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Details for: TARS 6861,
Cyperus involucratus
Rottb., Umbrella Sedge
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cyperus involucratus
Rottb.
Top Name:
Umbrella Sedge
Origin:
Collected – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
06 Jul 1939
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TARS 6861 PL
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cyperus involucratus
Rottb.
Top Name:
Umbrella Sedge
Origin:
Collected – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
06 Jul 1939
Source History
Collected
PRE 1941.
Puerto Rico, United States
Accession Names and Identifiers
Umbrella Sedge
Type: Local name
Paraguita ( P.R.)
Type: Local name
Narrative
Cyperus involucratus
Rottb.
Genus:
Cyperus
Family:
Cyperaceae
Subfamily:
Cyperoideae
Tribe:
Cypereae
Nomen number:
12898
Place of publication:
Descr. pl. rar. 22. 1772
Verified:
05/06/2012
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cyperus alternifolius
L. subsp.
flabelliformis
Kük.
Cyperus flabelliformis
Rottb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
flat sedge
1
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
English
umbrella sedge
1
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English
umbrella-plant
as
Cyperus alternifolius
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Note:
=
Cyperus alternifolius
Portuguese
cipero-de-jardim
2
Molina G., A. M.
2011. Review of
Cyperaceae
data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 31 Mar.
Swedish
parasollsäv
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
18 Mar 1998, from
Cyperus involucratus
Rottb. to
Cyperus alternifolius
L. subsp.
flabelliformis
Kük.
Nomenclature Name Change:
06 May 2012, from
Cyperus alternifolius
L. subsp.
flabelliformis
Kük. to
Cyperus involucratus
Rottb.
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