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Accepted name:: Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
rumput pepara	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumput sendayan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sendayan piah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 44 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhynchospora aurea Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 229 (1805), nom. superfl.
Scirpus corymbosus L. Cent. Pl. II: 7 (1756).
Calyptrostylis articulata (Roxb.) Nees J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 394 (1840).
Calyptrostylis asperula var. minor Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 139 (1842).
Calyptrostylis divergens Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 139 (1842).
Calyptrostylis fascicularis Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 139 (1842).
Calyptrostylis florida (Rudge) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 138 (1842).
Calyptrostylis gaudichaudii Nees Linnaea 9: 295 (1834), not validly publ.
Calyptrostylis rudgei Nees Linnaea 9: 295 (1834).
Cephaloschoenus articulatus (Roxb.) Nees Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 266 (1834).
Cephaloschoenus divergens Nees Linnaea 9: 296 (1834), not validly publ.
Chaetospora aurea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 231 (1816), nom. superfl.
Dichromena corymbosa (L.) J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 6 (1931).
Rhynchospora articulata (Roxb.) Schult. Mant. 2: 49 (1824).
Rhynchospora aurea f. florida (Rudge) Lindm. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 26(9): 27 (1900).
Rhynchospora corymbifera Nees Cyperaceae: 54 (1841).
Rhynchospora corymbosa f. angustirostris Barros Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" 41: 388 (1945).
Rhynchospora corymbosa var. angustirostris (Barros) Guagl. Darwiniana 39: 308 (2001).
Rhynchospora corymbosa var. bonariensis Barros ex Cabrera & Dawson Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 5: 314 (1944).
Rhynchospora corymbosa f. chacoensis M.Barros Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" 41: 388 (1945).
Rhynchospora corymbosa var. chacoensis (M.Barros) Svenson Lilloa 14: 73 (1949).
Rhynchospora corymbosa var. florida (Rudge) Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 417 (1949).
Rhynchospora corymbosa var. grandispiculosa Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 417 (1949).
Rhynchospora corymbosa var. minor (Nees) Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 416 (1949).
Rhynchospora corymbosa var. singularis Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 417 (1949).
Rhynchospora florida (Rudge) Schult. Mant. 2: 45 (1824).
Rhynchospora florida var. nigra Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 246 (1866).
Rhynchospora grandifolia Boeckeler Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 587 (1898).
Rhynchospora macrocarpa Boeckeler Linnaea 37: 629 (1873).
Rhynchospora puncticulata var. pleiocephala Osten Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 2, 3: 214 (1931).
Rhynchospora schraderiana Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 146 (1855).
Rhynchospora sclerioides f. saxicola (F.Br.) Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 505 (1949).
Rhynchospora sclerioides var. stokesii (F.Br.) Kük. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 505 (1949).
Rhynchospora spectabilis Hochst. ex C.Krauss Flora 28: 760 (1845).
Rhynchospora stokesii F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84: 109 (1931).
Rhynchospora stokesii f. saxicola F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84: 110 (1931).
Rhynchospora subulirostris Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 149 (1855).
Rhynchospora surinamensis (Rottb.) Nees Linnaea 9: 297 (1834).
Schoenus articulatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 184 (1820).
Schoenus corymbosus (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 59 (1805).
Schoenus floridus Rudge Pl. Guian.: 15 (1805).
Schoenus surinamensis Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 68 (1773).
Scirpus bangalorensis B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3464 (1831), nom. nud.
Scirpus umbellatus Roxb. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 294 (1837).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhynchospora aurea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rhynchospora corymbosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britt.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rhynchospora corymbosa (Linn.) Britt.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Rhynochospora corymbosa Britton.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Scirpus corymbosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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