Lectotypification of names in the genus Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae) occurring in tropical West Africa

The names in the genus Cyperus L., viz C. baikiei C.B.Clarke ex Kük., C. baronii C.B.Clarke, C. melas Ridl., C. nduru Cherm., C. reduncus Hochst. ex Boeckeler, C. tenuiculmus Boeckeler, and Mariscus albopilosus C.B.Clarke and Pycreus fallaciosus Cherm. are lectotypified. Comments are made on the recent lectotypification of the names C. mapanioides C.B.Clarke and P. scaettae Cherm. and the authorship of the name C. reduncus is also discussed.