Family |
Cyperaceae |
Scientific name |
Cyperus rotundus L. |
Synonyms |
Chlorocyperus rotundus (L.) Palla; Cyperus agrestis Willdenow ex Link;
Cyperus comosus Sibthorp & Smith; Cyperus curvatus Llanos; Cyperus
herbicavus Melliss; Cyperus hexastachyos Rottbøll; Cyperus hydra Michaux;
Cyperus inconspicuus Gennari; Cyperus laevissimus Steudel; Cyperus micreilema
Steudel; Cyperus olivaris O. Targioni-Tozzetti; Cyperus patulus Marschall
von Bieberstein; Cyperus purpureovariegatus Boeckeler; Cyperus radicosus
Sibthorp & Smith; Cyperus rotundatus Koorders; Cyperus rotundus L.
forma brevibracteatus Legrand ex Husnot; Cyperus rotundus L. forma contractus
Kükenthal; Cyperus rotundus L. forma depallescens Ekman & Kükenthal;
Cyperus rotundus L. forma latifolius Kükenthal; Cyperus rotundus L. forma
latimarginatus Kükenthal; Cyperus rotundus L. var. centiflorus C. B. Clarke;
Cyperus rotundus L. var. comosus (Sibthorp & Smith) K. Richter; Cyperus
rotundus L. var. elongatus Boeckeler; Cyperus rotundus L. var. hydra (Michaux)
A. Gray; Cyperus rotundus L. var. inconspicuus K. Richter; Cyperus rotundus
L. var. major Parlatore; Cyperus rotundus L. var. mucrostahyus Boissier;
Cyperus rotundus L. var. quimoyensis L. Dai; Cyperus rotundus L. var. salsolus
C. B. Clarke; Cyperus rotundus L. var. subcapitatus (C. B. Clarke) Kükenthal;
Cyperus rubicundus Willdenow ex Link; Cyperus stoloniferus Retzius var.
pallidus Boeckeler; Cyperus subcapitatus C. B. Clarke; Cyperus tetrastachyos
Desfontaines; Cyperus tuberosus Roxburgh, non Rottboel; Pycreus rotundus
(L.) Hayek |
Common name |
(Japanese common name) hama-suge [coastal sedge] |
(English common name) coco-grass, nut sedge, nut-grass, purple nut sedge,
red nut sedge |
Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) worldwide |
Chromosomal number |
2n=108 |
Description |
Plants culms 15-40cm. Leaves 2-6mm width. Flowers inflorescences 5-10cm,
spikelets 1.5-3cm, flowering in June to October. Perennial plants.. |
Reference |
Cyperus rotundus Linnaeus |
Cyperus rotundus L. |
Cyperus rotundus L. |