CYPERACEAE newsletter Number 15

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN CYPEROLOGY 15

Compiled by P. Goetghebeur & D.A. Simpson

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       Palaeobotany & Palynology  Parasitism  Physiology  Taxonomy(family)  Weeds  

Anatomy   Back to top

Browning, J. & Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Studies in Cyperaceae in southern Africa 26. Glume epidermal silica deposits as a character in generic delimitation of Costularia and Cyathocoma as distinct from Tetraria and other allies. S. Afr. J. Bot. 61(2): 66-71. [Costularia and Cyathocoma are distinct from Tetraria, Epischoenus and Carpha]

Gifford, E.M., Bayer, D.E. (1995). Developmental anatomy of Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutsedge). Int. J. Pl. Sci. 156(5): 622-629.

Biochemistry  Back to top

Dawidar, A.M., Jakupovic, J., Abdel Mogib, M. & Mashaly, I.A. (1994). Prenylstilbenes and prenylflavones from Schoenus nigricans. Phytochemistry 36(3): 803-806. [Schoenus nigricans]

Dini, A., Ramundo, E., Saturnino, P., Scimone, A. & Stagno-D'Alcontres, I. (1992). Isolation, characterization and antimicrobial activity of coumarin derivatives from Cyperus incompletus. Boll. Soc. Ital. Biol. Speriment. 68: 453-460. [Cyperus incompletus]

Dolmazon, R., Albrand, M., Bessière, J.M., Mahmout, Y., Wernerowska, D. & Kolodiejczyk, K. (1995). Diterpenoids from Kyllinga erecta. Phytochemistry 38: 917-919.

Gerard, G. & Chanton, J. (1993). Quantification of methane oxidation in the rhizosphere of emergent aquatic macrophytes: defining upper limits. Biogeochemistry 23(2): 79-97. [Cladium jamaicense]

Gilani, A.H., Janbaz, K.H., Zaman, M., Lateef, A., Tariq, S.R. & Ahmad, H.R. (1994). Hypotensive and spasmolytic activities of crude extract of Cyperus scariosus. Arch. Pharm. Res. 17(3): 145-149. [Cyperus scariosus]

Gilani, A.U.H. & Janbaz, K.H. (1995). Studies on the protective effect of Cyperus scariosus extract on acetaminophen and CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity. Gen. Pharmacol. 26: 627-631.

Ha, H.J. (1994). Synthesis and herbicidal activity of 2-(1-anilinobutylidene)-5,5-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-ones. Agric. Chem. Biotechnol. 37: 522-525. [Scirpus juncoides, Cyperus serotinus]

Kalsi, P.S., Sharma, A., Singh, A., Singh, I.P. & Chabra, B.R. (1995). Biogenetically important sesquiterpenes from Cyperus rotundus. Fitoterapia 66: 94. [Cyperus rotundus, biochemistry]

Pandey, V.N., Chaube, R.N. & Srivastava, A.K. (1994). Effect of coagulation procedures on LPC yield. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. India, sect. B, Biol. Sci. 64: 317-320. [Eleocharis dulcis, Cyperus rotundus, C. squarrosus, C. compressus, C. pumilus, biochemistry]

Shin, D. & Kim, J. (1994). [Chemical constituents of Kyllinga brevifolia.] Yakhak Hoeji 38: 770-774. (Kor., Engl. summ.) [Kyllinga brevifolia var. leiolepis]

Xue, J., Yan, Y. & Jiang, Y. (1994). [Effects of the combination of Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. (AM), tail of Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (TAS), Cyperus rotundus L. (CR), Ligusticum chunanxiong Hort. (LC) and Paeonia veitchii Lynch (PV) on the hemorheological changes in "blood stagnating" rats.] Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi 19(2): 108-110, 128.

Ecology Back to top

Adcock, P.W. & Ganf, G.G. (1994). Growth characteristics of three macrophyte species growing in a natural and constructed wetland system. Water Sci. Technol. 29: 95-102. [Baumea articulata]

Aerts, R. & De Caluwe, H. (1994). Effects of nitrogen supply on canopy structure and leaf nitrogen distribution in Carex species. Ecology 75: 1482-1490. [Carex diandra, Carex rostrata, Carex acutiformis]

Aerts, R. & De Caluwe, H. (1995). Interspecific and intraspecific differences in shoot and leaf lifespan of four Carex species which differ in maximum dry matter production. Oecologia 102: 467-477. [Carex diandra, C. rostrata, C. lasiocarpa, C. acutiformis, ecology]

Aerts, R. & De Caluwe, H. (1994). Nitrogen use eeficiency of Carex species in relation to nitrogen supply. Ecology 75: 2362-2372. [Carex diandra, C. rostrata, C. acutiformis]

Akulova, Z.V. (1994). [The usage of species of the genus Carex L. as phytoindicators. Rastit. Resur. 30: 152-160. (Russ.) [Carex, bioindicator, literature review]

Amat, J.A. (1995). Effects of wintering greylag geese (Anser anser) on their Scirpus food plants. Ecography 18: 155-163. [Scirpus littoralis, S. maritimus, Bolboschoenus]

Arkhipov, V.S., Bernatonis, V.K. & Rezchikov, V.I. (1994). [Iron compounds pattern in peat deposits of Tomsk district (Russia).] Pochvovedenie 9: 37-42. (Russ., Engl. summ.) Carex spp.

Babcock, C.A. & Ely, C.R. (1994). Classification of vegetation communities in which geese rear broods on the Yukon-Kuskokwin delta, Alaska (USA). Canad. J. Bot. 72: 1294-1301. [Carex rariflora, C. ramenskii, C. mackenziei]

Badmin, J. (1994). Insects associated with greater tussock sedge, Carex paniculata L. (Cyperaceae). Entomol. Monthly Mag. 130: 217. [Carex paniculata]

Bagi, I. (1994). Measures of association and correlation between two coexistent forms of Carex serotina Mérat; pattern and distribution of dominance. Tiscia 28: 15-19. [Carex serotina]

Bakker, S.A., van den Berg, N.J. & Speleers, B.P. (1994). Vegetation transitions of floating wetlands in a complex of turbaries between 1937 and 1989 as determined from aerial photographs with GIS. Vegetatio 114: 161-167. [Carex]

Bambalov, N.N. & Yankovskaya, N.S. (1994). [Fractional composition of nitrogen found in organic fertilizers and peat-forming plants.] Agrokhimiya 7-8: 55-61. (Russ.) [Carex lasiocarpa]

Banasova, V., Otahelova, H., Jarolimek, I., Zaliberova, M. & Husak, S. (1994). Morava river (Slovakia) floodplain vegetation in relation to limiting ecological factors. Ekologia 13: 247-262. [Schoenoplectus lacustris, Carex gracilis]

Barclay-Estrup, P. & Gimingham, C.H. (1994). Seed-shedding in a Scottish heath community. J. Veget. Sci. 5(2): 197-204. [Carex spp.]

Bernhardt, K.G. & Koch, M. (1993). [Distribution and sociology of Elatine hexandra in Emsland (Lower Saxony, Germany).] Flor. Rundbr. 27(1): 32-37. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Eleocharis acicularis]

Best, E.P.H., Van der Schaaf, S. & Oomes, M.J.M. (1995). Responses of restored grassland ditch vegetation to hydrological changes, 1989-1992. Vegetatio 116: 107-122. [Carex panicea, C. oederi, C. pallescens, C. vesicaria]

Blanch, S.J. & Brock, M.A. (1994). Effects of grazing and depth on two wetland plant species. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 45: 1387-1394. [Eleocharis acuta]

Boinski, M. (1993). [State of vegetation in the natural reserve "Struga Siedmiu Jezior" in Tuchelck pine forests (Poland).] Acta Univ. Nicol. Copern., Biol. 44: 93-121. (Pol., Germ. summ.) [Cladium mariscus]

Broome, S.W., Mendelssohn, I.A. & McKee, K.L. (1995). Relative growth of Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. and Scirpus olneyi Gray occurring in a mixed stand as affected by salinity and flooding depth. Wetlands 15: 20-30. [Scirpus olneyi]

Brzosko, E. (1991). [Colonization of Carex cespitosa L. tussocks by other species during secondary succession.] Phytocoenosis, N.S., 3: 141-150, 6 fig., 2 tab. (Pol., Engl. summ.)

Bubier, J.L. (1995). The relationship of vegetation to methane emission and hydrochemical gradients in northern peatlands. J. Ecol. 83: 403-420. [Carex spp.]

Buys, M.H., Vorster, P.J. & Van der Walt, J.J.A. (1995). Using the WORLDMAP PC program for measuring biodiversity in order to choose prioritized conservation areas in southern Africa. S. Afr. J. Bot. 61: 80-84. [Biodiversity of Mariscus used as an example]

Calhoun, J.V. (1995). The biogeography and ecology of Euphyes dukesii (Hesperiidae) in Florida. J. Lepidopter. Soc. 49: 6-23. [Rhynchospora inundata, R. miliacea, Carex lacustris, C. hyalinolepis, C. lurida, C. walteriana]

Carlsson, B.A. & Callaghan, T.V. (1994). Impact of climate change factors on the clonal sedge Carex bigelowii. Implications for population growth and vegetative spread. Ecography 17: 321-330.

