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus papyroides Poir.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus jocladus E.Mey.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Papyrus aequalis (Vahl) Bojer)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Papyrus laxiflorus Spreng.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus prolifer var. isocladus (Kunth) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus prolifer var. isocladus (Kunth) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus papyroides Poir.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Papyrus laxiflorus Spreng.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Papyrus aequalis (Vahl) Bojer)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aequalis C.Krauss)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aequalis Vahl)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus isocladus Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus jocladus E.Mey.)
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