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Cyperus elegans L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Cyperus (family Cyperaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 236471) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 45 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304394-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cyperus elegans var. breviradiata Maury	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cyperus elegans subsp. elegans	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cyperus elegans var. major Kük.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cyperus trachynotus Torr.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cyperus viscosus Sw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cyperus viviparus Steud.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scirpus potosiensis C.B.Clarke [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scirpus viscosus Lam.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Cyperus elegans subsp. rubiginosus (Hook.f.) Eliasson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	6

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-236471.

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