Cegarra, J., Garcia, D., Navarro, A. & Bernal, M.P. (1994). Effects of heat on the alkali extraction of humic substances from peat. Comm. Soil Sci. Pl. Analysis 25: 2685-2695. [Carex peat]

Clevering, O.A. (1995). Germination and seedling emergence of Scirpus lacustris L. and Scirpus maritimus L. with special reference to the restoration of wetlands. Aquat. Bot. 50: 63-78. [Scirpus lacustris, S. lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani, S. maritimus, Schoenoplectus, Bolboschoenus]

Clevering, O.A. & Van der Putten, W.H. (1995). Effects of detritus accumulation on the growth of Scirpus maritimus under greenhouse conditions. Canad. J. Bot. 73: 852-861. [Scirpus maritimus, Bolboschoenus]

Cole, K.L. & Liu, G.W. (1994). Holocene paleoecology of an estuary on Santa Rosa Island, California. Quatern. Res. 41(3): 326-335. [Cyperaceae]

Conlong, D.E. (1994). A review and perspectives for the biological control of the African sugarcane stalkborer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Agric. Ecosyst. Environm. 48(1): 9-17. [Wetland sedges]

Cooper, A.B. (1994). Coupling wetland treatment to land treatment. An innovative method for nitrogen stripping? Water Sci. Technol. 29: 141-149. [Carex]

Coops, H., Geilen, N. & Van der Velde, G. (1994). Distribution and growth of the helophyte species Phragmites australis and Scirpus lacustris in water depth gradients in relation to wave exposure. Aquat. Bot. 48: 273-284.

Cox, R.J. & Smart, G.C. Jr. (1994). Nematodes associated with plants from naturally acidic wetlands soil. J. Nematol. 26: 535-537. [Cyperus ochraceus]

Crawford, R.M.M., Chapman, H.M. & Hodge, H. (1994). Anoxia tolerance in high arctic vegetation. Arctic Alpine Res.26(3): 308-312. [Carex misandra, Eriophorum scheuchzeri]

Crowe, E.A., Busacca, A.J., Reganold, J.P. & Zamora, B.A. (1994). Vegetation zones and soil characteristics in vernal pools in the channeled scabland of E. Washington (USA). Great Basin Nat. 54: 234-247. [Eleocharis palustris]

De Swart, E.O.A.M., van der Valk, A.G., Koehler, K.J. & Barendregt, A. (1994). Experimental evaluation of realized niche models for predicting responses of plant species to a change in environmental conditions. J. Veget. Sci. 5: 541-552. [Scirpus lacustris]

Debusk, W.F., Reddy, K.R., Koch, M.S. & Wang, Y. (1994). Spatial distribution of soil nutrients in a northern Everglades marsh: water conservation area 2A. J. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. 58(2): 543-552. [Cladium jamaicense]

Del Moral, R., Titus, J.H. & Cook, A.M. (1995). Early primary succession on Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA. J. Veget. Sci. 6: 107-120. [Carex mertensii]

Depkin, F.C., Brandt, L.A. & Mazzotti, F.J. (1994). Nest sites of Florida sandhill cranes in S.W. Florida (USA). Florida Field Nat. 22(2): 39-47. [Eleocharis interstincta]

DeSelm, H.R. & Murdock, N. (1993). Grass-dominated communities. In: Martin, W.H., Boyce, S.G. & Echternaucht, A.C. (eds.), Biodiversity of the southeastern United States. Upland terrestrial communities. Wiley, New York: 87-141. [Carex complanata, Eleocharis tenuis, Fimbristylis puberula, Scleria pauciflora]

Dzwonko, Z. & Gawronski, S. (1994). The role of woodland fragments, soil types, and dominant species in secondary succession on the W. Carpathian foothills. Vegetatio 111(2): 149-160. [Carex brizoides]

El Demerdash, M.A., Hegazy, A.K. & Zilay, A.M. (1994). Distribution of the plant communities in Tihamah coastal plains of Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. Vegetatio 112: 141-151. [Cyperus conglomeratus]

Ellery, W.N., Ellery, K., Rogers, K.H. & McCarthy, T.S. (1995). The role of Cyperus papyrus L. in channel blockage and abandonment in the NE Okavango Delta, Botswana. Afr. J. Ecol. 33: 25-49.

Ernst, W.H.O. & Piccoli, F. (1995). Fruit development and performance of Schoenus nigricans in coastal dune slacks of Europe: an extension of H.G. Baker's seed mass-altitude to a seed mass-latitude relationship. Acta Bot. Neerl. 44: 41-53, 6 fig., 3 tab. [Schoenus nigricans ecology seed bank]

Erschbamer, B. (1994). [Population dynamics of Carex curvula subsp. rosae and Carex curvula subsp. curvula.] Phytocoenol. 24: 579-596. (Germ., Engl. summ.)

Falkengren - Grerup, U. & Tyler, G. (1993). Experimental evidence for the relative sensitivity of deciduous forest plants to high soil acidity. Forest Ecol. Manag. 60(3-4): 311-326. [Carex sylvatica]

Francez, A.J. (1995). [Dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in Carex rostrata, Eriophorum vaginatum, and Calluna vulgaris in the peat bog of the Forez Mountains (France).] Canad. J. Bot. 73: 121-129. (Fr., Engl. summ.)

Froend, R.H. & McComb, A.J. (1994). Distribution, productivity and reproductive phenology of emergent macrophytes in relation to water regimes of wetlands of S.W. Australia. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 45: 1491-1508. [Baumea articulata]

Gadallah, F.L. & Jefferies, R.L. (1995). Comparison of the nutrient contents of the principal forage plants utilized by lesser snow geese on summer breeding grounds. J. Appl. Ecol. 32: 263-275. [Carex subspathacea, C. flavicans, C. aquatilis]

Gadallah, F.L. & Jefferies, R.L. (1995). Forage quality in brood rearing areas of the lesser snow goose and the growth of captive goslings. J. Appl. Ecol. 32: 276-287. [Carex subspathacea, C. flavicans, C. aquatilis]

Geilen, N, Coops, H. & Van der Velden, J.A. (1994). [Restoration of bulrush (Scirpus lacustris) along the Nieuwe Merwede (Netherlands).] De Levende Natuur 94(6): 217-220. (Dutch, Engl. summ.)

Gerdol, R. (1995). Community and species-performance patterns along an alpine poor-rich mire gradient. J. Vegetation. Sci. 6: 175-182. [Carex spp., vegetation, southern Alps, Italy]

Gerstberger, P. (1994). [The neophytes Glyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc. and Scirpus atrovirens Willd. in the Rhenian Schiefer Mountains near Oberwinter (Germany).] Decheniana 147: 44-48, ill. (Germ., Engl. summ.)

Gilgen, R. (1994). [Phytosociological and ecological studies of woodland clearings in the Swiss Midlands using the moraines of the Würm.] Veroff. Geobot. Inst. Eidgenöss. Techn. Hochsch. Stift. Rübel Zürich 116: 1-127. (Germ.) [Carex pilulifera]

Grant, T.A., Henson, P. & Cooper, J.A. (1994). Feeding ecology of trumpeter swans breeding in south central Alaska (USA). J. Wildlife Manag. 58: 774-780. [Carex lyngbyei]

Gray, K.R. & Biddlestone, A.J. (1995). Engineered reed-bed systems for wastewater treatment. Trends Biotechnol. 13: 248-252. [Schoenoplectus lacustris]

Gupta, B., Singh, R. & Verma, R.K. (1994). Biomass fluctuations in grazing lands around Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (India). Indian For. 120: 488-499. [Several Cyperaceae]

Gupta, M., Sinha, S. & Chandra, P. (1994). Uptake and toxicity of metals in Scirpus lacustris L. and Bacopa monnieri L. J. Environm. Sci. Health, A, Environm. Sci. Engin. 29: 2185-2202.

Haggett, G.M. (1994). Nascia cilialis Hb. (Lep.: Pyralidae) in Norfolk and Suffolk (UK). Entom. Rec. J. Variation 106: 28-29. [Carex elata, Cladium mariscus]

Hatano, K., Frederick, D.J. & Moore, J.A. (1994). Microbial ecology of constructed wetlands used for treating pulp mill wastewater. Water Sci. Technol. 29: 233-239. [Scirpus acutus]

Hayashi, I. (1994). [Experimental community ecology in Miscanthus sinensis grassland. Change of species composition according to mowing frequency.] Jap. J. Ecol. 44: 161-170. (Jap., Engl. summ.) [Carex nervata, Carex humilis]

Hendry, G.A.F., Thompson, K. & Band, S.R. (1995). Seed survival and persistence on a calcareous land surface after a 32-year burial. J. Vegetation Sci. 6: 153-156. [Carex flacca, seed bank, viability]

Hertzberg, K., Leinaas, H.P. & Ims, R.A. (1994). Patterns of abundanceand demography. Collembola in a habitat patch gradient. Ecography 17: 349-359. [Carex ursina]

Hirose, T. & Werger, M.J.A. (1994). Photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen partitioning among species in the canopy of a herbaceous plant community. Oecologia 100: 203-212. [Carex spp.]

