Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cyperus distans L.f. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mothe	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl. Rep. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 23 (1885), nom. illeg.
Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 140 (1935).
Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 141 (1935).
Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 140 (1935).
Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983).
Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 350 (1901).
Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 140 (1935).
Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 140 (1935).
Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(101): 140 (1935).
Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye Nordic J. Bot. 3: 231 (1983).
Cyperus elatus Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 37 (1773), nom. illeg.
Cyperus graminicola Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 49 (1854).
Cyperus keniensis Kük. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 306 (1925).
Cyperus kurrii Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 38 (1854).
Cyperus laxus Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 362 (1805), nom. illeg.
Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929).
Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye Lidia 3: 131 (1994).
Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929).
Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 250 (1929).
Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 271 (1828), nom. illeg.
Cyperus psilostachys Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 47 (1854).
Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. 2: 8 (1890).
Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 251 (1929).
Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 38 (1854).
Cyperus squamulatus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 49 (1854).
Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 584 (1894), not validly publ.
Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper Kew Bull. 26: 579 (1972).
Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 407 (1919).
Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58: 265 (1988).
Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 407 (1919).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyperus distans L.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cyperus distans Linn. f.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cyperus distans Linnaeus fil.	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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