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0*0172 
1.4558 
2.8 94 3 
4.3329 
5.7714 
7.2100 
c. 
alaticaulis 
01 
1 
( 1) 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
c. 
alaticaulis 
02 
[ 25 1 
c. 
alaticaulis 
03 
[ 3) | 
c. 
alaticaulis 
04 
(45 1 
c. 
pedunculosus 
01 
(28) 
1 
c. 
pedunculosus 
06 
(335 1 
1 
c. 
pedunculosus 
03 
(30) | 
1 
c. 
pedunculosus 
04 
[315 1 
1 
c. 
pedunculosus 
02 
[295 T 
1 
c. 
pedunculosus 
05 
(32) 1 
1 
c. 
multispiceus 
01 
(21) 
1 
c. 
mul tispiceus 
02 
[22) 
1 
1 
c. 
multispiceus 
12 
(27) | 
1 
1 
c. 
mui tispi ceus 
04 
[23) | 
1 
1 
c. 
multispiceus 
06 
(24) 1 
1 
1 
c. 
/nui tispiceus 
08 
(25) 1 1 
1 
1 
c. 
multispiceus 
11 
[26) | | 
1 
1 
c. 
eboracensis 
01 
( 55 
1 
c. 
eboracensis 
02 
[ 6) 1 
1 
c. 
eboracensis 
04 
[8)|| 
1 
c. 
eboracensis 
07 
(115 1 1 
1 
c. 
eboracensis 
03 
[7)|| 
1 
Fig. 2. Phenogram of the data matrix 
Character states unweighted; Gower association measure; and UPGMA ((3 = -0.25) fusion strategy (data matrix 1). 
1. Cyperuspedunculosus F.Muell., Fragm. 8: 
266 (1874); C. pedunculosus var. pedunculosus 
Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 85: 425 (1915). Type 
citation: “Ad oram Rockingham’s Bay in altis 
montibus rupestribus, atque secus fluvios 
silvarum; Dallachy”. Type: Queensland. 
Rockingham’s Bay, s.dat., J.Dallachy s.n. 
(holo: MEL n.v.; iso: BRI [AQ308150]). 
Cyperus montis-sellae K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. 
Syst. 18:186(1894). Type: Papua New Guinea. 
“Auf dem Gipfel des Sattelberges”, 14 January 
1889, D.Hellwig 249 (n.v.). 
Cyperus pedunculosus var. floribundus Kiik., 
Bot. Jahrb.Syst. 59: 44 (1924). Type: Papua 
New Guinea. Sattelberg, C.Nyman 491 (n.v.). 
Cyperus pedunculosus var. atrocastaneus 
Kiik., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 256 (1938). Type: 
Papua New Guinea. Central Province: 
Isuarava, C.E.Carr 15451 (syn: n.v); Papua 
New Guinea. Morobe Province: Ogeramnang, 
M.S.Clemens 4978 (syn: n.v); Papua New 
Guinea. Morobe Province: Mt Sarawaket, 
M.S.Clemens 6071 (syn: n.v). 
Cyperus pedunculosus var. alatus Kiik., Mitt. 
Thiir. Bot. Ver. N.F. 50: 3 (1943). Type: Papua 
New Guinea. Morobe Province: Boana, 3 
November 1938, M.S.Clemens 8772b (n.v). 
Cyperus pedunculosus var. longebracteatus 
Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 85: 425 (1915). Type 
citation: “Nordost-Queensland: Bellenden- 
Ker, in der Nahe eines Baches in einer Hohe 
von ungefahr 200 m, selten (DOMIN, XII. 
1909).” Type: (holo: PR, n.v). 
Plants robust, perennial with a short 
rhizome. Culms tufted, erect, triquetrous 
to distinctly 3-winged, striate, 25-45 cm 
long, 2-5 mm wide, thickened by inflated, 
scarious, purplish sheaths. Leaves longer than 
inflorescence culm, canaliculate at the base, 
otherwise flat, 6-20 mm wide. Involucral 
bracts 5-6, 30-45 cm long, 6-15 mm wide, 
unequal in length, longer than inflorescence, 
scabrous. Inflorescence once compound, 
or decompound, 10-20 cm long, 7-12 cm 
wide, diffuse. Rays unequal, (3—)6—11(—15). 
Spikes 6-12; sessile or pedunculate, ovoid, 
spreading, dense, 5-25 mm long, 8-40 mm 
