Taxonomic changes in C Cyperus (Cypereae, Cyperoideae, Cyperaceae): combining the sedge genera Ascolepis, Kyllinga and Pycreus into Cyperus s. l. Author Don, Bel Lar Ri Author Ers, Enne Th Ba Ut Author Reynde, Ma Rc text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-04-17 166 1 33 48 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.166.1.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.166.1.2 1179-3163 5138181 Cyperus ascopusillus Goetgh. , nom. nov. Basionym : Ascolepis pusilla Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 164 ( Ridley 1884 ), non Cyperus pusillus Vahl (1805: 303) . Type :— ANGOLA . Circa Lopollo et Monino , May 1860 , F.M.J. Welwitsch 1678 ( holotype BM!, isotype BR!) . Synonyms: — Lipocarpha multibracteata Clarke (1902: 472) , non Cyperus multibracteatus Boeckeler (1875: 107) . Type :— ANGOLA . District Huilla , May 1860 , F.M.J. Welwitsch 6773 ( holotype BM!, isotype BR!) . Ascolepis pusilla var. cylindrica Hooper (1983: 608) . Type :— TANZANIA . Iringa , just north of township, 1650 m , 15 July 1956 , E. Milne-Redhead & P. Taylor 11202 ( holotype K!). Ascolepis pusilla var. echinata Hooper (1983: 607) . Type :— TANZANIA , T4, Sumbawanga to Mpanda road, 8 km north of Sumbawanga , Fiengalezia villaga, 10 June 1980 , S.S. Hooper , C.C. Townsend & L. Mwasumbi 1927 ( holotype K!). Ascolepis pusilla var. microcuspis Lye (1983a: 564) . Type :— ZAMBIA , Mazabuka , Siamambo , Choma , 4300ft , 20 March 1958 , E.A. Robinson 2815 ( holotype K!, isotype PRE!). Description: — Goetghebeur (1980: 297) .