Cyperus odoratus




Family Cyperaceae
Scientific name Cyperus odoratus L.
Synonyms Cyperus acicularis (Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck) Steudel; Cyperus bracteolatus Steudel; Cyperus californicus S. Watson; Cyperus calopterus Miquel; Cyperus consocius Steudel ex Jardin; Cyperus cubanus Liebmann; Cyperus densiflorus G. Meyer; Cyperus distans G. Meyer; Cyperus eggersii Boeckeler; Cyperus ehrenbergii Kunth; Cyperus engelmannii Steudel; Cyperus fastuosus Desvaux ex Hamilton; Cyperus ferax Richard; Cyperus ferax Richard subsp. engelmannii (Steudel) Kükenthal; Cyperus ferax Richard subsp. speciosus (Vahl) Kükenthal; Cyperus ferax Richard var. acicularis (Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck) Kükenthal; Cyperus ferax Richard var. densiflorus (G. Meyer) Kükenthal; Cyperus ferax Richard var. engelmannii (Steudel) Kükenthal ex Osten; Cyperus ferax Richard var. novae-hannoverae (Boeckeler) Kükenthal; Cyperus ferruginescens Boeckeler; Cyperus fossarum Liebmann; Cyperus fragilis Liebmann; Cyperus granadinus Liebmann; Cyperus haenkei J. Presl & C. Presl; Cyperus hamiltonii Kunth; Cyperus holophyllum Miquel; Cyperus horizontalis Steudel; Cyperus huarmensis (Kunth) M. C. Johnston; Cyperus jubaeflorus Rudge; Cyperus lenticularis (Nees von Esenbeck) Steudel; Cyperus lomentaceus Nees von Esenbeck & Meyen ex Kunth; Cyperus longeradiatus Steudel; Cyperus longispicatus Norton; Cyperus macrocepahalus Liebmann; Cyperus michauxianus Schultes; Cyperus multibracteatus Boeckeler; Cyperus nitidulus Boeckeler; Cyperus nortonii A. Heller; Cyperus novae-hannoverae Boeckeler; Cyperus odoratus L. var. engelmannii (Steudel) R. Carter et al.; Cyperus odoratus L. var. squarrosus (Britton) S. D. Jones et al.; Cyperus oerstedii Liebmann; Cyperus oxycarioides Britton; Cyperus parvispiculatus Boeckeler; Cyperus poaeoides Desvaux ex Hamilton; Cyperus pohlianus (Nees von Esenbeck) Kuntze; Cyperus pseudostrigosus Steudel; Cyperus raphiostachys Link; Cyperus reineckei Boeckeler; Cyperus rufinus Liebmann; Cyperus sanctae-crucis Liebmann; Cyperus speciosus Vahl; Cyperus speciosus Vahl var. ferruginescens (Boeckeler) Britton; Cyperus speciosus Vahl var. squarrosus Britton; Cyperus stellatus Rudge; Cyperus virginicus Jacquin ex Steudel; Diclidium aciculare Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck; Diclidium ferax (Richard) Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck; Diclidium lenticulare Nees von Esenbeck; Diclidium lomentaceum (Nees von Esenbeck & Meyen ex Kunth) Nees von Esenbeck; Diclidium odoratum (L.) Nees von Esenbeck; Diclidium uliginosum Nees von Esenbeck; Mariscus ferax (Richard) C. B. Clarke; Mariscus huarmensis Kunth; Mariscus pohlianus Nees von Esenbeck; Mariscus rechingeri Palla; Papyrus odoratus (L.) Willdenow; Torulinium confertum Desvaux ex Hamilton; Torulinium eggersii (Boeckeler) C. B. Clarke; Torulinium ferax (Richard) Urban; Torulinium macrocephalum (Liebmann) C. B. Clarke; Torulinium michauxianum (Schultes) C. B. Clarke; Torulinium odoratum (L.) S. S. Hoopert
Common name (Japanese common name) kin-gayatsuri [golden mosquito net hanging weed], hosomi-kin-gayatsuri [slim fruits golden mosquito net hanging weed], mutsu-ore-gayatsuri [6 times turning mosquito net hanging weed]
(English common name) calingale, fragrant flatsedge
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Pacific Islands, India, Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Canada, USA, Mexico, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina
Chromosomal number 2n=62, 76
Description Plants 20-70cm. Leaves 5-8mm width. Flowers yellow to brown sikelets 10-20mm, flowering in August to October. Annual plants..
Reference Cyperus odoratus L.
Cyperus odoratus Linnaeus
Cyperus odoratus L.



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