Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus mapanioides C.B.Clarke
1680178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680178)
accepted
Species
Cyperus dichromeniformis var. major Boeckeler · unaccepted
Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm. · unaccepted
Cyperus major var. micranthus Cherm. · unaccepted
Cyperus mapanioides f. micranthus (Cherm.) Kük. · unaccepted
Cyperus mapanioides var. major (Boeckeler) Kük. · unaccepted
- Forma Cyperus mapanioides f. micranthus (Cherm.) Kük. accepted as Cyperus mapanioides C.B.Clarke
- Variety Cyperus mapanioides var. major (Boeckeler) Kük. accepted as Cyperus mapanioides C.B.Clarke
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Herbaceous perennial. Rhizomes fibrous, tangled, creeping, with small, scaly stolons. Culms rigid, 15 – 50 cm × 1.4 –...
Distribution Cyperus mapanioides is widely distributed across tropical West, tropical Eastern and central Africa, and can be found as...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 568. 1894 [Dec 1894] to...
Description Herbaceous perennial. Rhizomes fibrous, tangled, creeping, with small, scaly stolons. Culms rigid, 15 – 50 cm × 1.4 – 3.9 mm, trigonous to triquetrous, glabrous. Leaves up to 40 × 0.4 – 1.2 cm; leaf blade linear, scabrid at margins, subtle 3-nerved venation, apex acute; leaf sheath 1.5 – 7 cm long, transitioning from reddish-brown to deep purple at the base. Involucral bracts 4 – 7, leaf-like, 10 – 34 × 0.6 – 1.3 cm, spreading. Inflorescence a single loosely capitate cluster of pale brown, sessile spikelets, 8 – 16 spikelets per inflorescence. Spikelets linear-lanceolate to ovoid, 7 – 18 × 2.4 – 4 mm, bearing 8 – 16 flowers, rachilla winged. Glumes 2.5 – 3 × 2 mm, lanceolate-ovate, whitish-grey and veined, scabrid at the margins, spreading when mature, apex acute. Stamens 3; anther 1.3 – 3 mm long. Style 3-branched, 0.6 – 1.3 mm long. Nutlet ellipsoid-obovoid, trigonous, 1.4 – 1.9 × 0.9 – 1.3 mm, brown, smooth, sometimes minutely papillose. [details]
Distribution Cyperus mapanioides is widely distributed across tropical West, tropical Eastern and central Africa, and can be found as...
Distribution Cyperus mapanioides is widely distributed across tropical West, tropical Eastern and central Africa, and can be found as far south as Angola, Zambia, and northern Madagascar. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 568. 1894 [Dec 1894] to...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 568. 1894 [Dec 1894] to Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 340 (1901), 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 mapanioides C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680178 on 2026-10-02
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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 Herbaceous perennial. Rhizomes fibrous, tangled, creeping, with small, scaly stolons. Culms rigid, 15 – 50 cm × 1.4 – 3.9 mm, trigonous to triquetrous, glabrous. Leaves up to 40 × 0.4 – 1.2 cm; leaf blade linear, scabrid at margins, subtle 3-nerved venation, apex acute; leaf sheath 1.5 – 7 cm long, transitioning from reddish-brown to deep purple at the base. Involucral bracts 4 – 7, leaf-like, 10 – 34 × 0.6 – 1.3 cm, spreading. Inflorescence a single loosely capitate cluster of pale brown, sessile spikelets, 8 – 16 spikelets per inflorescence. Spikelets linear-lanceolate to ovoid, 7 – 18 × 2.4 – 4 mm, bearing 8 – 16 flowers, rachilla winged. Glumes 2.5 – 3 × 2 mm, lanceolate-ovate, whitish-grey and veined, scabrid at the margins, spreading when mature, apex acute. Stamens 3; anther 1.3 – 3 mm long. Style 3-branched, 0.6 – 1.3 mm long. Nutlet ellipsoid-obovoid, trigonous, 1.4 – 1.9 × 0.9 – 1.3 mm, brown, smooth, sometimes minutely papillose. [details]Distribution Cyperus mapanioides is widely distributed across tropical West, tropical Eastern and central Africa, and can be found as far south as Angola, Zambia, and northern Madagascar. [details]
Habitat Cyperus mapanioides is an understorey plant found primarily among the leaf litter of the damp forest floor, as well as in disturbed areas such as clearings and along footpaths. The species has been noted to occur in the Miombo forests of central and southern Africa, which are expanses of grasslands, savannas and shrublands characterised by the dominance of Miombo trees (Brachystegia spp.). [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 568. 1894 [Dec 1894] to Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 340 (1901), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus dichromeniformis var. major Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus major var. micranthus Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus mapanioides var. major (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus mapanioides f. micranthus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus major var. micranthus Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus dichromeniformis var. major Boeckeler)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321329 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321330 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321331 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321365 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Cyperus mapanioides C.B.Clarke BM000922450 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus dichromeniformis var. major Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus major var. micranthus Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus major (Boeckeler) Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus mapanioides var. major (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus mapanioides f. micranthus (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus major var. micranthus Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus dichromeniformis var. major Boeckeler)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321329 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321330 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321331 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus mapanioides K000321365 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Cyperus mapanioides C.B.Clarke BM000922450 type 1)
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