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Cyperaceae taxon details

Cyperus amabilis Vahl

To Field Museum Herbarium (Cyperus aureus Kunth photographed at B isotype 1)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Cyperus aureus Kunth photographed at B isotype 1)

1679206 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679206)

  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 amabilis (Species)
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Description Herbs, annual, cespitose. Culms 1–10(–25), roundly trigonous, 3–12 cm × 0.3–0.8 mm, glabrous. Leaves 1–3–(4),...  
Description Herbs, annual, cespitose. Culms 1–10(–25), roundly trigonous, 3–12 cm × 0.3–0.8 mm, glabrous. Leaves 1–3–(4), 1–6 cm × 1(–1.5) mm. Inflorescences: if rays absent heads single, dense, sessile, digitate, 5–20 × 10–30 mm, single heads 10–30(–50) mm; rays usually absent, if present 1–8 cm; 2d order rays infrequently present, 1–2 cm; bracts 3–6, erect to oblique, flat to V-shaped,(0.5–)2–10(–15) cm × 0.5–2 mm. Spikelets 5–10(–20), linear to linear-lanceoloid, (5–)8–12(–35) × 1.6–2.3(–2.5) mm; floral scales (6–)16–30(–76), laterally glossy reddish brown to brown, medially greenish, sometimes also reddish or brownish, laterally ribless, medially strongly 3-ribbed, ovate-lanceolate, 1.9–2(–2.3) mm (including prominent excurved cusp of 0.3–0.5 mm) × 0.8–1.1 mm, apex truncate, emarginate, or cuspidate. Flowers: stamen [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 (1805),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 (1805), 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 amabilis Vahl. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679206 on 2026-09-15
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Nomenclature

original description (of Cyperus amabilis var. macra C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1901). Cyperaceae. In: Thiselton­-Dyer, W.T. (ed.), Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 8 (Pt. 1): pp. 266–384. London: L. Reeve & Co., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/379171#page/278/mode/1up
page(s): 328 [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 
   

From editor or global species database
Description Herbs, annual, cespitose. Culms 1–10(–25), roundly trigonous, 3–12 cm × 0.3–0.8 mm, glabrous. Leaves 1–3–(4), 1–6 cm × 1(–1.5) mm. Inflorescences: if rays absent heads single, dense, sessile, digitate, 5–20 × 10–30 mm, single heads 10–30(–50) mm; rays usually absent, if present 1–8 cm; 2d order rays infrequently present, 1–2 cm; bracts 3–6, erect to oblique, flat to V-shaped,(0.5–)2–10(–15) cm × 0.5–2 mm. Spikelets 5–10(–20), linear to linear-lanceoloid, (5–)8–12(–35) × 1.6–2.3(–2.5) mm; floral scales (6–)16–30(–76), laterally glossy reddish brown to brown, medially greenish, sometimes also reddish or brownish, laterally ribless, medially strongly 3-ribbed, ovate-lanceolate, 1.9–2(–2.3) mm (including prominent excurved cusp of 0.3–0.5 mm) × 0.8–1.1 mm, apex truncate, emarginate, or cuspidate. Flowers: stamen [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 (1805), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus guadalajaranus M.E.Jones)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Cyperus aureus Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cyperus oligostachyus Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Cyperus aurantiacus Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cyperus lepidus Hochst. ex Steud._)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cyperus lepidus Hochst. ex Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus quitensis Spreng.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus microstachyus Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus brachyphyllus Willd. ex Link)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cyperus glareosus Liebm.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus amabilis) 
To Field Museum Herbarium (Cyperus aureus Kunth photographed at B isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus aureus Kunth)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Cyperus aureus Kunth photographed at B isotype 1) (from synonym Cyperus aureus Kunth)
To Genbank 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus anisostachyos Willd. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aurantiacus Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aureus Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus brachyphyllus Willd. ex Link)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus glareosus Liebm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus guadalajaranus M.E.Jones)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus oligostachyus Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aureus var. aurantiacus (Kunth) Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. subacaulis Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. macra C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lepidus Hochst. ex Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus muelleri Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus microstachyus Vahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aureus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aureus var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus quitensis Spreng.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aurantiacus Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus anisostachyos Willd. ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aureus Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus glareosus Liebm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus brachyphyllus Willd. ex Link)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus quitensis Spreng.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lepidus Hochst. ex Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. macra C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus guadalajaranus M.E.Jones)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus muelleri Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus oligostachyus Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus microstachyus Vahl)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aureus var. aurantiacus (Kunth) Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aureus var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. subacaulis Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aureus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Kük.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus amabilis var. amabilis)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus lepidus Hochst. ex Steud._)
From editor or global species database
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