Cyperus distans
Content
Description
Perennial with shortly creeping rhizome.
Leaves shorter than or as long as the stems, rigid to flaccid, flat, gradually acuminate, scabrous in the upper part, 5-8(-10) mm wide;
Inflorescence compound or decompound, often large, usually open.
Stamens 3;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, warmer regions of the whole world present
Widely spread over the warmer regions of the whole world; throughout Malesia and presumably everywhere common.
Notes
Very variable in all its parts. The forms and varieties described have no or little taxonomical value, probably except for: var. pseudonutans KÜK.
Citation
Clarke 1907 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 84
CAMUS 1912 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C.: 60
ROTTB. 1861: Sum.: 260, 600
Ridl. 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 145
Clarke 1884 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 144
BACK. 1928: Onkr. Suiker: 137: t. 134
KERN 1968 – In: Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 3: 481
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 284
Benth. 1878 – In: Fl. Austr.: 277
S. T. BLAKE 1947 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 214
STEUD. 1855 – In: Syn.: 49
BACK. 1949 – In: Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.): fam. 246, p. 35
BOECK. 1879 – In: Flora: 551
STEUD. 1855 – In: Syn.: 49
LINNÉ ƒ. 1893 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 607
VALCK. SUR. 1898: Gesl. Cyp. Mal. Arch: 123: t. 1 f. 9, t. 4 f. 29
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 279
ZOLL. 1854 – In: Syst. Verz.: 63
Koord. 1911 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 191
NAVES 1882: NOV. App.: 305
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 69
LINNÉ ƒ. 1922 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: f. 222
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 105
KÜK. 1935 – In: Pfl. R.: 137
BOECK. 1868 – In: Linnaea: 612