Cyperus haspan




Family Cyperaceae
Scientific name Cyperus haspan L.
Synonyms Cyperus adenophorus Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck; Cyperus americanus (Boeckeler) Palla; Cyperus aphyllus Vahl; Cyperus autumnalis Vahl; Cyperus cancellatus Ridley; Cyperus cayennensis Willdenow ex Link; Cyperus efoliatus Boeckeler; Cyperus gracilis Muhlenberg; Cyperus gramineus Roemer & Schultes; Cyperus haspan L. forma coarctatus (Nees von Esenbeck) Osten; Cyperus haspan L. subsp. juncoides (Lamarck) Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. adenophorus (Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck) Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. americanus Boeckeler; Cyperus haspan L. var. amplissimus Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. bulboides Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. cancellatus (Ridley) Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. coarctatus Nees von Esenbeck; Cyperus haspan L. var. firmicaulis Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. flaccidissimus Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. indicus Boeckeler; Cyperus haspan L. var. junceus (Willdenow ex Link) Nees von Esenbeck; Cyperus haspan L. var. patulus Nees von Esenbeck; Cyperus haspan L. var. riparius (Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck) Kükenthal; Cyperus haspan L. var. tuberiferus T. Koyama; Cyperus junceus Willdenow ex Link; Cyperus juncoides Lamarck; Cyperus laticulmis Sprengel; Cyperus leptos Schultes; Cyperus muehlenbergii Sprengel; Cyperus nudus Kunth; Cyperus pedatus Nees von Esenbeck; Cyperus planiculmis Steudel; Cyperus platyculmis R. Brown; Cyperus riparius Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck; Cyperus stellatus Willdenow ex Link; Cyperus triqueter Boeckeler; Cyperus tunicatus Schultes; Cyperus vaginatus Willdenow ex Link; Mariscus pes-avium Bertoloni; Scirpus autumnalis Rottbøll
Common name (Japanese common name) ko-aze-gayatsuri (コアゼガヤツリ, 小畦蚊帳吊 [meaning: tiny rice paddy path mosquito net hanging weed])
(English common name) haspan flatsedge, sharp edge sedge, sheathed cyperus
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Pacific Islands, India, Africa, USA (throughout tropics)
Habitat Rice paddy, swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=32
Description Plants culms 20-60cm tall. Leaves linear 2-6mm wide. Flowers inflorescences 8-15cm long, spikelets 5-15mm long, flowering in August to November. Perennial plants..
Reference Cyperus haspan L.
Cyperus haspan L.
Cyperus haspan L.
Cyperus haspan Linnaeus



August 2007
at lowland swamp
August 2007
at lowland swamp
August 2007
at lowland swamp