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• Type: Cyperus distans L.f.

• Comment: Given as CYPERUS subg. CHORISTACHYS sect. DISTANTES. Publication seen at MEL.

Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 136-149 [secondary reference]

Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 609-610 [secondary reference]

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