Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pycreus polystachyos var. microdontus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Pycreus
Species
polystachyos
Subspecies
var. microdontus
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Cyperus polystachyos subsp. holosericeus (Link) T.Koyama fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Eliasson, U. (1965) Studies in Galápagos Plants. II. Cyperales. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 59: 469-491.
- Koyama, T. (1970) New Combinations in the Cyperaceae of the Galápagos Islands. Madroño 20(5): 253-254.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pycreus polystachyos var. microdontus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16050. Accessed 1 November 2026.