Cyperus corymbosusRottb.

WFO wfo-0000370376 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cyperus corymbosus, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. a Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-10 / obs. 176391108
Cyperus corymbosus, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. b Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58498807
Cyperus corymbosus, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. c Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176391098

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Cyperus corymbosus is native: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Chad, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Togo, Iraq, Palestine, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Brazil Southeast, Cuba, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela AlgeriaAngolaBotswanaChadIvory CoastKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaTogoIraqPalestineAssamBangladeshIndiaMyanmarNepalPakistanSri LankaThailandVietnamWest HimalayaBrazil SoutheastCubaGuyanaSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Cyperus corymbosus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Angola ANG
Botswana BOT
Chad CHA
Ivory Coast IVO
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Brazil Southeast BZL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB
Guyana GUY
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN
Iraq IRQ ASIA-TEMPERATE
Palestine PAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cyperus bengalensis Spreng.
  • Cyperus corymbosus var. brevispiculosus Kuntze
  • Cyperus corymbosus var. damarensis Kük.
  • Cyperus corymbosus var. longispiculatus (Kuntze) Kük.
  • Cyperus corymbosus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler
  • Cyperus corymbosus var. pangorei C.B.Clarke
  • Cyperus diphyllus Retz.
  • Cyperus diphyllus var. elatior Benth.
  • Cyperus diphyllus var. triangularis Boeckeler
  • Cyperus enodis Boeckeler
  • Cyperus enodis var. longispiculatus Kuntze
  • Cyperus gula-metthi Schult.
  • Cyperus koenigii Vahl
  • Cyperus longus var. pallescens (Desf.) Coss. & Durieu
  • Cyperus nudus Roxb.
  • Cyperus pallescens Desf.
  • Cyperus roestelii Kunth
  • Cyperus seminudus Roxb.
  • Cyperus tegetiformis Roxb. ex Arn.
  • Cyperus tenuicomus Miq.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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