Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus dubius var. dubius [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cyperus dubius Rottb.
Infraspecies:: Cyperus dubius var. macrocephalus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anantha gonde hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apavisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mottenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mustu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirbisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirvisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pimottenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shwetgothubi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishabhava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishahantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishavairini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vivisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 40 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus triceps Endl. Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 94 (1842).
Kyllinga triceps Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 14 (1773), nom. superfl.
Cyperus capitatus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 246 (1806), nom. illeg.
Cyperus capitellatus Schult. Mant. 2: 101 (1824).
Cyperus coloratus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 312 (1805).
Cyperus daphaenus Ridl. J. Bot. 22: 16 (1884).
Cyperus dregeanus var. incrassatus C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 381 (1901).
Cyperus dubius var. caespitosus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 337 (1870).
Cyperus dubius var. capitatus (Cherm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 564 (1936).
Cyperus dubius var. coloratus (Vahl) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 565 (1936).
Cyperus dubius subsp. coloratus (Vahl) Lye Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983).
Cyperus dubius var. decaryi (Cherm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 566 (1936).
Cyperus dubius var. detersus (C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 565 (1936).
Cyperus dubius var. polyactis Peter ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 565 (1936).
Cyperus dubius var. stenactis Peter ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 565 (1936).
Cyperus kraussii Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 379 (1870).
Cyperus kyllingioides Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 312 (1805).
Cyperus kyllingioides var. incrassatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in R.E.Fries, Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, Erg.: 4 (1921).
Cyperus macrocarpus var. kraussii (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 528 (1936).
Cyperus maritimus (Miq.) Valck.Sur. Cyperus Mal. Arch.: 160 (1898), nom. illeg.
Cyperus merrillii (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 562 (1936).
Cyperus mollis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 247 (1806).
Cyperus thouarsianus C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 271 (1828).
Isolepis boeckeleri Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 167 (1875).
Kyllinga mariae Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 69 (1854).
Kyllinga multinervia Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 317 (1855).
Mariscus coloratus (Vahl) Nees Linnaea 9: 286 (1834).
Mariscus decaryi Cherm. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 719 (1922 publ. 1923).
Mariscus decaryi var. pauciflorus Cherm. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 614 (1925).
Mariscus detersus C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 300 (1919).
Mariscus irroratus Nees Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 28 (1854).
Mariscus kraussii Hochst. Flora 28: 756 (1845).
Mariscus kraussii var. capitatus Cherm. Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 7: 48 (1919).
Mariscus kyllingiiformis Boeckeler Flora 42: 443 (1859).
Mariscus maritimus Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 600 (1861).
Mariscus merrillii C.B.Clarke Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 87 (1907).
Mariscus niveus (L.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 369 (1919), nom. superfl.
Schoenus bobartiae Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 9 (1786).
Schoenus niveus L. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg. ed. 13.: 81 (1774).
Scirpus glomeratus L. Sp. Pl.: 52 (1753).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus triceps (Rottb.) Endl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Kyllinga triceps Rottb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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