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 mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh , comb. nov. Basionym : Kyllinga mindorensis Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 67 ( Steudel 1854 ). Type :— PHILIPPINES . Luzon : Calabarzon , Batangas , 1841, Cuming 1558 ( holotype BM000959042!, isotypes K000290929!, P00578843!) . Synonyms: — Scirpus cephalotes Jacquin (1771: 42) , nom. illeg., non S. cephalotes Linnaeus (1762: 76) ≡ Kyllinga cephalotes (Jacq.) Druce (1917: 630) , non Cyperus cephalotes Vahl (1805: 311) . Type :— Not located . Thryocephalon nemorale J.R.Forster & G. Forster (1775: 129 , pl. 65) ≡ Kyllinga nemoralis (J.R.Forster & G.Forster) Dandy ex Hutchinson & Dalziel (1936: 487) , non Cyperus nemoralis Chermezon (1921: 553) . Type:— FRENCH POLYNESIA . Tahiti: J.R. Forster & G. Forster s.n. ( lectotype BM000990844!). Kyllinga monocephala Stokes (1812: 120) nom. illeg., non K. monocephala Rottbøll (1773: 13) . Type :— JAMAICA , Broughton s.n. (not located). Remarks: K. monocephala Rottb. is a superfluous name. It is a homotypic synonym of Rhynchospora colorata (Linneaus) Pfeiffer (1935: 89) and has Schoenus coloratus Linnaeus (1753: 43) as basionym. Cyperus kyllingia Endlicher (1842: 94) is the homotypic synonym of K. monocephala Rottb. and consequently this name is also a homotypic synonym of R. colorata . Kyllinga monocephala var. subtriceps Kunth (1837: 130) ≡ Cyperus kyllingia f. subtriceps (Kunth) Kükenthal (1936: 608) . Type : not located. Kyllinga gracilis Zollinger (1854: 63) nom. illeg., non K. gracilis Kunth (1837: 134) . Type :— Not located . Cyperus leucocephalus Hasskarl (1848: 87) nom. illeg., non C. leucocephalus Retzius (1788: 11) . Type :— Not located . Kyllinga monocephala var. humilis Boeckeler (1868: 429) ≡ Cyperus kyllingia f. humilis (Boeckeler) Kükenthal (1936: 608) . Syntypes :— GUAM . Haenke s.n. (not located); s.l., Herb. Link s.n. (not located). Kyllinga monocephala var. tenuis Boeckeler (1868: 429) ≡ Cyperus kyllingia f. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kükenthal (1936: 608) . Syntypes :— MARIANA ISLANDS . Gaudichaud s.n. (not located); INDONESIA . Timor : Gaudichaud s.n . (not located) . Kyllinga monocephala var. latifolia Boeckeler (1868: 429) ≡ Kyllinga seychellarum A. Jussieu ex C.B.Clarke ( Clarke 1894: 531 ) ≡ Kyllinga planiculmis Boivin ex C.B.Clarke ( Clarke 1894: 531 ) ≡ Cyperus kyllingia var. latifolius (Boeckeler) Kükenthal (1936: 608 p. p.). Type :— MAYOTTE . Boivin 3066 (not located). Kyllinga planiculmis var. mucronata Chermezon (1925: 613) . Type :— MADAGASCAR . Antsinanana , Mahanoro , confluent de l’Onive et du Mangoro , 600 m , February 1925 , Perrier de la Bâthie 17010 ( holotype TAN!). Cyperus curvispiculosus Koyama (1955: 215) ≡ Kyllinga curvispiculosa (T.Koyama) P.H.Hô ( Hô 1993: 699 ) . Type :— VIETNAM . Lam Dong , Annam , Dran , 1034 m , 11°48’51”N , 108°34’34”E , 18 June 1921 , Hayata 727 ( holotype P00065565!) Description: — Hoenselaar et al. (2010: 335) .