Characteristics
Monocots
Cyperus odoratus L.
FRAGRANT FLATSEDGE
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Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
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Classification
POALES
Cyperus odoratus L. - FRAGRANT FLATSEDGE
Citation
CYPERUS ODORATUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 46. 1753.
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JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica. 1: t. 74(1). 1707). Lectotypified by Dandy, in Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé 360. 1944.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
 
Bay
FSU
 
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
USF
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Charlotte
FLAS
 
Citrus
USF
 
Clay
FLAS
 
Collier
USF
 
DeSoto
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Cyperus acicularis
Cyperus acicularis (Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck) Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 45. 1854, non (Linnaeus) Withering 1796.
BASIONYM: Diclidium aciculare Schrader ex Nees von Esenbeck 1842.
 
Cyperus bracteolatus
Cyperus bracteolatus Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 49. 1854.
 
TYPE: PHILIPPINES: Luzon:
Cyperus californicus
Cyperus californicus S. Watson, Bot. California 2: 216. 1880.
 
TYPE: CALIFORNIA: Without data, Fitch s.n. (holotype: GH).
Cyperus carruthii
Cyperus carruthii A. W. Wood, in Smyth, Checkl. Pl. Kansas 26. 1892.
 
 
Cyperus cephalophorus
Cyperus cephalophorus J. Presl & C. Presl, in C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 170. 1828, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Cyperus conglobatus Humboldt ex Link 1820.
 
Cyperus conglobatus
Cyperus conglobatus Humboldt ex Link, Handb Gewächsk. 1(3): 87. 1820.
 
TYPE: VENEZUELA:
Cyperus cubanus
Cyperus cubanus Liebmann, Mexic. Halvgr. 222. 1850.
 
TYPE: CUBA: Near Havana, Apr 1845, Liebmann 14355 (holotype: C).
Cyperus densiflorus
Cyperus densiflorus G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 34. 1818.
 
 
Cyperus distans
Cyperus distans G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 35. 1818, nom. illegit. et non Linnaeus f. 1782.
BASIONYM: Cyperus stellatus Rudge 1805.
 
Cyperus eggersii var. laticeps
Cyperus eggersii Boeckeler, var. laticeps Kükenthal, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 101): 623. 1936.
 
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Baldwin, Bamberg, Brevard, Brewster, Broward, Caddo Par., Calhoun, Cass, Chambers, Champaign, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Dixie, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, George, Glades, Hardee, Harrison, Hendry, Hernando, Hillsborough, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson Par., King William, Lafayette Par., Lafourche Par., Lake, Lee, Leon, Lexington, Loíza Mun., Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, McIntosh, Miami-Dade, Middlesex, Mobile, Monmouth, Monroe, Nassau, Norfolk, Northampton, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pickens, Pinellas, Polk, Princess Anne, Saint Francis, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, Shelby, Spotsylvania, St. Tammany Par., Sumter, Volusia

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1898 - 2019

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
Suriname
 
 
Nov 1945
Sailings
Puerto Rico
 
Loíza Mun.
22 Mar 1971
D. Burch
USA
Alabama
Baldwin Co.
20 May 1981
G. Wilhelm
USA
Alabama
Baldwin Co.
03 Jul 1981
G. Wilhelm
USA
Alabama
Mobile Co.
02 Aug 1965
R. Deramus
USA
Arkansas
Saint Francis Co.
17 Sep 1953
D. Demaree
Honduras
Atlántida Dept.
 
18 Apr 1984
S. Y. Chévez
Mexico
Baja California
 
29 Apr 1959
J. H. Thomas
Honduras
Cortés Dept.
 
06 Apr 1985
G. Rodríguez M.
Dominican Republic
El Seibo Prov.
 
21 Jan 1972
A. H. Liogier
Plant Photos
Cyperus odoratus - 25
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Cyperus odoratus - 25
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Cyperus odoratus - 25
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Cyperus odoratus - 25
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Cyperus odoratus - 159
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Cyperus odoratus - 200
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Cyperus odoratus - 200
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Cyperus odoratus - 270
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Cyperus odoratus - 270
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