Cyperus ascopusillus Goetgh., 2014

Don, Bel Lar Ri, Ers, Enne Th Ba Ut & Reynde, Ma Rc, 2014, Taxonomic changes in C Cyperus (Cypereae, Cyperoideae, Cyperaceae): combining the sedge genera Ascolepis, Kyllinga and Pycreus into Cyperus s. l., Phytotaxa 166 (1), pp. 33-48 : 36-37

Cyperus ascopusillus Goetgh. , nom. nov.

Basionym : Ascolepis pusilla Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 164 ( Ridley 1884), non Cyperus pusillus Vahl (1805: 303) .

Type :— ANGOLA. Circa Lopollo et Monino, May 1860, F.M.J. Welwitsch 1678 (holotype BM!, isotype BR!) .

Synonyms: — Lipocarpha multibracteata Clarke (1902: 472) , non Cyperus multibracteatus Boeckeler (1875: 107) .

Type :— ANGOLA. District Huilla, May 1860, F.M.J. Welwitsch 6773 (holotype BM!, isotype BR!) .

Ascolepis pusilla var. cylindrica Hooper (1983: 608) .

Type :— TANZANIA. Iringa, just north of township, 1650 m, 15 July 1956, E. Milne-Redhead & P. Taylor 11202 (holotype K!).

Ascolepis pusilla var. echinata Hooper (1983: 607) .

Type :— TANZANIA, T4, Sumbawanga to Mpanda road, 8 km north of Sumbawanga, Fiengalezia villaga, 10 June 1980, S.S. Hooper, C.C. Townsend & L. Mwasumbi 1927 (holotype K!).

Ascolepis pusilla var. microcuspis Lye (1983a: 564) .

Type :— ZAMBIA, Mazabuka , Siamambo, Choma, 4300ft, 20 March 1958, E.A. Robinson 2815 (holotype K!, isotype PRE!).

Description: — Goetghebeur (1980: 297).