Hoffmann, J. (1994). [Wild C4 plants in Germany and Sweden. A compilation in view of the climate change.] Angew. Bot. 68: 65-70. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Cyperus eragrostis, C. flavescens, C. longus, C. michelianus]

Hütterer, F. & Albert, R. (1993). An ecophysiological investigation of plants from a habitat in Zwingendorf (Lower Austria) containing Glauber's Salt. Phyton 33: 139-168. [Cyperaceae exclude Na+ efficiently]

Jaffre, T., Rigault, F. & Sarrailh, J.M. (1994). [Revegetation of old mining sites in New Caledonia.] Bois Forêts Trop. 242: 45-57. (Fr., Engl. summ.) [Best results with Costularia comosa and Schoenus spp., on ultramafic soils]

Jiang, H., Huang, J.H., Chen, L.Z., Yang, C.Y. & Yang, X.Q. (1994). [DCA ordination, quantitative classification and environmental interpretation of plant communities on the Dongling moutain (China).] Acta Bot. Sinica 36: 539-551. (Chin., Engl. summ.) [Carex rigescens]

Jonsdottir, I.S., Callaghan, T.V. & Lee, J.A. (1995). Fate of added nitrogen in a moss-sedge Arctic community and effects of increased nitrogen deposition. Sci. Total Environm. 160-161: 677-685. [Carex bigelowii]

Joshi, M., Singh, S.P. & Rawat, Y.S. (1994). Plant forms and seasonality of leaves in herb layers of sites with varying levels of deforestation. J. Trop. For. Sci. 6: 508-522. [Cyperaceae predominant in deforested sites]

Kang, X.G., Qiao, C.G. & Tang, E.Q. (1994). [A study of the intrinsic growth rate of Scirpus planiculmis populations.] Acta Bot. Sin. 36: 474-478. (Chin., Engl. summ.)

Kindscher, K. & Wells, P.V. (1995). Prairie plant guilds. A multivariate analysis of prairie species based on ecological and morphological traits. Vegetatio 117: 29-50. [Carex spp.]

Kittle, D.L., McGraw, J.B. & Garbutt, K. (1995). Plant litter decomposition in wetlands receiving acid mine drainage. J. Environm. Qual. 24: 301-306. [Scirpus cyperinus]

Klein, D.R. & Bay, C. (1994). Resource partitioning by mammalian herbivores in the High Arctic. Oecologia 97(4): 439-450. [Carex stans, Eriophorum triste]

Kucherov, E.V., Muldashev, A.A., Galeeva, A.Kh. & Galimova, G.Kh. (1993). [Resources of Polygonum bistorta L. in Bashkiria.] Rastit. Res. 29(3): 22-29. [Carex juncella]

Labbé, P. (1994). [Regeneration in the tropical rain forests of Guadeloupe after the passage of hurricane Hugo.] Acta Oecol. 15: 310-315. (Fr., Engl. summ.) [Scleria secans]

Laberge, M.J. & Payette, S. (1995). Long-term monitoring of permafrost change in a palsa peatland in N. Quebec, Canada: 1983-1993. Arct. Alp. Res. 27: 167-171. [Carex spp.]

Latham, P.J., Pearlstine, L.G. & Kitchens, W.M. (1994). Species association changes across a gradient of freshwater, oligohaline, and mesohaline tidal marshes along the lower Savannah River (USA). Wetlands 14: 174-183. [Scirpus validus]

Léonard, J. (1995). Periodically flooded vegetation on the sandstone cliffs of Yanonge (Yangambi-Kisangani, Zaire).] Bull. Jardin Bot. Natl. Belg. 63: 101-123. (Fr., Engl. summ.) [Pycreus smithianus]

Leuthold, B. (1994). [Changes in the vegetation and site conditions in wet meadows after a flood.] Veroff. Geobot. Inst. Eidgenöss. Techn. Hochsch. Stift. Rübel Zürich 121: 1-83. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Eriophorum angustifolium, Eleocharis uniglumis]

Litsinger, J.A., Bumroongsri, V., Morril, W.L. & Sarnthoy, O. (1994). Rearing, developmental biology and host plant range of the rice skipper Pelopidas mathias (F.) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Insect Sci. Appl. 15: 9-17. [Pelopidas mathias did not survive on the six species of Cyperaceae tested]

Lytle, C.M., McKinnon, C.Z. & Smith, B.N. (1994). Manganese accumulation in roadside soil and plants. Naturwiss. 81: 509-510. [Scirpus acutus]

Maas, D. & Schopp-Guth, A. (1995). Seed banks in fen areas and their potential use in restoration ecology. In: Wheeler, B.D. et al. (eds), Restoration of temerate wetlands. Wiley, New York: 189-206. [Carex elata, C. acutiformis, C. davalliana, C. hostiana, C. panicea, C. flava, C. fusca, C. rostrata, C. gracilis, Schoenus ferrugineus]

Magnusson, T. (1994). Studies of the soil atmosphere and related physical characteristics in peat forest soils. For. Ecol. Manag. 67: 203-224. [Scirpus caespitosus, Eriophorum vaginatum]

Marti, K. (1994). [Site conditions of Magnocaricion associations in Switzerland.] Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Eidgenöss. Techn. Hochsch. Stift. Rübel Zürich 120: 1-97. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Carex elata, C. paradoxa, C. paniculata, C. riparia]

Martikainen, P.J., Nykanen, H., Alm, J. & Silvola, J. (1995). Change in fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide due to forest drainage of mire sites of different trophy. Pl. Soil 168-169: 571-577. [Carex lasiocarpa, Eriophorum vaginatum]

Matlack, G.R. (1994). Plant species migration in a mixed-history forest landscape in E. North America. Ecology 75: 1491-1502. [Carex laxiflora]

McIvor, J.G. & Gardener, C.J. (1994). Germinable soil seed banks in native pastures in N.E. Australia. Austral. J. Exper. Agric. 34: 1113-1119. [Cyperaceae 8 species, second most numerous in number of diaspores]

Middleton, B.A. (1994). Decomposition and litter production in a northern bald cypress swamp. J. Veget. Sci. 5(2): 271-274. [Eleocharis obtusa]

Miles, D.H., Tunsuwan, K., Chittawong, V., Hedin, P.A. & Kokpol, U. (1994). Boll weevil antifeedants from Eleocharis dulcis Trin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 1561-1562. [Eleocharis dulcis]

Mitchley, J. & Willems, J. (1995). Vertical canopy structure of Dutch chalk grasslands in relation to their management. Vegetatio 117: 17-27. [Carex flacca and other graminoids favoured by summer sheep grazing]

Mole, S. & Joern, A. (1994). Feeding behavior of graminivorous grasshoppers in response to host-plant extracts, alkaloids, and tannins. J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 3097-3109. [Carex heliophila]

Monda, M.J., Ratti, J.T. & McCabe, T.R. (1994). Reproductive ecology of tundra swans in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska (USA). J. Wildlife Manag. 58: 757-773. [Nests are located in marshes with Carex subspathacea, C. aquatilis, Eriophorum angustifolium]

Moore, J.A., Skarda, S.M. & Sherwood, R. (1994). Wetland treatment of pulp mill wastewater. Water Sci. Technol. 29: 241-247. [Scirpus acutus]

Mortensen, L.M. (1994). Further studies on the effects of ozone concentration on the growth of subalpine plant species. Norweg. J. Agric. Sci. 8: 91-97. [Carex atrofusca, Eriophorum angustifolium]

Muller, K.L., Ganf, G.G. & Boon, P.I. (1994). Methane flux from beds of Baumea arthrophylla (Nees) Boeckeler and Triglochin procerum R. Br. at Bool Lagoon, South Australia. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 45: 1543-1553. [Baumea arthrophylla]

Murray, D.F. (1994). Floristics, systematics, and the study of arctic vegetation. A commentary. J. Veget. Sci. 5: 777-780. [Carex aquatilis, C. bigelowii]

Nagel, H.G., Nicholson, R.A. & Steuter, A.A. (1994). Management effects on Willa Cather Prairie (USA) after 17 years. Prairie Nat. 26: 241-250. [Increase of Carex spp.]

