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Whitehead spikesedge (Cyperus mindorensis)

Dlium Whitehead spikesedge (Cyperus mindorensis)

Whitehead spikesedge (Cyperus mindorensis) is a species of herbaceous, flowering plant in the Cyperaceae family. The leaves are linear, ribbon-shaped, green, 1.5–3 mm wide and up to 55 cm long. They emerge from green to purplish-brown sheaths.

The flower stalks are erect, up to 60 cm tall, angular, and green. The flowers are at the end of the stalks, forming a spherical, up to 1 cm wide, white inflorescence. This species reproduces vegetatively using underground, horizontal rhizomes and regeneratively using seeds.





TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Subfamily: Cyperoideae
Tribe: Cypereae
Genus: Cyperus L. in Sp. Pl.: 44 (1753)
Species: Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh in Phytotaxa 166: 39 (2014)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Kyllinga mindorensis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 67 (1854)
Kyllinga monocephala var. mindorensis (Steud.) Boeckeler in Linnaea 35: 428 (1868)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cyperus curvispiculosus T.Koyama in Naturaliste Canad. 82: 215 (1955)
Cyperus kyllingia f. humilis (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 101): 608 (1936)
Cyperus kyllingia var. latifolius (Boeckeler) Kük. (1936)
Cyperus kyllingia f. subtriceps (Kunth) Kük. (1936)
Cyperus kyllingia f. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük. (1936)
Cyperus leucocephalus Hassk. in Pl. Jav. Rar.: 87 (1848)
Cyperus sesquiflorus f. latifolius (Boeckeler) Kük. (1936)
Kyllinga cephalotes Druce in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 630 (1917)
Kyllinga curvispiculosa (T.Koyama) P.H.Hô in Cayco Vietnam 3: 699 (1993)
Kyllinga gracilis Zoll. in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 63 (1846)
Kyllinga intermedia Seem. in Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 261 (1861)
Kyllinga monocephala Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 120 (1812)
Kyllinga monocephala var. humilis Boeckeler (1868)
Kyllinga monocephala var. latifolia Boeckeler (1868)
Kyllinga monocephala var. subtriceps Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 130 (1837)
Kyllinga monocephala var. tenuis Boeckeler (1868)
Kyllinga nemoralis (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 487 (1936)
Kyllinga nemoralis var. subnemoralis Wad.Khan & Sardesai in Cyperaceae W. Ghats, W. Coast & Maharashtra: 271 (2015 publ. 2014)
Kyllinga planiculmis C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 209 (1919)
Kyllinga planiculmis var. mucronata Cherm. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 613 (1925)
Scirpus cephalotes Jacq. in Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 42 (1771)
Thryocephalon nemorale J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. in Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2.: 130 (1776)

PUBLICATIONS

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. DOI:10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

VERNACULAR NAME

Assamese: Keya bon
Bengali: Nirbishi নির্বিশী
Chamorro: CHå'guan Lemmai
Chinese (simplified): 单穗水蜈蚣
Chinese (traditional): 單穗水蜈蚣
English: Whitehead cyperus, Whitehead spikesedge, Whitehead grass, White water sedge, White kyllinga, White-flowered Kyllinga
Hindi: निर्विषी - निर्बीसी Nirvishi, Nirbisi
Indonesia: Teki pentol, Pentol bitung
Japanese: オオヒメクグ - シロヒメクグ
Java: Teki pentol, Pentol biting
Kannada: Anantha konde hullu, Neervisha musthe
Malayalam: Muttanna, Velutta nirvasi, Palnivasi, Pimuttanna
Manipuri: Kouthum
Marathi: Nirvishi
Mizo: Pi-sa-um-bur
Nepali: निर्विशी Nirviśī
Sanskrit: Apavisha, Avisha, Musta, Svetanirvisa, Vishabhava, Vishaha, Vishahantri, Vishapaha, Vishavairini, Vivisha, Nirvisha, Svetanirvisa
Sinhala: වේලුට්ට නිර්බාසි Vēluṭṭa nirbāsi
Slovak: šachor mindorský
Spanish: Junco asiático blanco
Tamil: வேலுத்த நிர்பசி Velutta nirbasi
Telugu: Gandala
Tulu: Boldu nirvisho

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