Cyperus elegans

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Cyperus elegans L.
Common Name:Royal Flatsedge
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
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Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Cyperus
Species Cyperus elegans L. - Royal Flatsedge

Citation

Citation Cyperus elegans Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 45–46. 1753.
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Type: "Cyperus panicula maxime sparsa, ferruginea, compressa elegantissima" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica, 1: 117, t. 75, f. 1, 1707. Lectotypified by G. C. Tucker & McVaugh, in McVaugh, Fl. Novo- Galic. 13: 292. 1993.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cyperus laxus Cyperus laxus Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 146. 1791.  
Cyperus viviparus Cyperus viviparus Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 316. 1855.  
Cyperus trachynotus Cyperus trachynotus Torrey, in Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 227. 1858 ("1859"). TEXAS: Painted Caves, 1850, Bigelow s.n. (lectotype: NY; isolectotypes: GH, YU). Lectotypified by G. C. Tucker, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43: 142. 1994.
Cyperus viscosus Cyperus viscosus Swartz, Prodr. 20. 1788. JAMAICA: Without data, Swartz s.n. (holotype: S).
Papyrus elegans Papyrus elegans (Linnaeus) G. Don, in Loudon, Hort. Brit. 22. 1830.Cyperus elegans Linnaeus 1753. 
Scirpus viscosus Scirpus viscosus (Swartz) Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 142. 1791.Cyperus viscosus Swartz 1788. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, NY, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1894 - 1894

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0033753 Mobile 21 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2592		 UWAL
Cyperus elegans Linnaeus
TROY000044455 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13086		 TROY
Cyperus elegans Linnaeus
ALNHS00004723 Baldwin 18 Nov 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2868		 ALNHS
Cyperus elegans L.
NY02264430 Mobile 20 Sep 1975 Robert Kral
56619		 NY
Cyperus elegans Linnaeus
UWAL0036337 Mobile 25 Jul 2017 Horne, Howard E.
4056		 UWAL
Cyperus elegans Linnaeus
ALNHS00007000 Baldwin 22 Oct 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5370		 ALNHS
Cyperus elegans L.
UNA00001818 Mobile 06 Sep 1894 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Cyperus elegans L.
UWAL0002297 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13086		 UWAL
Cyperus elegans L.
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