Cyperus blepharoleptos

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Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Cyperus blepharoleptos Steud.
Common Name:Cuban Bulrush
Habitat:Commonly found in impounded creeks along rivers, ponds, lakes, swamps.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:The species has a long tradition of being treated as Oxycaryum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Palla. Larridon et al (2011) provided evidence for Oxycaryum to be included in Cyperus.
Status:Not Native, OBL (NWI)
References:Larridon, I. et al. 2011. Taxonomic changes in C 3 Cyperus (Cyperaceae) supported by molecular data, morphology, embryography, ontogeny and anatomy. Plant Ecology and Evolution: 144: 327-356.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Cyperus
Species Cyperus blepharoleptos Steud. - Cuban Bulrush

Citation

Citation Cyperus blepharoleptos Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 28. 1854.
Basionym: **
Type: SENEGAL/GAMBIA:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Anosporum ablepharum Anosporum ablepharum (Grisebach) Maury ex Micheli, Mém. Soc. Phys. Gèneve 31: 125. 1889.Scirpus ablepharus Grisebach 1866. 
Anosporum cubense Anosporum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 413. 1870.Scirpus cubensis Poeppig & Kunth 1837. 
Anosporum cubense var. gracile Anosporum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Boeckeler, var. gracile Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 414. 1870.Kyllinga scirpina Reichenbach 1861. 
Anosporum paraguayense Anosporum paraguayense Maury ex Micheli, Mém. Soc. Phys. Gèneve 31: 124, t. 35. 1889. PARAGUAY
Anosporum schinzii Anosporum schinzii Boeckeler ex Schinz, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29: 46. 1888. SOUTH AFRICA:
Courtoisia olivacea Courtoisia olivacea Boeckeler, Flora 44: 332. 1861.  
Isolepis echinocephala Isolepis echinocephala Oliver, in J. Grant, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 167. 1875.  
Kyllinga scirpina Kyllinga scirpina Reichenbach, in Boeckeler, Flora 44: 332. 1861. GUYANA
Oxycaryum cubense Oxycaryum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Palla, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 169. 1908; Lye, Bot. Not. 124: 281. 1971.Scirpus cubensis Poeppig & Kunth 1837.CUBA
Oxycaryum paraguayense Oxycaryum paraguayense (Maury ex Micheli) Palla, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 169. 1908.Anosporum paraguarense Maury ex Micheli 1889. 
Oxycaryum schomburgkianum Oxycaryum schomburgkianum Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 90. 1842. GUYANA: Without data, Schomburgk 371 (holotype: W).
Scirpus ablepharus Scirpus ablepharus Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 240. 1866. CUBA
Scirpus cubensis var. gracilis Scirpus cubensis Poeppig & Kunth, var. gracilis (Boeckeler) Beetle, Rhodora 46: 146. 1944.Anosporum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Boeckeler, var. gracile Boeckeler 1870; Kyllinga scirpina Reichenbach 1861. 
Scirpus cubensis var. minor Scirpus cubensis Poeppig & Kunth, var. minor C. Wright, in Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 8: 82. 1871.Scirpus ablepharus Grisebach 1866. 
Scirpus cubensis var. paraguayensis Scirpus cubensis Poeppig & Kunth, var. paraguayensis (Maury ex Micheli) Barros, Anales Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" 38: 150. 1935.Anosporum paraguayense Maury ex Micheli 1889.  
Scirpus cubensis Scirpus cubensis Poeppig & Kunth, in Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 172. 1837. CUBA

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: Baldwin, Choctaw, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Limestone, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Pickens, Sumter, Wilcox

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: -

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00001486 Baldwin _ _ 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Oxycaryum cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) Lye
UNA00001491 Baldwin _ Oct 1878 McNeal, W.
s.n.		 UNA
Oxycaryum cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) Lye
USAM000005268 Baldwin 19 Sep 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9502		 USAM
Scirpus cubensis Poeppig & Kunth
JSU112801 Baldwin 18 Jun 1999 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10647		 JSU
Oxycaryum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Lye
UWAL0003345 Baldwin 21 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12289		 UWAL
Cyperus blepharoleptos Steudel
UNA00066372 Baldwin 21 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12289		 UNA
Oxycaryum cubense (Poepp. & Kunth) Lye
UWAL0044257 Baldwin 29 Jul 2008 Larsen, Harry S.
1659		 UWAL
Cyperus blepharoleptus Steud.
SAMF0003016 Baldwin 03 Jun 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5835		 SAMF
Oxycaryum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Lye
ALNHS00005396 Baldwin 10 MAY 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3516		 ALNHS
Cyperus blepharoleptos Steudel
ALNHS00005148 Baldwin 27 SEP 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3374		 ALNHS
Cyperus blepharoleptos Steudel
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