Nakanishi, H. & Fukumoto, H. (1994). [Zonation of coastal vegetation and depositional topography in Aomori Prefecture, N. Honshu, Japan.] Hikobia 11: 575-586. (Jap., Engl. summ.) [Carex kobomugi]

Nelleman, C. & Thomsen, M.G. (1994). Terrain ruggedness and caribou forage availability during snowmelt on the Arctic coastal plain, Alaska (USA). Arctic 47: 361-367. [Eriophorum vaginatum]

Novotny, V. (1995). Relationships between life histories of leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha-Hemiptera) and their host plants (Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae). Oikos 73: 33-42. [Parasitism, leafhoppers]

O'Donnell, C.F.J. (1994). Distribution and habitats of Spotless Crakes in Canterbury (New Zealand). Notornis 41: 211-213. [Scirpus pungens, Carex secta]

Odgers, B.M. (1994). Seed banks and vegetation of three contrasting sites in an urban eucalypt forest reserve. Austral. J. Bot. 42: 371-382. [Cyperaceae]

Onipchenko, V.G., Blinnikov, M.S. & Semenova, G.V. (1994). Experimental investigation of alpine plant communities in the NW Caucasus. Shading experiments in alpine grasslands. Veroff. Geobot. Inst. Eidgenöss. Techn. Hochsch. Stift. Rübel Zürich 115: 89-99. [Carex umbrosa]

Ouellet, J.P., Boutin, S. & Heard, D.C. (1994). Responses to stimulated grazing and browsing of vegetation available to caribou in the Arctic. Canad. J. Zool. 72: 1426-1435. [Carex scirpoidea]

Padgett, D.J. & Crow, G.E. (1994). A vegetation and floristic analysis of a created wetland in S.E. New Hampshire. Rhodora 96(885): 1-29. [Carex stricta, Eleocharis smallii]

Pashneva, G.E. & Shepeleva, L.F. (1993). [Stability limits of the function of flood-plain meadow plant communities and soil.] Ekologiya 5: 23-32. (Russ.) [Carex praecox, Carex caespitosa, Carex acuta]

Perger, B.A. von, Weaver, P. & Dixon, K.W. (1994). Genetic diversity and restoration of a recalcitrant clonal sedge (Tetraria capillaris, Cyperaceae). Biodiv. Conserv. 3(3): 279-294.

Pesarini, F. (1993). [Studies on insect communities of damp meadows. The Carex elata-zone in the Isolone biotope (Adda river, Brivio, Lombardy, Italia). 1. Preliminary account.] Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 133(5): 49-80. (Ital., Engl. summ.)

Pietsch, W. (1994). [Isoetes azorica Durieu ex Milde, an endemic species of the Azores Islands. Vegetation and habitat conditions, endangerment, and protective measures.] Phytocoenol. 24: 649-665. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Eleogiton fluitans]

Pignatti, E. & Pignatti, S. (1994). Centrolepidi-Hydrocotyletea alatae, a new class of ephemeral communities in W. Australia. J. Veget. Sci. 5(1): 55-62. [These communities are composed of small-sized annuals, many belonging to the Cyperaceae]

Pittillo, J.D. (1994). Vegetation of three high elevation S. Appalachian (USA) bogs and implications of their vegetational history. Water Air Soil Poll. 77: 333-348. [Eriophorum virginicum, paleoecology]

Porembski, S., Brown, G. & Barthlott, W. (1995). An inverted latitudinal gradient of plant diversity in shallow depressions on Ivorian inselbergs. Vegetatio 117: 151-163. [Cyperaceae one of the three most important families, annuals being the predominant life form]

Qamar-uz-Zaman, M.Z.I. (1994). Vegetation pattern along the sewage effluent channels of Malir river (Karachi, Pakistan). Turk. J. Bot. 18: 425-430. [Cyperus]

Quintana, R.D., Monge, S. & Malvarez, A.I. (1994). Feeding habits of capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) in afforestation areas of the Lower Delta of the Parana river, Argentina. Mammalia 58: 569-580. [Carex riparia]

Rabotnov, T.A. (1994). [On the anemochory and hydrochory of plants.] Byull. Mosk. Obsh. Ispyt. Prir., Otd. Biol. 99: 107-110. (Russ.) [Eriophorum vaginatum]

Racine, C.H. & Walters, J.C. (1994). Groundwater-discharge fens in the Tanana Lowlands, Interior Alaska, USA. Arct. Alp. Res. 26: 418-426. [Carex aquatilis]

Racine, C.H. (1994). Long-term recovery of vegetation on two experimental crude oil spills in interior Alaska (USA) black spruce taiga. Canad. J. Bot. 72: 1171-1177. [Eriophorum vaginatum]

Rea, N. & Ganf, G.G. (1994). How emergent plants experience the water regime in a Mediterranean-type wetland. Aquat. Bot. 49: 117-136. [Baumea arthrophylla]

Rea, N. & Ganf, G.G. (1994). The role of sexual reproduction and water regime in shaping the distribution patterns of clonal emergent aquatic plants. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 45: 1469-1479. [Baumea arthrophylla]

Rea, N. & Ganf, G.G. (1994). Water depth changes and biomass allocation in two contrasting macrophytes. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 45: 1459-1468. [Baumea arthrophylla]

Redbo-Torstensson, P. (1994). The demographic consequences of nitrogen fertilization of a population of sundew, Drosera rotundifolia. Acta Bot. Neerland. 43: 175-188. [Eriophorum vaginatum]

Rejmankova, E. & Rejmanek, M. (1995). A comparison of Carex runssorensis fens on Ruwenzori Mountains and Mount Elgon, Uganda. Biotropica 27: 37-46.

Rejmankova, E., Pope, K.O., Pohl, M.D. & Rey-Benayas, J.M. (1995). Freshwater wetland plant communities of N. Belize. Implications for paleoecological studies of Maya wetland agriculture. Biotropica 27: 28-36. [Cladium jamaicense, Eleocharis cellulosa]

Rossell, I.M., Raynal, D.J. & Leopold, D.J. (1994). The effect of watershed liming on the tissue chemistry of three co-occurring poor fen species. Canad. J. Bot. 72: 1825-1834. [Carex stricta]

Runge, F. (1994). [Permanent plot studies on the islands of Baltrum and Langeoog (Germany).] Tuexenia 14: 263-268. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Bolboschoenus maritimus, vegetation, succession]

Saari, V. (1994). [Kylmahauta: the site of the spring-influenced mire vegetation and threatened species at Aanekoski in Central Finland.] Aquilo, ser. Bot. 33: 97-99. (Finn., Engl. summ.) [Rare species: Carex rhynchophysa, C. dioica]

Salonen, V. (1994). Revegetation of harvested peat surfaces in relation to substrate quality. J. Veget. Sci. 5: 403-408. [Eriophorum vaginatum]

Sanders, B.A. (1994). The life cycle and ecology of Cyperus difformis (rice weed) in temperate Australia. A review. Austral. J. Exper. Agric. 34: 1031-1038. [Cyperus difformis]

Savela, O. (1994). [Distribution and ecology of Alisma wahlenbergii (Holmberg) Juz.] Aquilo, ser. Bot. 33: 101-105. (Finn., Engl. summ.) [Eleocharis acicularis]

Schaefer, J.A. & Messier, F. (1995). Scale-dependent correlations of arctic vegetation and snow cover. Arct. Alp. Res. 27: 38-43. [Carex atrofusca, C. aquatilis, C. bigelowii, Eriophorum angustifolium]

Schimel, J.P. (1995). Plant transport and methane production as controls on methane flux from arctic wet meadow tundra. Biogeochemistry 28: 183-200. [Carex aquatilis, Eriophorum angustifolium, biochemistry]

Schmid, B. (1990). Some ecological and evolutionary consequences of modular organization and clonal growth in plants. Evol. Trends Pl. 4: 25-34. [Carex flava, clonal growth]

Schopp-Guth, A., Maas, D. & Pfadenhauer, J. (1994). Influence of management on the seed production and seed bank of calcareous fen species. J. Veget. Sci. 5: 569-578. [Schoenus ferrugineus]

Seldal, T., Andersen, K.J. & Hogstedt, G. (1994). Grazing-induced proteinase inhibitors: a possible cause for lemming population cycles. Oikos 70(1): 3-11. [Carex bigelowii, Eriophorum angustifolium]

Sira, J. (1994). The occurrence and ecology of Arctophila fulva (Poaceae) on the Liminka Bay (Gulf of Bothnia) (Finland). Aquilo, ser. Bot. 33: 107-120. [Accompanied by Eleocharis acicularis, E. palustris, Finland]

Soukupova, L. (1994). Allocation plasticity and modular structure in clonal graminoids in response to waterlogging. Fol. Geobot. Phytotax. 29(2): 227-236. [Carex gracilis, Carex vesicaria]

Spalding, A. (1993). A note on Micropterix calthella L. (Lep.: Micropterigidae). Entomol. Record J. Variation 105(9-10): 238. [Carex binervis]

Srivastava, D.S. & Jefferies, F.L. (1995). The effect of salinity on the leaf and shoot demography of two arctic forage species. J. Ecol. 83: 421-430. [Carex subspathacea, autoecology]

Staaf, H. & Olsson, B.A. (1994). Effects of slash removal and stump harvesting on soil water chemistry in a clearcutting in SW Sweden. Scandinavian J. For. Res. 9: 305-310. [Carex pilulifera]

Tallis, J.H. (1994). Pool-and-hummock patterning in a southern Pennine (UK) blanket mire 2. The formation and erosion of the pool system. J. Ecol. 82: 789-803. [Eriophorum angustifolium]

