Cyperus sesquiflorus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
Common Name:Fragrant Spikesedge; Whitehead Sedge
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Cyperus
Species Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük. - Fragrant Spikesedge; Whitehead Sedge

Citation

Citation Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal, Pflanzenr. IV. 20(Heft 101): 591. 1936.
Basionym: Kyllinga sesquiflora Torr. 1836.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Kyllinga campestris Kyllinga campestris Salzmann ex Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 68. 1854. BRAZIL: Bahia:
Kyllinga hortensis Kyllinga hortensis Salzmann ex Schlechtendal, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 117. 1849.  
Kyllinga leucocephala Kyllinga leucocephala Baldwin, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 2: 170. 1825. URUGUAY: Maldonado, s.d., Baldwin s.n. (holotype: PH).
Kyllinga madagascariensis Kyllinga madagascariensis Gandoger, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 298. 1919. MADAGASCAR: Near Nanisane, s.d., D'Alleizette 153 (holotyep: LY?).
Kyllinga martiana Kyllinga martiana Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 14. 1842. BRAZIL: Pará: Without data, Martius s.n. (holotype: M).
Kyllinga odorata var. genuina Kyllinga odorata Vahl, var. genuina Osten, Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, ser. 2. 3: 120. 1931, nom. inadmiss.Kyllinga odorata Vahl 1805. 
Kyllinga odorata var. major Kyllinga odorata Vahl, var. major Boeckeler, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk. Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebenhavn 1869: 125. 1869.Kyllinga martiana Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck 1842. 
Kyllinga odorata var. minor Kyllinga odorata Vahl, var. minor Boeckeler, Linnaea 35: 411. 1868. MARTINIQUE: Without data, Sieber 18 (holotype: ?; isotype: M).
Kyllinga odorata var. rigida Kyllinga odorata Vahl, var. rigida Boeckeler, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebenhavn 1894: 271. 1895. BRAZIL: São Paulo: Franca, s.d., Loefgren & Edwall 2105 (syntype: C).
Kyllinga sesquiflora Kyllinga sesquiflora Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 287. 1836. FLORIDA: Without data, Jun, Chapman 12 (holotype: NY).
Kyllinga tuberosa Kyllinga tuberosa Scheele, Linnaea 17: 342. 1843. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Without locality, 1832, Hartleben s.n. (holotype: B?).
Kyllinga odorata Kyllinga odorata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 382. 1805. "America meridionali", without data, Rohr s.n. (holotype: C).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Choctaw, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 1979

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU112717 Mobile 15 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3185		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112720 Talladega 6 Sep 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3287		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000045639 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
114		 TROY
Kyllinga odorate Vahl
TROY000010482 Coffee 17 Aug 2000 Martin, Brian H.
902		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112714 Cleburne 28 Sep 1982 Bussey, Melanie G.
464		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UWAL0039556 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
114		 UWAL
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
AUA000022004 Crenshaw 22 Aug 1964 Kral, Robert
22006		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
TROY000029312 Crenshaw 17 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19784		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
ALNHS00004183 Mobile 26 Aug 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2572		 ALNHS
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
JSU112711 Calhoun 21 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5186		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
AUA000022005 Dale 16 Aug 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7656		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
SAMF0001872 Randolph 14 Oct 2013 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5582		 SAMF
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
AUA000022006 Lee 9 Aug 1971 Burdett, R.A.
241		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
TROY000010487 Pike 15 Jun 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11717		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000036136 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1001		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112716 Houston 26 Sep 1994 MacDonald, John R.
7815		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000039896 Coosa 12 Jul 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24363		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UNA00002637 Montgomery 24 Sep 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
875		 UNA
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
AUA000040441 Lee 11 Aug 2018 Taylor, Chris T.
CSP-644		 AUA
Cyperus Sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
UWAL0044254 Baldwin 20 Oct 2001 McArthur, Jill D.
872		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
UWAL0003344 Montgomery 16 Jul 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20789		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
AUA000022002 Covington 11 Jul 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9659		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
TROY000044106 Geneva 08 Nov 2016 Byrd, Cameron
616		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112713 Etowah 28 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3286		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UWAL0002925 Hale 26 Sep 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6160		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
UWAL0030962 Henry 14 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87613		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
AUA000022001 Coffee 17 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5527		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
USAM000004649 Wilcox 27 Sep 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6970		 USAM
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
AUA000022010 Morgan 6 Jul 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11983		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
TROY000028070 Montgomery 16 Jul 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20789		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UNA00002642 Choctaw 10 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7445		 UNA
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112712 Calhoun 9 Aug 1999 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10691		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000010481 Coffee 13 Sep 2006 Hendrix, Jake
85		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112719 Talladega 5 Sep 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
610		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000049334 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1249		 TROY
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
UNA00053662 Tuscaloosa 07 Oct 1987 Gabrielson, Frederick C.
s.n.		 UNA
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
USAM000004648 Greene 24 Jun 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11213		 USAM
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
UWAL0050121 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1249		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
AUA000022007 Lee 9 Aug 1971 Geno, Connie
203		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
TROY000010485 Dale 06 Jun 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
748		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UNA00002652 Mobile 04 Jul 1895 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UWAL0048298 Mobile 31 Dec 2018 Horne, Howard E.
4714		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kukenthal
UWAL0044256 Baldwin 24 Jun 1993 Walker, M.M.
170		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
AUA000022003 Covington 21 Oct 1982 Graves, Tom
72		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
UWAL0002868 Baldwin 09 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21567		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
AUA000022009 Macon 25 Jul 1971 Spratling, R.E.
091		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
ALNHS00006254 Covington 07 Nov 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4542		 ALNHS
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kuk.
USAM000004650 Mobile 04 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3481		 USAM
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
AUA000022008 Macon 13 Aug 1969 Owens, James R.
147		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
JSU112715 Cleburne 16 Oct 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
749		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112718 Talladega 6 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11930		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000010486 Mobile 23 Jun 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12152		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
JSU112710 Baldwin 8 Jun 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9926		 JSU
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UNA00002647 Autauga 04 Aug 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000033149 Baldwin 09 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21567		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000010484 Dale 06 Jun 2000 Woods, Michael
8103		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
SAMF0003086 Winston 06 Oct 1982 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2321		 SAMF
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
TROY000010480 Butler 02 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18021		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
USAM000004651 Mobile 18 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3581		 USAM
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
TROY000042042 Houston 04 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26427		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UWAL0051741 Fayette 08 Sep 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15695		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kukenth.
UWAL0039898 Geneva 08 Nov 2016 Byrd, Cameron
616		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
AUA000022000 Autauga 30 Jul 1980 Freeman, John D.
54		 AUA
Kyllinga Odorata Vahl.
TROY000010483 Conecuh 30 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12159		 TROY
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
UWAL0044255 Baldwin 04 Jul 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
397		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük.
UWAL0014807 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1001		 UWAL
Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
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