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Genus: Cyperus
Family: Cyperaceae subfamily: Cyperoideae tribe: Cypereae.
Nomen number: 417900
Place of publication: Enum. pl. 2:364. 1805
Name verified on: 10-Dec-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Dec-2009
No species priority site assigned.
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NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
- giant flat sedge (Source: M. T. Strong, p.c.) – English
- Mexican papyrus (Source: F NAmer
) – English
- Environmental: ornamental (fide F NAmer)
- Materials: fiber (for paper-making fide Kew Bull 56:295. 2001)
Native:
- NORTHERN AMERICA
Southern Mexico: Mexico - Colima, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Caribbean: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
Brazil: Brazil
Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay; Uruguay
Naturalized: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
- NORTHERN AMERICA
Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Louisiana
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
Cultivated:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
- Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
- Boggan, J. et al.
1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
- Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America.
- Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson.
2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
- Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
- Simpson, D. A. & C. A. Inglis.
2001. Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist.
Kew Bull.
56:295.
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
- Strong, M. T.
2011. Review of Cyperaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2.
pers. comm.
via e–mail on 1 Dec.
- Tucker, G. C.
1983. The taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in Costa Rica and Panama.
Syst. Bot. Monogr.
2:44.
- Tucker, G. C.
1994. Revision of the Mexican species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae).
Syst. Bot. Monogr.
43:112.
- Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Cyperus giganteus Vahl:
Check other web resources for images:
- PlantSystematics.org
-
 Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?417900 (20 June 2013)
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