Nomenclature: wfo-0000369738
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Cyperus compactus Observ. Bot. (Retzius) 5: 10, no. 7 (1788)
Nomenclatural References
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000290900: Zollinger, H. [190] Indonesia Link to Isotype provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000592551: Thomson, T. [3439] India Link to Type provided by Kew
- person : Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Retz.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 304142-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-236080
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-236080
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Code > Plantae > Pteridobiotina > Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cypereae > Cyperinae > Cyperus > Cyperus compactus
Synonyms
- Cyperus compactus f. decolorans
- Cyperus compactus var. macrostachys
- Cyperus compactus var. pauciflorus
- Cyperus congestus
- Cyperus cuadriflorus
- Cyperus dilutus
- Cyperus dilutus var. macrostachys
- Cyperus grabowskianus
- Cyperus haenkeanus
- Cyperus luzonensis
- Cyperus rufus
- Cyperus septatus
- Cyperus spinulosus
- Duval-jouvea diluta
- Mariscus compactus
- Mariscus compactus var. macrostachys
- Mariscus dilutus
- Mariscus giganteus
- Mariscus grabowskianus
- Mariscus microcephalus
- Mariscus microcephalus var. pauciflorus
- Sphaeromariscus microcephalus
- Mariscus compactus
- Mariscus compactus var. macrostachys