Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus alatus subsp. albus (Nees) Lye [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cyperus alatus (Nees) F.Muell.
Infraspecies:: 2

Cyperus alatus subsp. alatus

Cyperus alatus subsp. ascolepidioides (Cherm.) Lye

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#omagari	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
#umagari	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
biesie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
daue	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
monokotsoai-oa-litsoene	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oshidishomula	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
qheme	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
robo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
taoane	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umuzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umxhopho	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
white button sedge	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
white rush	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
white sedge	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
witbiesie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
\|kwee	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus cristatus (Kunth) Mattf. & Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 609 (1936).
Kyllinga alba Nees Linnaea 10: 140 (1835).
Kyllinga cristata Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 136 (1837).
Cyperus cartilagineus var. laevissimus (Cherm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 609 (1936).
Cyperus cristatus var. nigritanus (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 610 (1936).
Cyperus nigripes var. grandiceps Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 572 (1936).
Cyperus nigritanus (C.B.Clarke) Lye Lidia 7: 97 (2011).
Kyllinga alba var. diminuta Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 91 (1913).
Kyllinga alba var. laevissima Cherm. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 82: 334 (1935).
Kyllinga alba subsp. nigritana (C.B.Clarke) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 190 (1995).
Kyllinga nigritana C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 272 (1901).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus cristatus (Kunth) Mattf. & KÃ¼kenthal in Engler	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Kyllinga alba Nees	Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Kyllinga cristata Kunth	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)

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