Fimbristylis cymosa   (R. Br.)


 
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syn. Cyperus triceps ((Rottb.) Endl.), Iria glomerata ((Schrad. ex Schult.) Kuntze), Iria multifolia ((Boeckeler) Kuntze), Isolepis glomerata (Schrad. ex Schult.), Isolepis haenkei (J. Presl & C. Presl), Isolepis rigescens ((Willd. ex Schult.) C. Presl), Isolepis schraderi (A. Dietr.), Isolepis stricta ((Roxb.) A. Dietr.), Kyllinga triceps (Rottb.), Scirpus ciliolatus (Boeckeler), Scirpus cymosus (Lam.), Scirpus rigescens (Willd. ex Schult.), Scirpus strictus (Roxb.), Fimbristylis atollensis (H. St. John), Fimbristylis capitulifera (Merr.), Fimbristylis ciliolata (Steud.), Fimbristylis cymosa var. multifolia (Domin), Fimbristylis cymosa var. spathacea ((Roth) T. Koyama), Fimbristylis cymosa var. subcapitata (C. B. Clarke), Fimbristylis cymosa ssp. spathacea ((Roth) T. Koyama), Fimbristylis glomerata ((Schrad. ex Schult.) Nees), Fimbristylis glomerata ((Schrad. ex Schult.) Urb.), Fimbristylis kankaoensis (Hayata), Fimbristylis laevissima (Steud.), Fimbristylis melanospora (Fernald), Fimbristylis monini (Steud.), Fimbristylis multifolia (Boeckeler), Fimbristylis reunionis (Steud.), Fimbristylis rigida (Kunth), Fimbristylis sintenisii (Boeckeler), Fimbristylis spathacea (Roth), Fimbristylis spathacea var. depauperata (T. Koyama), Fimbristylis umbellatocapitata (Steud.), Fimbristylis warburgii (K. Schum. ex Warb.), Fimbristylis wightiana (Nees)

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Cook Islands: 'Atiu, Mangaia, Manihiki, Manuae, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Nassau, Palmerston, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, Rarotonga, Suwarrow, Tongareva
Fiji: Rotuma, Viti Levu
Hawai'i Islands: French Frigate Shoals, Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Laysan, Lehua, West Maui, Midway, Ni'ihau, O'ahu
Kiribati: Abariringa, Baker Island, Enderbury Island, Jarvis Island, Kiritimati, Manra, Nikumaroro, Orona, Palmyra Atoll, Tabuaeran, Teraina
Marquesas: Eiao, Ua Huka
Niue
Samoa
: Fanuatapu, Nu'ulua, Nu'utele, Swains Island, Ta'u, Tutuila
Tonga: 'Eua, Fafa, Fukave, Malinoa, Manima
Tuvalu: Nui
Wallis and Futuna: Futuna, Uvea

 
native name:

mati upoo - Tuamotu Archipelago
mauku - 'Atiu, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Tongareva / Cook Islands
mau'u'aki'aki - Hawai'i Islands
papa 'enua - Ma'uke / Cook Islands
pupu - Rotuma / Fiji
te uteute ni mane - Kiribati
tumu 'enua - Palmerston / Cook Islands
vayavaya - Nassau, Pukapuka / Cook Islands

 
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Fimbristylis cymosa


Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
ssp. umbellatocapitata ((Hillebr.) T. Koyama)

 
syn. Fimbristylis cymosa var. microcephala (F. Br.), Fimbristylis cymosa var. pycnocephala ((Hillebr.) Kük.), Fimbristylis cymosa var. umbellatocapitata (Hillebr.), Fimbristylis pycnocephala (Hillebr.), Fimbristylis spathacea var. umbellatocapitata ((Hillebr.) T. Koyama), Iria pycnocephala ((Hillebr.) Kuntze)

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Austral Islands: Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Kure, Lana'i, Laysan, Lehua, Maui, Midway, Moloka'i, Ni'ihau, O'ahu
Niue
Pitcairn-Inseln
: Henderson
Samoa: 'Aunu'u, Ofu, Olosega, Savai'i, Swains Island, Ta'u, Tutuila
Society Islands: Bora Bora, Huahine, Maiao, Me'eti'a, Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Taha'a, Tahiti, Tetiaroa, Tupai
Tokelau: Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu
Tuamotu Archipelago: Mangareva, Totegegie (Gambier Islands), Hao, Makatea, Manihi, Niau, Rangiroa, Takapoto, Tenarunga, Tikehau, Toau

 
native name:

mati upoo - Tuamotu Archipelago
mau'u'aki'aki - Hawai'i Islands
mouku - Tuamotu Archipelago
kukuti - Tuamotu Archipelago
pako pako - Tahiti / Society Islands
tuise - Tokelau
uti'uti hu'a - Society Islands

 
left:

Fimbristylis cymosa ssp. umbellatocapitata


Photo: by courtesy of Association Richesses du fenua Te anahotu

http://www.tiaredex.pf

 
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