Cyperus pseudokyllingioidesKük.

WFO wfo-0000380504 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 pseudokyllingioides, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. a Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 192985164
Cyperus pseudokyllingioides, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192985412
Cyperus pseudokyllingioides, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. c Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192985798

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Cyperus pseudokyllingioides is native: Botswana, Chad, Eswatini, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya BotswanaChadEswatiniKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralTibetAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Cyperus pseudokyllingioides, 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
Chad CHA
Eswatini SWZ
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Tibet CHT

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.

  • Courtoisia cyperoides (Roxb.) Nees
  • Courtoisia cyperoides var. africana C.B.Clarke
  • Courtoisina cyperoides (Roxb.) Soják
  • Courtoisina cyperoides subsp. africana (Kük.) Vorster
  • Cyperus kleinianus Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Indocourtoisia cyperoides (Roxb.) Bennet & Raizada
  • Kyllinga cyperoides Roxb.
  • Mariscus cyperoides (Roxb.) A.Dietr.
  • Mariscus cyperoides subsp. africanus (Kük.) Podl.
  • Pseudomariscus cyperoides (Roxb.) Rauschert

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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