Cyperaceae Juss.
Cyperus rotundus L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 45 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in India."
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 216 [secondary reference]
Kunth, K.S. (1837), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2: 59 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cyperus stolonifer Kunth nom. inval., pro syn.
Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(7): 32 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 16 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hexastachyos L. ex Rottb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus littoralis R.Br. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 12 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125, 143 [secondary reference]
Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (September 1893), Cyperaceae. The Flora of British India 6(19): 619 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus tuberosus Rottb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 589 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut Grass [n/a]
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 432-433 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hexastachyos L. ex Rottb. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 89, Fig. 23 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut-grass [n/a]
Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 11 [secondary reference]
Kükenthal, G. in Engler, H.G.A. (1936), Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. Das Pflanzenreich 101: 107-115 [secondary reference]
Blake, S.T. (1942), Cyperus rotundus (Nut Grass) and its allies in Australia. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 2(2): 8 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. centiflorus C.B.Clarke legitimate
Blake, S.T. (1942), Cyperus rotundus (Nut Grass) and its allies in Australia. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 2(2): 9, pl. VII [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus stolonifer Retz. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279
Blake, S.T. (1942), Cyperus rotundus (Nut Grass) and its allies in Australia. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 2(2): 9 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus bulbosus Vahl legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279
Blake, S.T. (1942), Cyperus rotundus (Nut Grass) and its allies in Australia. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 2(2): 8, pl. V [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Cyperus retzii Nees nom. illeg. by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279
Blake, S.T. (1942), Cyperus rotundus (Nut Grass) and its allies in Australia. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 2(2): 8, pl. III [misapplied]
misapplied to: Cyperus victoriensis C.B.Clarke legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 279
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 142, Fig. 191 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut Grass [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 492 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut-grass [n/a]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 78 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut Grass [n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 224 BHL [secondary reference]
Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 604-605 [secondary reference]
Koyama, T. (1977), The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 30: 132-133 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 13 [secondary reference]
Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperacee - Cyperus, Lepidosperma, Baumea. Flora of Central Australia: 505 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]
common name: Nutgrass [n/a]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 25 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 880 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut Grass [n/a]
Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 310-311, Fig. 44I [secondary reference]
common name: Nutgrass [n/a]
Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 447 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut Grass [n/a]
Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 345 [secondary reference]
common name: Nutgrass [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 428 [secondary reference]
common name: Nut Grass [n/a]
Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 297 [secondary reference]
common name: Nutgrass [n/a]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
common name: Nut-grass [n/a] common name: Nut-grass Sedge [n/a]
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]
common name: Nutgrass [n/a]
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]
common name: Nut Grass [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus rotundus L. var. rotundus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus rotundus L. subsp. rotundus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hexastachyos L. ex Rottb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hydra Michx. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus comosus Sibth. ex Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hexastachyus D.Dietr. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. salsola C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. β 100-flora C.B.Clarke orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. centiflorus C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus f. comosus (Sibth. ex Sm.) K.Richt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus nubicus C.B.Clarke legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. amaliae C.B.Clarke legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. β nubicus (C.B.Clarke) Kük. legitimate misapplication: Cyperus carinatus R.Br. legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 72
  • APC Comment: Treated as Cyperus rotundus L. subsp. rotundus in SA. A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 889 (1991) lists "Cyperus rotundus var. comosus (Sibth. ex Smith) K.Richter", but Richter does not indicate a rank for this taxon in his publication. The rank of form was used for this taxon by G.Kukenthal in Pflanzenr. 101: 112 (1935), and this is followed here.
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus rotundus L. var. rotundus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyperus rotundus L. subsp. rotundus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hexastachyos L. ex Rottb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hydra Michx. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus comosus Sibth. ex Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus stolonifer Kunth nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus hexastachyus D.Dietr. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. centiflorus C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. β 100-flora C.B.Clarke orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. salsola C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus f. comosus (Sibth. ex Sm.) K.Richt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyperus nubicus C.B.Clarke legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. amaliae C.B.Clarke legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cyperus rotundus var. β nubicus (C.B.Clarke) Kük. legitimate misapplication: Cyperus carinatus R.Br. legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Cyperaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 72
  • APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 889 (1991) lists "Cyperus rotundus var. comosus (Sibth. ex Smith) K.Richter", but Richter does not indicate a rank for this taxon in his publication. The rank of form was used for this taxon by G.Kükenthal in Pflanzenr. 101: 112 (1935), and this is followed here.
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)