Cyperus retrorsus
A species in the Cyperaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
View the source recordBotanical classification
Follow a genus or family to explore its other accepted species.
- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
- Species
- Cyperus retrorsus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1878
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cyperus retrorsus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
25 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cyperus blodgettiiName author: Britton
- Cyperus cylindricusName author: (Elliott) Britton
- Cyperus globulosus var. robustusName author: (Boeckeler) Shinners
- Cyperus nashiiName author: Britton
- Cyperus ovularis var. cylindricusName author: (Elliott) Torr.
- Cyperus ovularis var. robustusName author: Boeckeler
- Cyperus ovularis var. tenellusName author: Torr.
- Cyperus plankiiName author: Britton ex Small
- Cyperus retrorsus var. cylindricusName author: (Elliott) Fernald & Griscom
- Cyperus retrorsus var. multiflorensName author: Kük.
- Cyperus retrorsus var. nashiiName author: (Britton) Fernald & Griscom
- Cyperus retrorsus var. retrorsusName author: Not supplied
- Cyperus retrorsus var. robustusName author: (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Cyperus retrorsus var. typicusName author: Fernald & Griscom
- Cyperus retroversusName author: Chapm.
- Cyperus torreyiName author: Britton
- Mariscus aureusName author: Bertol.
- Mariscus avenicolaName author: C.B.Clarke ex Britton
- Mariscus blodgettiiName author: (Britton) T.Koyama
- Mariscus brittoniiName author: C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus cylindricusName author: Elliott
- Mariscus neglectusName author: Schult.
- Mariscus ovularisName author: Torr.
- Mariscus retrorsusName author: (Chapm.) C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus umbellatusName author: Pursh
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.
Read the directory’s scope