Tanner, C.C. (1994). Treatment of dairy farm wastewaters in horizontal and up-flow gravel-bed constructed wetlands. Water Sci. Technol. 29: 85-93. [Cyperaceae]

Tanner, C.T., Clayton, J.S. & Upsdell, M.P. (1995). Effect of loading rate and planting on treatment of dairy farm wastewaters in constructed wetlands. 1. Removal of oxygen demand, suspended solids and faecal coliforms. Water Res. 29: 17-26, 6 fig., 1 tab. [Schoenoplectus validus]

Tanner, C.T., Clayton, J.S. & Upsdell, M.P. (1995). Effect of loading rate and planting on treatment of dairy farm wastewaters in constructed wetlands. 2. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus. Water Res. 29: 27-34, 5 fig., 2 tab. [Schoenoplectus validus]

Taran, G.S. (1993). [The syntaxonomy of the Black Irtysh flood plain ephemeral vegetation.] Sibir. Biol. Zh. 5: 79-84. (Russ., Engl. summ.) [Mariscus hamulosus]

Taylor, K.L., Grace, J.B., Guntenspergen, G.R. & Foote, A.L. (1994). The interactive effects of herbivory and fire on an oligohaline marsh, Little Lake, Louisiana (USA). Wetlands 14: 82-87. [Scirpus olneyi, Cyperus flavescens, Cyperus odoratus]

Thimounier, A., Dupouey, J.L., Bost, F. & Becker, M. (1994). Simultaneous eutrophication and acidification of a forest ecosystem in NE France. New Phytol. 126(3): 533-539. [Carex spp.]

Tokunaga, T.K., Sutton, S.R. & Bait, S. (1994). Mapping of selenium concentrations in soil aggregates with synchotron X-ray fluorescence microprobe. Soil Sci. 158: 421-434. [Scirpus robustus, S. califormicus]

Tomaszewska, K. (1993). Variability and stratigraphy of the tussocks of Carex appropinquata Schum. Acta Soc. Bot. Plon. 62: 193-198. [Carex appropinquata]

Trevisan, R., Picarella, M. & Padula, M. (1994). Trophic status and phytoplankton structure of lake Pantano (Pignola, PZ, Italy). Giorn. Bot. Italiano 127 (1993): 850-851. [Schoenoplectus lacustris]

Updegraff, K., Pastor, J., Bridgham, S.D. & Johnston, C.A. (1995). Environmental and substrate controls over carbon and nitrogen mineralization in northern wetlands. Ecol. Applic. 5: 151-163. [Scirpus, Carex]

Van den Brink, F.W.B., Van der Velde, G., Bosman, W.W. & Coops, H. (1995). Effects of substrate parameters on growth responses of eight helophyte species in relation to flooding. Aquat. Bot. 50: 79-97. [Carex acuta, Scirpus lacustris, Schoenoplectus, autoecology]

Van den Broek, T. & Beltman, B. (1994). [Restoration management in an acidified floating fen.] Levende Natuur 95(1): 17-23. (Dutch, Engl. summ.) [Carex spp.]

Verhoeven, J.T.A. & Toth, E. (1995). Decomposition of Carex and Sphagnum litter in fens. Effect of litter quality and inhibition by living tissue homogenates. Soil Biol. Biochem. 27: 271-275. [Carex diandra]

Vestergaard, P. (1994). Response to mowing of coastal brackish meadow plant communities along an elevational gradient. Nordic J. Bot. 14: 569-587. [Scirpus maritmus]

Villanueva, G.R. (1994). Nectar sources of European and Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). J. Apicult. Res. 33(1): 44-58. [Many of the pollen grains in the honey samples were from plants that produce pollen only, e.g. Cyperaceae]

Vivian-Smith, G. & Stiles, E.W. (1994). Dispersal of salt marsh seeds on the feet and feathers of waterfowl. Wetlands 14: 316-319. [Carex spp.]

Vymazal, J. & Richardson, C.J. (1995). Species composition, biomass, and nutrient content of periphyton in the Florida Everglades (USA). J. Phycol. 31: 343-354. [Periphyton on Eleocharis vivipara, E. cellulosa]

Weller, M.W. (1994). Bird-habitat relationships in Texas (USA) estuarine marsh during summer. Wetlands 14: 293-300. [Scirpus olneyi]

Weller, M.W., Reynolds, L.A., Garner, S., Coltman, S., Smith, E.H. & Lange, M.L. (1994). Vegetation relationships to water gradient in a constructed freshwater wetland near Brazoria, Texas (USA). Texas J. Sci. 46(3): 205-219. [Eleocharis spp., Cyperus spp., Carex spp.]

Wikberg, S., Svensson, B.M. & Carlsson, B.A. (1994). Fitness, population growth rate and flowering in Carex bigelowii, a clonal sedge. Oikos 70(1): 57-64.

Zákravsky, P. & Hroudová, Z. (1994). The effect of submergence on tuber production and dormancy in two subspecies of Bolboschoenus maritimus. Fol. Geobot. Phytotax. 29(2): 217-226. [Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. compactus, subsp. maritimus]

Zhang, M., Liu, Y., Torii, I., Sasaki, H. & Esashi, Y. (1993). Evolution of volatile compounds by seeds during storage periods. Seed Sci. Technol. 21: 359-373. [Cyperus alternifolius]

Zlinska, J. (1995). Pollen allergens in natural meadow and pasture vegetation. Biologia 50: 41-45. [Anemophily in Cyperaceae]

Economic & Ethnobotany Back to top

Choi, Byung-Han & Kae, Bong-Myung (1993). [Early season cultivation methods of wanggol (Cyperus iwasaki Makino) in Korea.] J. Korean Soc. Int. Agric. 5(2): 179-188. (Korean, Engl. summ.) [Cyperus iwasaki]

Choi, Byung-Han, Lee, & Kae, Bong-Myung (1993). [Early season cultivation methods of wanggol (Cyperus iwasaki Makino) before transplanting of the seedling.] RDA J. Agr. Sci. Upland Industr. Crops 35(2): 130-136. (Korean, Engl. summ.) [Cyperus iwasaki]

Grosvenor, P.W., Gothard, P.K., McWilliam, N.C., Supriono, A. & Gray, D.O. (1995). Medicinal plants from Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Part 1. Uses. J. Ethnopharmacol. 45: 75-95. [Scleria purpurascens]

Jain, P. & Sahu, T.R. (1993). An ethnobotanical study of Noradehi Sanctuary Park of Madhya Pradesh, India. Native plant remedies for scorpion sting and snake bite. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17(2): 315-328. [Cyperus rotundus]

Kapur, S.K. (1990). Economically useful plants of Majauri-Kirchi forest tract. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14(3): 523-550. (Cyperaceae: 532) [Bulbostylis 1, Carex 1, Cyperus s.l. 8, Eriophorum s.l. 1]

Litynska-Zajac, M. (1993). [Polish archaeobotanical studies in North Africa: Armant (Egypt).] Wiadom. Bot. 37: 171-172. (Pol., Engl. summ.) [Cyperaceae as wild crop]

Madeyska, E. & Tomczynska, Z. (1993). [Polish archaeobotanical studies in North Africa: Wadi Kubbaniya (Egypt).] Wiadom. Bot. 37: 173-175. (Pol., Engl. summ.) [Cyperus tubers]

Regnell, M., Gaillard, M.J., Bartholin, T.S. & Karsten, P. (1995). Reconstruction of environment and history of plant use during the late Mesolithic (Ertebolle culture) at the inland settlement of Bokeberg III, southern Sweden. Veget. Hist. Archaeobot. 4: 67-91. [Cladium mariscus used for thatching, paleoethnobotany]

Sanjuan, R., Garcia-Reverter, J., Bon, J. & Mulet, A. (1994). Moisture retention in chufa (Cyperus esculentus), equilibrium isotherms and isosteric heats. Rev. Espan. Cie. Tecnol. Alimentos 34: 653-662. [Cyperus esculentus tubers]

Horticulture  Back to top

Darke, R., & Griffiths, M, eds. (1994). Manual of grasses. 169pp. Macmillan, London. [Includes Cyperaceae of horticultural interest]

Karyology  Back to top

Bir, S.S., Cheema, P. & Sidhu, M. (1992). Chromosomal diversity in members of genus Cyperus Linn. from North West India 1. Section Kyllinga (Rottb.) Endl. J. Pl. Sci. Res. 8: 4-8. [Kyllinga, karyology]

Cheema, P. & Bir, S.S. (1994). Karyomorphological studies in Cyperaceae of NW India. Proc. Conf. Cytol. Genet. 4: 167-177.

Hoshino, T., Aosaki, K. & Onimatsu, A. (1993). Cytological studies of Carex stenostachys (Cyperaceae) with special references to meiotic configurations of intraspecific aneuploids. Kromosomo 2(71-72): 2451-2455.

