Cyperus brevifolius

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The name of this species does not match your search because Cyperus brevifolius is indicated as the accepted name for Kyllinga brevifolia var. cruciformis.
Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk.
Common Name:Shortleaf Spikesedge; Perennial Greenhead Sedge
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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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 brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk. - Shortleaf Spikesedge; Perennial Greenhead Sedge

Citation

Citation Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 24. 1844.
Basionym: Kyllinga brevifolia Rottbøll 1773.
Type: "East Indies", without data, Koenig s.n. (holotype: C; isotype: C).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Carex esquirolii Carex esquirolii H. Léveillé & Vaniot, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 315. 1906.  
Cyperus cruciformis Cyperus cruciformis (Schrader ex Schultes) Endlicher, Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 94. 1842.Kyllinga cruciformis Schrader ex Schultes 1824. 
Cyperus brevifolius Kyllinga brevifolia Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 13, t. 4(3). 1773. "East Indies", without data, Koenig s.n. (holotype: C; isotype: C).
Kyllinga bifolia Kyllinga bifolia Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 293. 1859.  
Kyllinga brevifolia var. cruciformis Kyllinga brevifolia Rottbøll, var. cruciformis (Schrader ex Schultes) Chermezon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Geol. Colon. Marseille, ser. 3. 7(2): 38. 1919.Kyllinga cruciformis Schrader ex Schultes 1824. 
Kyllinga cruciformis Kyllinga cruciformis Schrader ex Schultes, Mant. 2: 137. 1824. VIRGIN ISLANDS: St. Thomas: Without data, Ehrenberg 69 (holotype: B; isotypes: C, HAL).
Kyllinga elongata Kyllinga elongata Kunth, in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 211. 1816. PERU: Between Gonzana and Loxa, s.d., Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. (holotype: P).
Kyllinga honolulu Kyllinga honolulu Steudel ex Jardin, Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, ser. 2. 9: 278, 281. 1875.  
Kyllinga kamtschatica Kyllinga kamtschatica Meinshausen, Trudy Imp. S.-Petersburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 229. 1900.  
Kyllinga longiculmis Kyllinga longiculmis Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 292. 1859.  
Kyllinga sororia Kyllinga sororia Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 131. 1837.  
Kyllinga tenuis Kyllinga tenuis Baldwin, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 2: 168. 1825. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, s.d., Baldwin s.n. (holotype: PH).
Kyllinga tenuissima Kyllinga tenuissima Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 67. 1854. BRAZIL: Bahia:
Kyllinga uncinata Kyllinga uncinata Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 325. 1827, nom. illegit.Kyllinga brevifolia Rottbøll 1773. 
Kyllinga brevifolia Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 13, pl. 4, f. 3. 1773. "East Indies", without data, Koenig s.n. (holotype: C; isotype: C).
Mariscus kyllingoides Mariscus kyllingoides Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 60. 1854. INDIA

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, Blount, Clay, Conecuh, Elmore, Etowah, Franklin, Geneva, Jackson, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 1966

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000021999 Macon 17 Nov 1972 Eads, Beth
121		 AUA
Kyllinga Brevifolia Rottb.
UNA00058536 Blount 24 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1301		 UNA
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.
JSU112703 Clay 30 Jul 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4246		 JSU
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
JSU112707 Marshall 11 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3079		 JSU
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
UNA00002602 Tuscaloosa 04 Jul 1959 Harper, Roland M.
4430		 UNA
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.
TROY000050257 Autauga 04 Nov 2020 Parker, Matthew R.
1903		 TROY
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk.
UWAL0016813 Mobile 30 Mar 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2051		 UWAL
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk.
JSU112704 Etowah 25 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3941		 JSU
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
JSU112705 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10072		 JSU
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
UWAL0051733 Franklin 22 Sep 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15711		 UWAL
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk.
USAM000004507 Mobile 28 Oct 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11795		 USAM
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottbøll) Hasskarl
TROY000025581 Blount 24 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1301		 TROY
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
AUA000021998 Lowndes 30 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40912		 AUA
Kyllinga Brevifolia Rottb.
AUA000021996 Conecuh 16 Sep 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1817		 AUA
Kyllinga Brevifolia Rottb.
TROY000044600 Geneva 17 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1413		 TROY
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
JSU112708 Marshall 25 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3168		 JSU
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
UNA00002622 Mobile 20 Sep 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.
UWAL0003343 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18467		 UWAL
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk.
UWAL0036332 Mobile 27 May 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3915		 UWAL
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottbøll) Endlicher & Hasskarl
JSU112709 Marshall 19 Oct 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6795		 JSU
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
ALNHS00004285 Mobile 25 Aug 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2562		 ALNHS
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottbøll) Endlicher & Hasskarl
TROY000010479 Monroe 04 Oct 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18467		 TROY
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
AUA000021997 Lee 5 Oct 1973 Flournoy, Denise R.
061		 AUA
Kyllinga Brevifolia Rottb.
USAM000004506 Baldwin 25 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11382		 USAM
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottbøll) Hasskarl
TROY000050077 Elmore 17 Jun 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29331		 TROY
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk.
UNA00002612 Mobile 15 Aug 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D988		 UNA
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Endl. ex Hassk.
JSU112706 Jackson 9 Oct 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1497		 JSU
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottboell
UNA00002607 Mobile 08 Sep 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D745		 UNA
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.
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