Taxon: Cyperus radians Nees & Meyen ex Kunth

 
Genus: Cyperus
Family: Cyperaceae
Subfamily: Cyperoideae
Tribe: Cypereae
Nomen number: 402853
Place of publication: Enum. pl. 2:95. 1837 "radicans" (C. G. D. Nees von Esenbeck, Linnaea 9:285. 1834, nom. nud.)
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 09-dic-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 11-dic-2009
Species priority site is: Arctic and Subarctic Plant Gene Bank (PALM)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • short-stem cyperus  (Source: Weed CIBA) - English

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Shandong, Zhejiang]
    • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
    • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
    • MALESIA: Indonesia, [Java, Kalimantan] Malaysia


References:

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- (F China)
  2. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- (F Ceylon)
  4. Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges. 2007 (L Cyperaceae)
  5. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948- (F Males)

Check other web resources for Cyperus radians Nees & Meyen ex Kunth :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=402853. Accessed 4 junio 2026.