Kochjarova, J. & Bernatova, D. (1995). Chromosome numbers of several rare, endangered and endemic species of the flora of Slovakia. Biologia 50: 27-31. [Carex rupestris]

Morphology  Back to top

Bernard, J.M. & Seischab, F.K. (1994). Life history of shoots of Carex comosa F. Boott. Rhodora 96: 179-189. [Carex comosa]

Browning, J. (1994). Floret position in Costularia (Cyperaceae): a new interpretation. Nord. J. Bot. 14: 653-655, 1 fig. [Costularia natalensis, spikelet structure]

Browning, J. & Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Studies in Cyperaceae in southern Africa 27. A contribution to knowledge of spikelet morphology in Epischoenus and the relationship of this genus to Schoenus. S. Afr. J. Bot. 61(3): 147-152. [Revision of Epischoenus is needed]

Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Studies in Cyperaceae in southern Africa: 28. Spikelet morphology in Rhynchospora gracillima ssp. subquadrata. S. Afr. J. Bot. 61(6): 319-324.

Ceynowa-Gieldon, M. (1993). [Interesting deviations in the formation of the inflorescence of four sedges from the subgenus Carex L. (Eucarex) and their similarity to the subgenus Indocarex Baillon.] Acta Univ. Nicolai Copernici Biol. 46: 189-199. (Pol., Germ. summ.)

Erschbamer, B., Winkler, J. (1995). Shoot and leaf demography of Carex curvula ssp. curvula and Carex curvula ssp. rosae in the Central Alps. J. Veg. Sci. 6(4): 593-598.

Heinzen, F.A. & Vegetti, A.C. (1994). Typology of the inflorescence in Cyperus corymbosus var. subnodosus and C. rotundus (Cyperaceae). Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 68: 263-273, 3 fig. [Inflorescence structure]

Juguet, M. (1993). Origin and stages of monocotyly in the Monocotyledons. 2. Stages of monocotyly. Acta Bot. Gall. 140: 479-496. [Four main embryological types: Tamus, Cocos, Agapanthus and Cyperus]

Lacroix, C. & Mosher, C. (1995). Early development and viability testing of embryos of Scirpus acutus Muhl. Aquat. Bot. 50: 117-125. [Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus]

Liu, J. et al. (1993). [Fruit surface of 11 species and 1 variety of Scirpus (Cyperaceae) from Fujian Province (China).] Wuyi Sci. J. 10, C, Bot.: 34-43, ill. (Chin., Engl. summ.) [Scirpus, fruit wall, micromorphology]

Panteris, E., Apostolakos, P. & Galatis, B. (1994). Sinuous ordinary epidermal cells. Behind several patterns of waviness, a common morphogenetic mechanism. New Phytol. 127(4): 771-780. [Cyperus papyrus]

Vegetti, A.C. (1995). Typology of the inflorescence in species of Isolepis. Beitr. Biol. Pfl. 68 (1993-1994): 21-26. [Isolepis inundata, I. perpusilla, I. cernua, I. albescens, inflorescence structure]

Mycorrhiza  Back to top

Hartnett, D.C., Samenus, R.J., Fischer, L.E. & Hetrick, B.A.D. (1994). Plant demographic response to mycorrhizal symbiosis in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia 99: 21-26. [Carex spp.]

Rickerl, D.H., Sancho, F.O. & Ananth, S. (1994). Vesicular-arbuscular endomycorrhizal colonization of wetland plants. J. Environm. Quality 23(5): 913-916. [Carex atherodes, Scirpus fluviatilis]

Palaeobotany & Palynology  Back to top

Fall, P.L. (1994). Modern pollen spectra and vegetation in the Wind River Range (Wyoming, USA). Arctic Alp. Res. 26: 383-392. [Significant amounts of Cyperaceae pollen]

Halwagy, M.H. (1994). Airborne pollen of Kuwait City, Kuwait, 1975-1987. Grana 33: 333-339. [Cyperus spp., Cyperus conglomeratus]

Mancini, M.V. (1994). Recent pollen sedimentation in Los Padres pond, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. J. Paleolimnol. 10(1): 25-34. [Cyperaceae pollen]

Novoselova, M.S. (1994). (Palynological study of the genus Eriophorum (Cyperaceae).) Bot. Zhurn. 79(6): 62-64. (Russ., Engl. summ.)

Paez, M.M., Villagran, C. & Carrillo, R. (1994). [A model of present dispersal of pollen

in the Chilean-Argentine temperate region of South America and its relationship with climate and vegetation. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 67: 417-433. (Span., Engl. summ.) [Cyperaceae pollen]

Palamarez, E. (1994). [Palaeocarpological studies from coal-bearing neogene in Bulgaria.] Palaeontographica, Abt. B, Palaeophytologie 232(1-6): 129-154. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Cladium quinquesulcatum, sp. nov.]

Sultan, S., Perveen, A. & Qaiser, M. (1994). A palynological study of Monocots from Karachi (Pakistan) (excluding Gramineae). Pakistan J. Bot. 26: 21-34. [Ascolepis, Cyperus, Eleocharis, Fimbristylis, Scirpus]

Sun, X.J., Du, N.Q., Chen, Y.S., Gu, Z.Y., Liu, J.Q. & Yuan, B.Y. (1993). [Holocene palynological records in Lake Selincuo, N. Xizang, China.] Acta Bot. Sin. 35(12): 943-950. [Many Cyperaceae]

Vance, R.E. & Matthewes, R.W. (1994). Deposition of modern pollen and plant macroremains in a hypersaline prairie lake basin. Canad. J. Bot. 72: 539-548. [Fruits of Cyperaceae are useful for paleobotanical reconstruction]

Worobiec, S. (1994). Upper Miocene fossil plants from the outcrop of Stare Bystre (W Carpathians, Poland). Acta Palaeobot. 34: 83-105. [Cyperacites sp.]

Wu, Y.S. & Xiao, J.Y. (1995). [A preliminary study on modern pollen rain of Zabuye Salt Lake area, Xizang (China).] Acta Bot. Yunnan. 17: 72-78. [Samples from spring and swamp are dominated by pollen of Cyperaceae, China]

Yazvenko, S.B. (1994). Holocene pollen record from a peatland in the W. Caucasus, Abkhasia, Black Sea region. J. Paleolimnol. 12: 65-74. [Carex limosa]

Parasitism  Back to top

Barreto, R.W. & Evans, H.C. (1995). Mycobiota of the weed Cyperus rotundus in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with an elucidation of its associated Puccinia complex. Mycol. Res. 99: 407-419. [Cyperus rotundus, Puccinia, parasitism]

Bedi, J.S. & Sokhi, S.S. (1994). Puccinia romagnoliana rust. A possible biological control agent for purple nutsedge. Indian J. Pl. Protect. 22: 217-218. [Cyperus rotundus, parasitism]

Denchev, C.M. (1995). Bulgarian Uredinales. Mycotaxon 55: 405-465. [Bolboschoenus 1, Carex 19, Cladium 1, Holoschoenus 1, Scirpus 1]

Jerling, L. & Berglund, A. (1994). Ecological effects of the parasitic rust fungus Uromyces lineolatus (Pucciniaceae) on Glaux maritima (Primulaceae). Ecography 17: 209-214. [Scirpus maritimus as winter host]

Nograsek, A. & Matzer, M. (1994). [Non-pyrenocarpous Ascomycetes on Vascular Plants of the Caricetum firmae. 2. Species on Cyperaceae and Poaceae.] Nova Hedwigia 58: 1-48. (Germ., Engl. summ.) [Ascomycetes on Carex atrata, C. firma]

Ono, Y. (1995). Aecidium alangii is the aecial state of Puccinia miyakei (Uredinales). Nova Hedwigia 60: 157-164. [Uredinal and telial stages on Carex siderosticta, parasitism, Uredinales]

Parenti, U. & Varalda, P.G. (1994). [Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) and their host plants.] Boll. Mus. Region. Sci. Nat. Torino 12: 73-136. (Ital., Engl. summ.) [Parasitism, Lepidoptera, Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Juncaceae]

Salawu, E.O. & Afolabi, S.S. (1994). Weed hosts of a root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, at the Batica Sugarcane Plantation, Nigeria. Pakistan J. Nematol. 12(1): 67-71. [Cyperus rotundus]

Shearer, B.L. & Dillon, M. (1995). Susceptibility of plant species in Eucalyptus marginata forest to infection by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Austral. J. Bot. 43: 113-134. [Cyperaceae species tended not to die in disease centres, parasitism, Phytophthora]

Thompson, G.B. & Drake, B.G. (1994). Insects and fungi on a C3 sedge and a C4 grass exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations in open-top chambers in the field. Pl. Cell Environm. 17: 1161-1167. [Scirpus olneyi]

Vánky, K. & Ershad, D. (1993). Smut fungi (Ustilaginales) new to Iran. Iran. J. Pl. Pathol. 29: 1-11. [Anthracoidea eleocharidis on Carex stenophylla, Farysia thuemenii on Carex riparia]

Vánky, K. & Websdane, K. (1995). Ustilaginales of Schoenus (Cyperaceae). Mycotaxon 56: 217-229.

