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 brasiliensis (Kunth) Bauters , comb. nov. Basionym : Platylepis brasiliensis Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 269 ( Kunth 1837 ) Ascolepis brasiliensis (Kunth) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke ( Clarke 1894: 651 ) . Type :— BRAZIL . Sellow s.n ., ( holotype K!, isotype P!, HAL!) . Synonyms: Platylepis gujanensis Nees (1842: 63) Kyllinga decora Steudel (1855: 317) , nom. illeg. Type :— GUYANA . Schomburgk 109 ( holotype : B, isotypes BM, K!, U!, W). Platylepis leucocephala Nees (1842: 63) . Ascolepis leucocephala (Nees) Eiten (1963: 221) . Lectotype (designated here):— BRAZIL . H.K. Beyrich s.n. (P). Platylepis xanthocephala Nees (1842: 62) . Type :— BRAZIL . February 1837 , G. Gardner 715 ( holotype : K!, isotypes BM!, K!, P!). Description:Goetghebeur (1980: 293) .