Distribution Map

Cyperus cyperoides

                   
                   
   
(Stylochiton puberulus)
(Mariscus sieberanus)
(Mariscus sumatrensis)
(Cyperus cyperoides subsp. cyperoides)

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Cyperoideae 

As at April 2024, 12 herbarium specimens, 13 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Mariscus sieberanus - Slender, erect, up to 75 cm high, usually less. Leaves numerous, soft, light green, c 4 mm wide with distinct midrib, tapering to long point. Stem c 2 mm diam, with ring of several spreading leaf-like bracts below inflorescence which consists of stalkless or stalked erect spikes up to c 1,5 cm long and about half as wide; spikelets spreading, slender, light coloured.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.