Vánky, K. (1995). Taxonomical studies on Ustilaginales. 12. Mycotaxon 54: 215-238, 25 figs. [Smut fungi on Cyperus aff. cellulosoreticulatus, Uncinia hamata, Rhynchospora glauca]

Wearsch, T.K. & Foote, B.A. (1994). Biology and immature stages of Chloropidae (Insecta: Diptera) associated with spike-rushes (Cyperaceae: Eleocharis). 1. Stem borers. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 63: 193-213. [Eleocharis]

Websdane, K.A., Sieler, I.M., Sivasithamparam, K. & Dixon, K.W. (1994). Smut and root rots on native rushes (Restionaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae). J. Roy. Soc. W. Austral. 77: 133-137. [Parasitism]

Physiology  Back to top

Azcon-Bieto, J., Gonzalez-Meler, A.M., Doherty, W. & Drake, B.G. (1994). Acclimation of respiratory O2 uptake in green tissues of field-grown native species after long-term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2. Pl. Physiol. 106: 1163-1168. [Scirpus olneyi]

Bruhl, J.J. (1995). Photosynthetic pathway-related ultrastructure of C3, C4 and C3-like C3-C4 intermediate sedges (Cyperaceae), with special reference to Eleocharis. Aust. J. of Plant Physiol. 22: 521-530.

Clevering, O.A., Van Vierssen, W. & Blom, C.W.P.M. (1995). Growth, photosynthesis and carbohydrate utilization in submerged Scirpus maritimus L. during spring growth. New Phytol. 130: 105-116. [Scirpus maritimus, Bolboschoenus]

Kalapos, T. (1994). Leaf water potential - leaf water deficit relationship for ten species of a semiarid grassland community. Plant & Soil 160(1): 105-112. [Carex liparicarpos]

Keeley, J.E. & Sandquist, D.R. (1992) Carbon: freshwater plants. Pl. Cell Environm. 15: 1021-1035. [Eleocharis acicularis, E. macrostachya, Schoenoplectus lacustris]

Li, Meirong & Jones, M.B. (1992). Effect of nitrogen status on the maintenance respiration of C3 and C4 Cyperus species. In: Lambers H. & van der Plas L.H.W. Molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of plant respiration. Academic Publishing, The Hague: 509-514, 2 fig., 1 tab.

Mole, S., Joern, A., O'Leary, M.H. & Madhavan, S. (1994). Spatial and temporal variation in carbon isotope discrimination in prairie graminoids. Oecologia 97(3): 316-321. [Carex heliophila]

Müller, E., Albers, B.P. & Janiesch, P. (1994). Influence of NO3- and NH4+ nutrition on fermentation, nitrate reductase activity and adenylate energy charge of roots of Carex pseudocyperus L. and Carex sylvatica Huds. exposed to anaerobic nutrient solutions. Pl. Soil 166: 221-230. [Carex pseudocyperus, C. sylvatica]

Nosko, P. & Courtin, G.M. (1995). The water relations of Carex stans in wet sedge-moss tundra at a High Arctic oasis, Devon Island, N.W.T., Canada. Arct. Alp. Res. 27: 137-145. [Carex stans, autoecology]

Singer, A., Eshel, A., Agami, M. & Beer, S. (1994). The contribution of aerenchymal CO2 to the photosynthesis of emergent and submerged culms of Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus papyrus. Aquat. Bot. 49: 107-116. [Scirpus lacustris, Cyperus papyrus]

Sorrell, B.K. & Boon, P.I. (1994). Convective gas flow in Eleocharis sphacelata R. Br. Methane transport and release from wetlands. Aquat. Bot. 47(3-4): 197-212. [Eleocharis sphacelata]

Sorrell, B.K. (1994). Airspace structure and mathematical modelling of oxygen diffusion, aeration and anoxia in Eleocharis sphacelata R. Br. roots. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 45: 1529-1541. [Eleocharis sphacelata]

Sorrell, B.K., Brix, H. & Boon, P.I. (1994). Modelling of in situ oxygen transport and anaerobic metabolism in the hydrophyte Eleocharis sphacelata R. Br. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh sect. B, Biol. Sci. 102 (1993): 367-372. [Eleocharis sphacelata]

Uchino, A., Samejima, M., Ishii, R. & Ueno, O. (1995). Photosynthetic carbon metabolism in an amphibious sedge, Eleocharis baldwinii (Torr.) Chapman. Modified expression of C4 characteristics under submerged aquatic conditions. Pl. Cell Physiol. 36: 229-238. [Eleocharis baldwinii, C4 photosynthesis]

Wand, S.J.E. (1995). Concentration of ultraviolet-B radiation absorbing compounds in leaves of a range of fynbos species. Vegetatio 116: 51-61. [High value of UV-B absorbance properties in Cyperaceae]

Taxonomy (Family)  Back to top

Bruhl, J. (1995). Sedge genera of the world: relationships and a new classification of the Cyperaceae. Austr. Syst. Bot. 8(2): 125-305.

Plunkett, G.M., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S. & Brooks, R.E. (1995). Phylogenetic relationships between Juncaceae and Cyperaceae. Insights from rbcL sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 82: 520-525. [Results based on 28 sequences suggest that Cyperaceae are more closely related to Juncaceae than to Poaceae, and Cyperaceae appear to be derived from within Juncaceae]

Simpson, D. (1995). Relationships within Cyperales. In: Rudall, P.J., Cribb, P.J., Cutler, D.F., Humphries, C.J., eds. Monocotyledons: systematics and evolution. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, pp.497-509.

Weeds  Back to top

Angiras, N.N. & Rana, M.C. (1995). Dose and time of application of imazethapyr for weed control in soybean (Glycine max). Indian J. Agron. 40: 59-63. [Cyperus spp.]

Babu, G.J., Pushpalatha, V. & Naidu, K.C. (1994). Weed flora of Khammam District in Andhra Pradesh, India. Phytologia 76: 461-464. [Cyperus spp 8, Fimbristylis 2]

Baki, B.B. (1993). Spatial pattern analysis of weeds in selected rice fields of Samarahan, Sarawak. MARDI Res. J. 21(2): 121-128. [Fimbristylis miliacea, Fuirena umbellata]

Bryson, C.T., Hanks, J.E. & Wills, G.D. (1994). Purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) control in reduced-tillage cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) with low-volume technology. Weed Technol. 8(1): 28-31.

Chahal, D.S., Sehgal, O.P. & Singh, K.K. (1994). Effect of chemical and agronomic treatments on population and growth of weeds in Gladiolus field. Ann. Biol. 10: 245-249. [Cyperus rotundus]

Chozin, M.A., Sato, K. & Yasuda, S. (1994). Numerical taxonomic study in annual cyperaceous weeds. Bull. Res. Inst. Bioresources Okayama Univ. 2(1): 123-134. [Cyperus iria, C. microiria, C. amuricus]

Dilday, R.H., Helms, R.S., Gravois, K.A., Price, M., Jallaluddin, M., Guy, C., Moldenhauer, K.Lin, J., Xie, B. & Yan, W. (1994). Genetic, physiological and biochemical enhancement of exotic rice germplasm. Arkansas Agric. Exp. Stat. Res. Ser. 439: 15-21. [Cyperus iria]

Dutta, R. & Gogoi, A.K. (1994). Integrated weed control in direct-seeded upland rice (Oryza sativa). Indian J. Agron. 39: 639-641. [Cyperus rotundus]

Evbuomwan, F.O. & Akinyemiju, O.A. (1995). Tolerance of Echinochloa colona (L.) Link and Cyperus rotundus L. to propanil. Pl. Protect. Quart. 10: 32-34. [Cyperus rotundus, weeds, herbicides]

Fry, J.D., Dernoeden, P.H., Upham, W.S. & Qian, Y.L. (1995). Safety and efficacy of halosulfuron-methyl for yellow nutsedge topkill in cool-season turf. Hortscience 30: 285-288. [Cyperus esculentus]

Gabor, S.T., Haagsma, T., Murkin, H.R. & Armson, E. (1995). Effects of triclopyr amine on purple loosestrife and non-target wetland plants in south-eastern Ontario, Canada. J. Aquat. Pl. Manag. 33: 48-51. [Carex spp.]

Harrison, H.F. Jr. & Peterson, J.K. (1994). Sweet potato periderm components inhibit yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) growth. Weed Technol. 8(1): 168-171. [Cyperus esculentus]

Holt, J.S. (1994). Genetic variation in life history traits in yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) from California (USA). Weed Sci. 42(3): 378-38.

Hurt, R.T. & Vencill, W.K. (1994). Evaluation of three imidazolinone herbicides for control of yellow and purple nutsedge in woody and herbaceous landscape plants. J. Environm. Horticult. 12(3): 131-134. [Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus rotundus]

Hurt, R.T. & Vencill, W.K. (1994). Phytotoxicity and nutsedge control in woody and herbaceous landscape plants with manage (MON 12037). J. Environm. Horticult. 12(3): 135-137. [Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus rotundus]

Ismail, B.S., Tasrif, A., Sastroutomo, S.S. & Latiff, A. (1995). Weed seed populations in rubber and oil palm plantations with legume cover crops. Pl. Protect. Quart. 10: 20-23. [Cyperus rotundus]

Itoh, K. (1994). Trends in rice production and weed control in Asia. Agrochem. Japan 64: 18-20. [Cyperus difformis, Cyperus serotinus, Eleocharis acicularis, Eleocharis kurogawai, Scirpus juncoides, Scirpus nipponicus, Fimbristylis miliacea]

Jang, K.H., Shin, H.Y., Song, G.W. & Ha, W.G. (1993). [Growth and tuber yield as affected by polyethylene film mulching and planting density in Cyperus rotundus L.] RDA J. Agr. Sci. Upland Industr. Crops 35(2): 145-152. (Korean, Engl. summ.)

