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4. PYCREUS Beauvois 



PYCREUS ERAGROSTIS (Vahl) Merr. PI. Manila (1912) 108. 



Cyperus eragrostis Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 322; Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 300; Suringar Geslacht. Cyp. (1898) 65. 

 Pycreus sanguinolentus Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 283; C. B. Clarke 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 79. 

 Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 351. 

 Cyperus atratus Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. (1854) 62; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 301. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Benguet, Pangasinan, Rizal, Laguna, Sor- 

 sogon), Mindanao, Elmer 14336, 14323, Merrill 7354, 9792, Phil. PI. 514, 

 Williams 1972, B. S. 27620, 4893, 12039 Ramos. In open wet places at low 

 and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. Widely distributed in the 

 warmer parts of the Old World. 



PYCREUS GLOBOSUS (All.) Reichb. PI. Germ. Exkurs. (1830-32) 140 10 ; 



C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 81 (inch var. nilagi- 



ricus C. B. Clarke). 

 Cyperus globosus All. Fl. Pedem. Auctuar. (1789) 49; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 301; Suringar Geslacht. Cyp. (1898). 58. 

 Cyperus vulgaris Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 4; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 



(1856) 256. 

 Cyperus lanceolatus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 167, non ? Poir. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Leyte, Mindanao 

 (Lanao), Merrill 237, 4630, Phil. PI. 556, Elmer 6483, Williams 1242, B. S. 

 31810 Santos, 14261, 14257 McGregor, 5972, 8238 Ramos. In open usually 

 wet places at medium altitudes, ascending to 2,000 m. Warmer parts of 

 the Old World. 



Local name: Tantanud (Bon.). 



PYCREUS NITENS (Retz.) Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1: 53; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 108. 

 Cyperus nitens Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 13; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. 



Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 28; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, 



Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 283; Suringar Geslacht. Cyp. (1898) 55. 

 Cyperus pumilus Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 302; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 300, non Pycreus pumilus Nees. 

 Pycreus pulvinatus Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 283; C. B. Clarke in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 79. 

 Cyperus gymnoleptus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 3; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 255. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in most or all islands and provinces. In 

 open usually damp places at low and medium altitudes. Common in the 

 warmer parts of the Old World; Florida (probably introduced). 



PYCREUS ODORATUS (Linn.) Urban Symb. Antil. 2 (1900) 164; Merr. Fl. 



Manila (1912) 108, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 104, Sp. Blan- 



coanae (1918) 80. 

 Cyperus odoratus Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 46, excl. syn. Sloane. 

 Pycreus polystachyus Beauv. PL Oware et Benin 2 (1807) 48, t. 86, 



f. 2; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 80; Merr. 



op. cit. 3 (1908) Bot. 397. 



