Cyperus
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy:
Synonyms: 18 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Anosporum Nees (taxonomic synonym)
- Chlorocyperus Rikli (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus sect. Anosporum (Nees) Pax (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus sect. Mariscus (Vahl) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus sect. Pycreus (P.Beauv.) Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus sect. Queenslandiella (Domin) J.Kern (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus sect. Remirea (Aubl.) T.Koyama (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus subg. Anosporum (Nees) C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus subg. Mariscus (Vahl) C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus subg. Pycreus (P.Beauv.) Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
- Juncellus C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)
- Mariscopsis Cherm. (taxonomic synonym)
- Mariscus Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
- Pycreus P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
- Queenslandiella Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Remirea Aubl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Sorostachys Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
- Torulinium Desv. ex Ham. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC):
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 2 traits from 2 records in 1 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 2 | 2 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |