Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cyperus alternifolius L.
Infraspecies:: 2

Cyperus alternifolius subsp. alternifolius

Cyperus alternifolius subsp. textilis (Thunb.) Verloove

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cipero-de-jardim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flat sedge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
parasollsäv	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umbrella sedge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umbrella-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
伞莎草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus alternifolius var. flabelliformis (Rottb.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 304 (2009).
Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 42 (1773), nom. superfl.
Cyperus involucratus Rottb. Descr. Pl. Rar.: 22 (1772).
Cyperus alternifolius var. albovariegatus Anon. J. Gén. Hort. 14: 233 (1861).
Cyperus alternifolius var. petersianus (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 194 (1936).
Cyperus alternifolius variegatus Veitch ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 689 (1861).
Cyperus flagellatus Hochst. Flora 24(1): 21 (1841).
Cyperus gradatus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 13 (1775).
Cyperus petersianus Boeckeler in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 537 (1864).
Cyperus proximus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 19 (1854).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus alternifolius L. subsp. flabelliformis (Rottb) Kukenth.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cyperus alternifolius L. subsp. flabelliformis (Rottb.) Kiikenth.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cyperus involucratus Rottb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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