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Cyperus niveus var. leucocephalus (Kunth) Fosberg

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
VARIETY
Published in
Kew Bull. 31: 835 (1977)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Poales
family
Cyperaceae
genus
Cyperus
species
Cyperus niveus

Name

Synonyms
Cyperus ambongensis Boeckeler
Cyperus argenteus Ridl.
Cyperus compactus Lam.
Cyperus compactus var. tenerior C.B.Clarke
Cyperus lacteus Steud.
Cyperus ledermannii (Kük.) S.S.Hooper
Cyperus niveus var. ledermannii (Kük.) Lye
Cyperus niveus var. polyphyllus Boeckeler
Cyperus obtusiflorus Vahl
Cyperus obtusiflorus var. ledermannii Kük.
Cyperus obtusiflorus var. membranaceus Kük.
Cyperus obtusiflorus var. peramoenus Kük.
Cyperus obtusiflorus var. rigidus (Vahl) Kük.
Cyperus rigidus Vahl
Cyperus serrulatus Vahl
Cyperus somalicus Gand.
Cyperus sphaerocephalus var. leucocephalus Kunth
Cyperus striatulus Vahl
Cyperus wilmsii Gand.
Homonyms
Cyperus niveus var. leucocephalus (Kunth) Fosberg
Common names
Blunt-Flowered Sedge in English
Bluntflower Sedge in English
White Bluntflower Sedge in English
White Sedge in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Fosberg FR (1977) Miscellaneous Notes on the Flora of Aldabra and Neighbouring Islands: IV: A New Bulbostylis and Observations on Cyperus (Cyperaceæ). Kew Bulletin 31(4): 829-835. doi: 10.2307/4109553.
  2. Plants of the World Online (POWO).
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