Galapagos Species Database

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Cyperus distans L. f.

cyperus, piedmont flatsedge, slender cyperus, souchet distant

Perennial with short creeping rhizomes without a tuber, and brownish or purplish brown sheaths, inflorescence 10-20 cm long (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).

Occurs in wet grasslands and along waysides (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Cyperales

Family
Cyperaceae

Genus
Cyperus

Species
distans

Taxon category: Accepted

Cyperus elatus Rottb. in Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 37 (1773), nom. illeg.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics around the world (POWO, 2023).

References

  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Eliasson, U. (1965) Studies in Galápagos Plants. II. Cyperales. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 59: 469-491.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
  • 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).
  • Svenson, H.K. (1939) The Cyperaceae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 22: 187-193.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cyperus distans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=885. Accessed 3 November 2026.