Cyperus distans
A species in the Cyperaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
- Species
- Cyperus distans
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1782
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cyperus distans. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
33 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cyperus densiflorusName author: Hemsl.
- Cyperus distans f. capillarioidesName author: Kük.
- Cyperus distans f. pachyanthosName author: Kük.
- Cyperus distans f. pallidiorName author: Kük.
- Cyperus distans subsp. distansName author: Not supplied
- Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatusName author: (Cherm.) Lye
- Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosusName author: R.Gross & Kük.
- Cyperus distans var. densiflorusName author: Kük.
- Cyperus distans var. mucronatusName author: Berhaut
- Cyperus distans var. nigerName author: C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus distans var. pseudonutansName author: Kük.
- Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctusName author: (Cherm.) Lye
- Cyperus elatusName author: Rottb.
- Cyperus graminicolaName author: Steud.
- Cyperus keniaeensisName author: Kük.
- Cyperus keniensisName author: Kük.
- Cyperus kurriiName author: Steud.
- Cyperus laxusName author: Vahl
- Cyperus longibracteatusName author: (Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. nigerName author: (C.B.Clarke) Lye
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctusName author: (Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistansName author: Kük.
- Cyperus nutansName author: Sieber ex C.Presl
- Cyperus psilostachysName author: Steud.
- Cyperus purpureovaginatusName author: Boeckeler
- Cyperus rubrotinctusName author: (Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus schraderianusName author: Mart. ex Steud.
- Cyperus squamulatusName author: Steud.
- Mariscus bojeriName author: C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus keniensisName author: (Kük.) S.S.Hooper
- Mariscus longibracteatusName author: Cherm.
- Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensisName author: (Kük.) Maquet
- Mariscus rubrotinctusName author: Cherm.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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