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 proteus (Welw.) Bauters , comb. nov. Basionym : Ascolepis protea Welw., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 75 ( Welwitsch 1869 ). Type :— ANGOLA . Pungo Adongo : prope Funda-Quilombo , December 1856 , F.M.J. Welwitsch 1667 ( holotype BM!, isotype K!) . Synonyms: Ascolepis elata Welwitsch (1869: 79) . Type:— ANGOLA . F.M.J. Welwitsch 1670 ( holotype BM, isotype K). Ascolepis menonguensis Meneses (1956: 259) . Type :— ANGOLA . Gossweiler 3189 ( holotype LISC, isotype K). Ascolepis lineariglumis var. lineariglumis Lye (1983a: 561) . Type :— ZAMBIA . 13 km NW of Kabwe-Bonanza , 14°22’S , 28°23’E , 1200 m , 8 April 1972 , J. Kornas 1559 ( holotype KRA, isotype K). Ascolepis lineariglumis var. pulcherrima Lye (1983a: 562) . Type :— ZAMBIA . Abercorn district , Saisi River Marsh , 1500 m , 27 February 1957 , H.M. Richards 8353 ( holotype K). Description:Goetghebeur (1980: 275) .