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 densiflorusHemsl.
- Cyperus distans f. capillarioidesKük.
- Cyperus distans f. pachyanthosKük.
- Cyperus distans f. pallidiorKük.
- Cyperus distans subsp. distans
- Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus(Cherm.) Lye
- Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosusR.Gross & Kük.
- Cyperus distans var. densiflorusKük.
- Cyperus distans var. mucronatusBerhaut
- Cyperus distans var. nigerC.B.Clarke
- Cyperus distans var. pseudonutansKük.
- Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus(Cherm.) Lye
- Cyperus elatusRottb.
- Cyperus graminicolaSteud.
- Cyperus keniaeensisKük.
- Cyperus keniensisKük.
- Cyperus kurriiSteud.
- Cyperus laxusVahl
- Cyperus longibracteatus(Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger(C.B.Clarke) Lye
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus(Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistansKük.
- Cyperus nutansSieber ex C.Presl
- Cyperus psilostachysSteud.
- Cyperus purpureovaginatusBoeckeler
- Cyperus rubrotinctus(Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus schraderianusMart. ex Steud.
- Cyperus squamulatusSteud.
- Mariscus bojeriC.B.Clarke
- Mariscus keniensis(Kük.) S.S.Hooper
- Mariscus longibracteatusCherm.
- Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis(Kük.) Maquet
- Mariscus rubrotinctusCherm.
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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