Cyperus divesDelile

WFO wfo-0000372158 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cyperus dives, photographed by Tim Kirsten
fig. a Tim Kirsten, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 192454060
Cyperus dives, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. b Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187655923
Cyperus dives, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187332803
Cyperus dives, photographed by Tim Kirsten
fig. d Tim Kirsten, CC0 1.0 / obs. 185177401
Cyperus dives, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175918969
Cyperus dives, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. f Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111881544
Cyperus dives, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. g Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104731677
Cyperus dives, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. h Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62350865

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Cyperus dives is native: Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Vietnam AngolaBotswanaBurkinaBurundiChadCongoDR CongoEgyptEritreaEthiopiaGabonIvory CoastKenyaMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNigerRwandaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweLebanon-SyriaPalestineAssamBangladeshIndiaPakistanVietnam Cape Verde
Native distribution of Cyperus dives, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cape Verde CVI
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Pakistan PAK
Vietnam VIE
Lebanon-Syria LBS 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 10 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 alopecuroides var. dives Boeck.
  • Cyperus alopecuroides var. dives Boeckeler
  • Cyperus alopecuroides var. microstachys Boeckeler
  • Cyperus canariensis Steud.
  • Cyperus exaltatus var. dives (Delile) C.B.Clarke
  • Cyperus immensus C.B.Clarke
  • Cyperus immensus var. petherickii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
  • Cyperus immensus var. taylorii C.B.Clarke
  • Cyperus pethericki C.B.Clarke
  • Cyperus petherickii 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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