Cyperus compressus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
Common Name:Poorland Flatsedge
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Cyperus
Species Cyperus compressus Linnaeus - Poorland Flatsedge

Citation

Citation CYPERUS COMPRESSUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 46. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy Jamaica 1: t. 76(1). 1707). Lectotypified by Du Puy et al, in A. S. George et al., Fl. Australia 50: 446. 1993.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Chlorocyperus compressus Chlorocyperus compressus (Linnaeus) Palla, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 451. 1909.Cyperus compressus Linnaeus 1753. 
Cyperus brachiatus Cyperus brachiatus Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 259. 1806. MADAGASCAR
Cyperus caffer Cyperus caffer Bertoloni f., Rendiconto Sess Ordinarie Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (?) 1853-1854: 33. 1854; Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 5: 464, t. 23. 1854.  
Cyperus compressus var. brachiatus Cyperus compressus Linnaeus, var. brachiatus (Poiret) Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 518. 1868, nom. illegit..Cyperus compressus Linnaeus, var. robustior Kunth 1837; Cyperus brachiatus Poiret 1806. 
Cyperus compressus var. capillaceus Cyperus compressus Linnaeus, var. capillaceus C. B. Clarke, in Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 32. 1900. DOMINICA: Without data, Imray 430 (holotype: K?).
Cyperus compressus var. floribundus Cyperus compressus Linnaeus, var. floribundus E. G. Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 243. 1910.  
Cyperus compressus var. laxus Cyperus compressus Linnaeus, var. laxus E. G. Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 242. 1910.  
Cyperus compressus var. pectiniformis Cyperus compressus Linnaeus, var. pectiniformis (Schultes) C. B. Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 97. 1884.Cyperus pectinatus Roxburgh 1817, non Vahl 1805; Cyperus pectiniformis Schultes 1824. 
Cyperus compressus var. robustior Cyperus compressus Linnaeus, var. robustior Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 24. 1837.Cyperus brachiatus Poiret 1806. 
Cyperus humilis Cyperus humilis Llanos, Fragm. Pl. Filip. 13. 1851, non Kunth 1837.  
Cyperus meyenii Cyperus meyenii Nees von Esenbeck, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 57. 1843.  
Cyperus pectinatus Cyperus pectinatus Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 1: 195. 1817, non Vahl 1805. INDIA: Coromandel:
Cyperus pectiniformis Cyperus pectiniformis Schultes, Mant. 2: 128. 1824.Cyperus pectinatus Roxburgh 1817, non Vahl 1805. 

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: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dallas, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Houston, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1957 - 1965

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU111868 Calhoun 15 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9292		 JSU
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000010299 Butler 22 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18673		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000025408 Butler 21 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19811		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
AUA000021011 Fayette 28 Sep 1959 Davis, Donald E.
 AUA
Cyperus Compressus L.
AUA000021009 Crenshaw 7 Aug 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9811		 AUA
Cyperus Compressus L.
ALNHS00007613 Limestone 21 AUG 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4838		 ALNHS
Cyperus compressus L.
TROY000051637 Lowndes 03 Oct 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29487		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000025412 Covington 17 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15788		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0042996 Baldwin 22 Aug 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
553		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus L.
USAM000004509 Mobile 07 Oct 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10543		 USAM
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
USAM000004512 Mobile 28 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3466		 USAM
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000052098 Houston 13 Nov 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27720		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0050125 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1419		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UNA00001792 Tuscaloosa 07 Aug 1957 Hancock, Kenneth F.
s.n.		 UNA
Cyperus compressus L.
TROY000049092 Pike 26 Sep 2018 Wright, Ian
5		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
ALNHS00000962 Dallas 25 Jul 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-649		 ALNHS
Cyperus compressus L.
UWAL0011136 Bullock 20 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
241		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus L.
UWAL0012578 Baldwin 24 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13630		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
AUA000021012 Macon 17 Nov 1972 Crouse, S.P.
130		 AUA
Cyperus Compressus L.
USAM000004508 Mobile 14 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3565.2		 USAM
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
ALNHS00006619 Montgomery 18 Oct 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4954		 ALNHS
Cyperus compressus L.
UWAL0035598 Mobile 28 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2606		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
AUA000041435 Covington 24 Oct 2013 Hansen, Curtis J.
5822		 AUA
Cyperus Compressus L.
USAM000004511 Mobile 21 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3629		 USAM
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000029654 Houston 22 Oct 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
21092		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000050095 Montgomery 21 Aug 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29428		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0003243 Butler 06 Jul 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18035		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus L.
AUA000021013 Mobile 31 Aug 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
 AUA
Cyperus Compressus L.
TROY000025407 Crenshaw 04 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19895		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000010300 Butler 06 Jul 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18035		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0003245 Covington 17 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15788		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus L.
ALNHS00006512 Escambia 07 Nov 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4544		 ALNHS
Cyperus compressus L.
TROY000049604 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1250		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000025413 Dallas 28 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11939		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0003244 Butler 29 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19650		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus L.
USAM000004514 Baldwin 23 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11337		 USAM
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000025411 Coffee 23 Sep 2006 Hendrix, Jake
114		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
JSU111871 Etowah 4 Sep 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4323		 JSU
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UNA00001782 Mobile _ Jul _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Cyperus compressus L.
UWAL0050012 Montgomery 21 Aug 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29428		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
JSU111872 Houston 10 Sep 1994 MacDonald, John R.
7646		 JSU
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0011602 Mobile 12 Aug 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1833		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
USAM000004513 Mobile 14 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3565		 USAM
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000042388 Geneva 14 Aug 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22412		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0048280 Covington 24 Oct 2013 Hansen, Curtis J.
5822		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus L.
UNA00062286 Dallas 28 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11939		 UNA
Cyperus compressus L.
ALNHS00004415 Randolph 01 Sep 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2477		 ALNHS
Cyperus compressus L.
TROY000025409 Barbour 17 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19560		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWAL0016832 Mobile 16 Nov 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2478		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
USAM000004510 Mobile 05 Sep 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12267		 USAM
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
ALNHS00006608 Covington 07 Nov 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4546		 ALNHS
Cyperus compressus L.
UNA00001797 Mobile 08 Sep 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D744		 UNA
Cyperus compressus L.
UNA00054302 Blount 11 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1209		 UNA
Cyperus compressus L.
UWAL0050184 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
252		 UWAL
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
AUA000021008 Conecuh 19 Aug 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9862		 AUA
Cyperus Compressus L.
TROY000049093 Lee 28 Sep 2018 Morgan, Ashlynn
4		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
JSU111873 Tuscaloosa 22 Jul 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10805		 JSU
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
UWFP019653 Escambia 04 Sep 2010 James R. Burkhalter
22846		 UWFP
Cyperus compressus L.
JSU111869 Calhoun 28 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3122		 JSU
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000049314 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
252		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000049329 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1419		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
TROY000034413 Bullock 20 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
241		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
AUA000021010 Dallas 28 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11939		 AUA
Cyperus Compressus L.
TROY000025410 Butler 29 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19650		 TROY
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
JSU111870 Etowah 24 Sep 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4372		 JSU
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus
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