Cyperus decurvatus(C.B.Clarke) C.Archer & Goetgh.

WFO wfo-0001334028 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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 decurvatus, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. a Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / 2013-02-22 / obs. 15221526
Cyperus decurvatus, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. b Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15221529
Cyperus decurvatus, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. c Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15221532

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Cyperus decurvatus is native: Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces BotswanaCape ProvincesEswatiniFree StateKwaZulu-NatalMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern Provinces
Native distribution of Cyperus decurvatus, 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
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
Eswatini SWZ
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL

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 7 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.

  • Cylindrolepis rehmanniana Boeckeler ex T.Durand & B.D.Jacks.
  • Cyperus indecorus var. decurvatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
  • Cyperus indecorus var. dinteri Kük.
  • Mariscus indecorus var. decurvatus (C.B.Clarke) Podlech
  • Mariscus indecorus var. dinteri (Kük.) Podlech
  • Mariscus rehmannianus C.B.Clarke
  • Mariscus vestitus var. decurvatus C.B.Clarke

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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