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Cyperaceae taxon details

Cyperus esculentus L.

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Cyperus_esculentus_angustispicatus_NY11649_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Cyperus_esculentus_angustispicatus_NY11649_type_1)

1491851  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1491851)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cypereae (Tribe)
  12. Cyperinae (Subtribe)
  13. Cyperus (Genus)
  14. Cyperus esculentus (Species)
accepted
Species
Cyperus aureus Ten. · unaccepted
Cyperus esculentus var. nervoso-striatus (Turrill) Kuk. · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cyperus gracilis Link · unaccepted
Cyperus hydra Kunth · unaccepted
Cyperus nervosostriatus Turrill · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyperus pallidus Savi · unaccepted

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  1. Forma Cyperus esculentus f. angustispicatus (Britton) Fernald accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  2. Forma Cyperus esculentus f. esculentus L. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  3. Forma Cyperus esculentus f. evolutus C.B.Clarke accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  4. Forma Cyperus esculentus f. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Fernald accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  5. Forma Cyperus esculentus f. princeps C.B.Clarke accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  6. Subspecies Cyperus esculentus subsp. aureus K.Richt. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  7. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  8. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. cyclolepis Boeckeler ex Kük. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  9. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus L. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  10. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii (Buckley) Britton accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  11. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. helodes (Schrad. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  12. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. hermannii Britton accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  13. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeckeler accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  14. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. ex Osten accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  15. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  16. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  17. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. nervosostriatus (Turrill) Kük. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  18. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. nervoso-striatus (Turrill) Kuk. accepted as Cyperus esculentus var. nervosostriatus (Turrill) Kük. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  19. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Muhl.) Kük. accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  20. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
  21. Variety Cyperus esculentus var. sprucei C.B.Clarke accepted as Cyperus esculentus L.
terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 45 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 45 (1753), information provided by Alan...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 45 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 45 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant Lis [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Cyperus esculentus L.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1491851 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

Other

additional source Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 45 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 45 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant Lis [details]
LanguageName 
English yellow nut grass  [details]
Spanish chufa  [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus bahiensis Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus chrysostachys Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus damiettensis A.Dietr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus ruficomus Buckley)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Muhl.) Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chlorocyperus aureus Palla ex Kneuck.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Cyperus aureus Ten.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Cyperus gracilis Link)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cyperus nervosus Bertol.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (130 publications) (from synonym Cyperus phymatodes Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1396 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus buchananii Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus heermannii Buckley)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus L.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cyperus helodes Schrad. ex Nees)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Cyperus pallidus Savi)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Cyperus hydra Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Cyperus officinalis T.Nees)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cyperus sieberianus Link)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyperus variabilis Salzm. ex Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyperus melanorhizus Delile)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyperus gracilescens Schult.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chlorocyperus phymatodes (Muhl.) Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cyperus gracilescens Roem. & Schult.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) (from synonym Cyperus repens Elliott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Cyperus fulvescens Liebm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Cyperus tuberosus Pursh)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus L.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus esculentus var. sativus) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus esculentus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus gracilis) (from synonym Cyperus gracilis Link)
To GenBank (1282 nucleotides; 377 proteins) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus L.)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Muhl.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. sprucei C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. cyclolepis Boeckeler ex Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pterocyperus esculentus (L.) Opiz)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus esculentus (L.) Hayek)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus subsp. aureus K.Richt.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aureus subsp. esculentus (L.) Nyman)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus tenorei C.Presl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus tuberosus Pursh)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus variabilis Salzm. ex Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus tenoreanus Schult. & Schult.f.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus ruficomus Buckley)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus sieberianus Link)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus phymatodes Muhl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus repens Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus officinalis T.Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus pallidus Savi)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus melanorhizus Delile)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nervosus Bertol.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus nervosostriatus Turrill)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus tenorianus Schult.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chlorocyperus aureus Palla ex Kneuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chlorocyperus phymatodes (Muhl.) Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus bulamensis Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus aureus Ten.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus bahiensis Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus helodes Schrad. ex Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus heermannii Buckley)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus hydra Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus gracilescens Schult.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus gracilis Link)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus damiettensis A.Dietr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus fulvescens Liebm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus buchananii Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus chrysostachys Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. nervosostriatus (Turrill) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. hermannii Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. helodes (Schrad. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. ex Osten)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus phymatodes var. heermannii (Buckley) S.Watson)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. angustispicatus (Britton) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. evolutus C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. princeps C.B.Clarke)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Cyperus_esculentus_angustispicatus_NY11649_type_1) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Cyperus_esculentus_heermannii_NY11650_type_1) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii (Buckley) Britton)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Cyperus_lutescens_NY11676_type_1) (from synonym Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook.)
To NHMUK collection (Cyperus esculentus L.; Type; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2253590) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chlorocyperus aureus Palla ex Kneuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nervosostriatus Turrill)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus buchananii Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus chrysostachys Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus bulamensis Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chlorocyperus phymatodes (Muhl.) Palla)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aureus Ten.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus bahiensis Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus melanorhizus Delile)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus nervosus Bertol.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus lutescens Torr. & Hook.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus helodes Schrad. ex Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus hydra Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus damiettensis A.Dietr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus fulvescens Liebm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus heermannii Buckley)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus gracilescens Schult.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus gracilis Link)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. cyclolepis Boeckeler ex Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. angustispicatus Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus aureus subsp. esculentus (L.) Nyman)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus subsp. aureus K.Richt.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus esculentus (L.) Hayek)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. helodes (Schrad. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. sprucei C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. phymatodes (Muhl.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus officinalis T.Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus pallidus Savi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus ruficomus Buckley)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus phymatodes Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus repens Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus sieberianus Link)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus tenorei C.Presl)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus tenoreanus Schult. & Schult.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pterocyperus esculentus (L.) Opiz)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus tuberosus Pursh)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus variabilis Salzm. ex Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. nervosostriatus (Turrill) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii (Buckley) Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus phymatodes var. heermannii (Buckley) S.Watson)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük. ex Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. angustispicatus (Britton) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. princeps C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. evolutus C.B.Clarke)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus esculentus K000307937 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus esculentus K000362730 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Cyperus esculentus L. BM001067027 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler BM001042023 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus tenorianus Schult.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus gracilescens Roem. & Schult.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus esculentus f. esculentus L.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. lutescens (Torr. & Hook.) Kük.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus L.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Cyperus esculentus var. hermannii Britton)
To US Herbarium (Cyperus heermannii US31882 type 1) (from synonym Cyperus heermannii Buckley)
From editor or global species database
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