Johnson, W.C. III & Mullinix, B.G. Jr. (1994). Use of F6285 for weed control in peanut: efficacy and crop injury. Peanut Sci. 21: 65-68. [Cyperus esculentus]

Johnson, W.C. III & Mullinix, B.G. Jr. (1995). Weed management in peanut using stale seedbed technique. Weed Sci. 43: 293-297. [Cyperus esculentus]

Jordan, D.L., Wilcut, J.W. & Richburg, J.S. III (1993). DPX-PE350 for weed control in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Peanut Sci. 20(2): 97-101. [Cyperus esculentus]

Kachroo, P. & Hakeem, M.A. (1993). Weeds of Tehsil Handwara (dist. Kupwara, Kashmir). J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17(2): 251-259. [Cyperus spp.]

Kalita, H. & Gogoi, A.K. (1994). Effect of calcium peroxide and butachlor on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa). Indian J. Agron. 39: 297-299. [Cyperus spp., Fimbristylis miliacea]

Kaneria, B.B. & Patel, Z.G. (1994). Effect of weed management practice and nitrogen on Indian mustard (Brassica juncea). Indian J. Agron. 39(1): 139-141. [Cyperus rotundus]

Kawabata, O. & Defrank, J. (1994). A flexible function for regressing asymptotically declining responses of plant growth to growth retardants. Hortsci. 29: 1357-1359. [Cyperus rotundus]

Kawabata, O., Nishimoto, R.K. & Tang, C.S. (1994). Interference of two Kyllinga species (Kyllinga nemoralis and Kyllinga brevifolia) on bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) growth. Weed Technol. 8(1): 83-86.

Kobayashi, S. & Yoshida, O. (1993). Sirius (pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, NC-311) a new herbicide for paddy fields. Agrochem. Japan 62: 19-21. [Scirpus juncoides, Cyperus difformis, Cyperus serotinus, Eleocharis kurogawai]

Krausz, R.F., Kapusta, G. & Matthews, J.L. (1995). Evaluation of band vs. broadcast herbicide applications in corn and soybean. J. Prod. Agric. 8: 380-384. [Cyperus esculentus]

Lawane, G. & Daelemans, A. (1993). [Risk of soil compaction under the action of heavy agricultural tractor wheels on alfisols in W. Cameroon. Effects on the yield of maize (Zea mays) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) in sole and intercropped systems.] Tropicultura 11(4): 131-135. [Cyperus spp.]

Le Bourgeois, T. & Guillerm, J.L. (1995). [Weed distribution and abundance in a cotton rotation in northern Cameroun.] Weed Res. 35: 89-98. (Fr., Engl. summ.) [Important family: Cyperaceae]

Liu, M.C. & Twu, L.T. (1993). [Effects of glyphosate, 2,4-D Na salt and ametryn on purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.) control.] Rep. Taiwan Sugar Res. Inst. 142: 1-6. (Chin., Engl. summ.)

Manickam, G. & Gnanamoorthy, P. (1994). Control of nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) with herbicides. Indian J. Agron. 39: 514-515. [Cyperus rotundus, weeds, herbicides]

Mehra, R. & Thind, B.S. (1994). Survival of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae on different weeds. Crop Res. 7(3): 451-453. [Cyperus difformis, Cyperus iria, Cyperus rotundus]

Modak, R., Chakraborty, T. & De, G.C. (1995). Method of weed management on weed biomass, yield of blackgram (Phaseolus mungo) and nitrogen uptake. Indian J. Agron. 40: 115-117. [Cyperus rotundus]

Moorthy, B.T.S. & Manna, G.B. (1993). Studies on weed control in direct seeded upland rainfed rice. Indian J. Agric. Res. 27(3-4): 175-180. [Cyperus iria, Cyperus rotundus]

Peterson, J.K. & Harrison, H.F. Jr. (1995). Sweet potato allelopathic substance inhibits growth of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus). Weed Technol. 9: 277-280. [Cyperus rotundus, C. esculentus, allelopathy, weeds]

Richburg, J.S.III, Wilcut, J.W. & Wehtje, G.R. (1994). Toxicity of AC 263,222 to purple (Cyperus rotundus) an yellow nutsedge (C. esculentus). Weed Sci. 42(3): 398-402. [Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus rotundus]

Rotteveel, A.J.W. & Naber, H. (1994). Spot-treatments for yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) control. Meded. Facult. Landbouwkund. Toegep. Biol. Wetensch. Univ. Gent 59(3B): 1261-1264.

Rotteveel, A.J.W., Straathof, H.J.M. & Naber, H. (1993). The decline of a yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) population under three chemical management systems aimed at eradication. Meded. Facult. Landbouwkund. Toegep. Biol. Wetensch. Univ. Gent 58(3A): 893-900.

Saimbhi, M.S., Sandhu, K.S. & Singh, D. (1993). Herbicidal weed control in cabbage. J. Res. Punjab Agric. Univ. 29 (1992): 347-349. [Cyperus rotundus]

Sandhu, K.S. & Singh, T. (1994). Weed composition in rice fields of Punjab (India). J. Res. Punjab Agric. Univ. 30 (1993): 127-134. [Cyperus iria, C. difformis, Fimbristylis spp.]

Singh, A.K. & Singh, R.A. (1994). Weed management in rice (Oryza sativa) - lentil (Lens culinaris) sequence under dryland condition of Varanasi (India). Indian J. Agron. 39: 608-611. [Cyperus rotundus, weeds, India]

Singh, G. & Singh, O.P. (1994). Herbicidal control of weed in transplanted rice (Oryza sativa) in rainfed lowland condition. Indian J. Agron. 39: 463-465. [Cyperus spp., Fimbristylis miliacea]

Singh, H.P. & Sharma, S.N. (1993). Efficacy of dalapon and 2,4-D on chlorophyll content of two emergent weeds (Eleocharis plantaginea and Zizania aquatica). Agric. Sci. Digest 13(2): 99-103. [Eleocharis plantaginea]

Singh, K. & Lal, S.S. (1994). Herbicidal weed-control efficiency and nutrients removal by weeds in potato (Solanum tuberosum) under N.E. hills condition. Indian J. Agron. 39: 336-339. [Cyperus rotundus]

Singh, M. & Chandel, A.S. (1995). Effect of weed-control method on soybean (Glycine max). Indian J. Agron. 40: 55-58. [Cyperus rotundus, weeds, India]

Singh, R. & Katyal, S.K. (1994). Influence of weed-control method under different planting patterns and fertility levels on growth and yield of summer cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). Indian J. Agric. Sci. 64(9): 639-641. [Cyperus rotundus]

Sootrakar, B.P., Namdeo, K.N. & Tomar, R.K.S. (1995). Effect of weed control methods on weed growth and yield of sesame (Sesamum indicum) varieties. Crop Res. 9: 16-21. [Cyperus rotundus, weeds, herbicides]

Sreenivas, G. & Satyanarayana, V. (1994). Integrated weed management in rainy-season maize (Zea mays). Indian J. Agron. 39(1): 166-167. [Cyperus rotundus]

Van Damme, V., Meylemans, B. & Van Damme, P. (1994). Survey on weed management practices in upland crops in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Meded. Facult. Landbouwkund. Toegep. Biol. Wetensch. Univ. Gent 59(3B): 1345-1350. [Cyperus rotundus, weeds, Sri Lanka]

Vencill, W.K., Richburg, J.S.III, Wilcut, J.W. & Hawf, L.R. (1995). Effect of MON-12037 on purple (Cyperus rotundus) and yellow (Cyperus esculentus) nutsedge. Weed Technol. 9: 148-152. [Cyperus esculentus, C. rotundus, weeds, herbicides]

Weber, G., Elemo, K. & Lagoke, S.T.O. (1995). Weed communities in intensified cereal-base cropping systems of the northern Guinea savanna (Nigeria). Weed Res. 35: 167-178. [Kyllinga squamulata, weeds, Nigeria]

Wilcut, J.W., Richburg, J.S.III, Eastin, E.F., Wiley, G.R., Walls, F.R. Jr. & Newell, S. (1994). Imazethapyr and paraquat systems for weed management in peanut (Arachis hypogaea). Weed Sci. 42: 601-607. [Cyperus esculentus]

Wilcut, J.W., Richburg, J.S.III, Wiley, G., Walls, F.R. Jr., Jones, S.R. & Iverson, M.J. (1994). Imidazolinone herbicide systems for peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Peanut Sci. 21: 23-28. [Cyperus esculentus]