Cyperus nutansVahl

WFO wfo-0000378418 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 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 nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-17 / obs. 188775366
Cyperus nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. b chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128621243
Cyperus nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. c chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199403536
Cyperus nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. d chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188775376
Cyperus nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. e chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158136764
Cyperus nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. f chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199403521
Cyperus nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. g chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198411744
Cyperus nutans, photographed by chiuluan
fig. h chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122361513

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Native range 43 botanical countries

Regions where Cyperus nutans is native: Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Oman, Palestine, Taiwan, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Vanuatu AngolaEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMozambiqueNigerSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaAfghanistanChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanOmanPalestineTaiwanYemenAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia Nansei-shotoLaccadive Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Cyperus nutans, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Angola ANG AFRICA
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Taiwan TAI
Yemen YEM
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
Vanuatu VAN PACIFIC

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 13 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.

  • Chlorocyperus jacquinii (Schrad.) Rikli
  • Cyperus calopterus Miq.
  • Cyperus eleusinoides Kunth
  • Cyperus eleusinoides var. subprolixus Kük.
  • Cyperus indicus Boeckeler
  • Cyperus infra-apicalis Nees ex Aitch.
  • Cyperus inornatus Boeckeler
  • Cyperus jacquinii Schrad.
  • Cyperus kotschyanus Fenzl ex Steud.
  • Cyperus mysurensis B.Heyne ex Wall.
  • Cyperus nutans subsp. eleusinoides (Kunth) T.Koyama
  • Cyperus nutans subsp. subprolixus (Kük.) T.Koyama
  • Cyperus xanthopus Steud.

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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