Cyperus javanicus
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Description
Perennial with very short rhizome;
Leaves canaliculate, rigid, coriaceous, more or less spongy, septate-nodulose, very gradually acuminate, with drooping top, very scabrous on keel and margins by antrorse spinules, glaucous or greyish green, 5-10 mm wide;
Inflorescence large, compound or decompound, up to 15 cm across.
Stamens 3;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Madagascar present, Pacific Islands present, Ryu Kyu Is present, S. Asia present, S. China present, Southern America: Argentina Northeast (Formosa present), Tropical Africa present, tropical Australia present
From tropical Africa (very rare) and Madagascar through S. Asia to S. China, the Ryu Kyu Is. and Formosa to the Pacific islands, and through Malesia to tropical Australia; common throughout Malesia.
Notes
Very near to and possibly not specifically distinct from C. ligularis L., which is widely distributed in West Africa and tropical America.
, referred CARR 11390 to C. pennatus var. armstrongii (BENTH.) [C. armstrongii ]. To me it is typical C. javanicus. See also .
, referred CARR 11390 to C. pennatus var. armstrongii (BENTH.) [C. armstrongii ]. To me it is typical C. javanicus. See also .
Citation
NAVES 1882: NOV. App.: 305
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 113
VALCK. SUR. 1898: Gesl. Cyp. Mal. Arch: 148: t. 6 f. 4
SCHEFFER 1874 – In: Nat. Tijd. N. I.: 51
Koord. 1911 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 187
STEUD. 1855 – In: Syn.: 38
Merr. 1914 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 62
KÜK. 1936: p. 476. – In: Pfl. R.: f. 53 A-G.
BACK. 1949 – In: Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.): fam. 246, p. 47
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 74
ex KÜK. 1924 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 45
NAVES 1882: NOV. App.: 305
Clarke 1884 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 194
BACK. 1928: Onkr. Suiker: 142: t. 142
NAVES 1882: NOV. App.: 305
S. T. BLAKE 1947 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 222
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 277
Benth. 1878 – In: Fl. Austr.: 284
Merr. 1938 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 321
GAUDICH. 1907 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 88
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 281
LAMK 1922 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: f. 203
Clarke 1893 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 623
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 278
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 57
BOECK. 1870 – In: Linnaea: 340
Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila: 113
GAUDICH. 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 149
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 282
Merr. 1918: Sp. Blanc.: 80
KERN 1968 – In: Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 3: 474
F.-VILL. & NAVES 1880 – In: Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3, 3: 10