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Cyperaceae

585 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Cyperus malaccensis Lam.

Cyperus malaccensis is a flowering sedge native to South Asia and Oceania, historically used for packaging in South China.

Cyperus glomeratus L.

Cyperus glomeratus (clustered flatsedge) is a sedge species native to Eurasia that also grows elsewhere.

Cyperus michelianus (L.) Delile

Cyperus michelianus is a native sedge found across Eurasia, Africa, Australia that grows in wet river and paddy habitats.

Cyperus rubicundus Vahl

Cyperus rubicundus Vahl is a sedge species native to parts of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

Cyperus denudatus L.f.

Cyperus denudatus, the winged sedge, is a native sedge of Africa, Asia, and eastern Australia, first described in 1782.

Cyperus crassipes Vahl

Cyperus crassipes Vahl is an African sedge species first formally described by Martin Vahl in 1805.

Cyperus vaginatus R.Br.

Cyperus vaginatus is a perennial sedge with traditional Indigenous fibre uses, found across multiple Australian states.

Cyperus blepharoleptos Steud.

Cyperus blepharoleptos (Cuban bulrush) is a sedge native to the Americas, Caribbean, and Africa with distinct morphological features.

Cyperus fastigiatus Rottb.

Cyperus fastigiatus Rottb. is a native sedge species from southern Africa first formally described in 1773.

Cyperus leptocladus Kunth

Cyperus leptocladus Kunth is a southern African sedge species formally described in 1837 by Carl Sigismund Kunth.

Cyperus margaritaceus Vahl

Cyperus margaritaceus is an African native sedge species first formally described by Martin Vahl in 1805.

Cyperus marginatus Thunb.

Cyperus marginatus Thunb. is a sedge species native to parts of southern and eastern Africa.

Cyperus rupestris Kunth

Cyperus rupestris is a native African and small Asian sedge first formally described in 1837 by Carl Sigismund Kunth.

Cyperus sexangularis Nees

Cyperus sexangularis Nees is a species of sedge native to multiple regions of southern Africa.

Cyperus solidus Kunth

Cyperus solidus is a southern African sedge species formally described by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1837.

Cyperus usitatus Burch.

Cyperus usitatus Burch. is a sedge species native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa.

Cyperus pannonicus Jacq.

Cyperus pannonicus Jacq. is a species of sedge native to parts of southeastern Europe and northern Asia.

Cyperus odoratus subsp. odoratus

This is a description of the annual sedge Cyperus odoratus, including its morphology, comparisons to related species, distribution, and habitat.

Isolepis carinata Hook. & Arn. ex Torr.

Isolepis carinata, or keeled bulrush, is a North American annual sedge growing in moist habitats across parts of the United States.

Isolepis inundata R.Br.

Isolepis inundata, the common swamp club-rush, is a sedge native to three Oceania regions, first described by Robert Brown in 1810.

Isolepis fluitans (L.) R.Br.

Floating scirpus, Isolepis fluitans, is a flowering sedge species native to four regions, first described in 1753.

Afroscirpoides dioeca (Kunth) García-Madr. & Muasya

Afroscirpoides is a monospecific Cyperaceae genus containing the native southern African perennial sedge Afroscirpoides dioeca.

Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link

Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link is a flat sedge species in Cyperaceae native from Europe to the Himalaya.

Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link

Blysmus rufus is a sedge species in Cyperaceae native from Europe to Mongolia and Subarctic America to Canada.

Related Families

Poaceae 743 species Bromeliaceae 202 species Juncaceae 82 species Restionaceae 18 species Typhaceae 16 species Xyridaceae 16 species Eriocaulaceae 7 species Flagellariaceae 1 species

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