Cyperus

Cyperus

 

 

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Cyperus
Dwarf umbrella-sedge, Cyperus albostriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Cyperus L.
Species
About 700
Synonyms[1]
Acorellus Palla ex Kneuck. Adupla Bosc ex Juss. Aliniella J.Raynal, nom. illeg., non Skvortzow Alinula J.Raynal Anosporum Nees Atomostylis Steud. Borabora Steud. Chlorocyperus Rikli Courtoisina Soják Crepidocarpus Klotzsch ex Boeckeler Cylindrolepis Boeckeler Diclidium Schrad. ex Nees Didymia Phil. Duval-jouvea Palla Epiphystis Trin. Eucyperus Rikli Galilea Parl. Hydroschoenus Zoll. & Moritzi Indocourtoisia Bennet & Raizada Juncellus C.B.Clarke Kyllingiella R.W.Haines & Lye Marisculus Goetgh Mariscus Gaertn., nom. illeg., non Scop. Mariscus Vahl, nom. cons. Opetiola Gaertn. Oxycaryum Nees Papyrus Willd. Pseudomariscus Rauschert Pterocyperus Opiz Raynalia Soják Remirea Aubl. Sorostachys Steud. Sphaeromariscus E.G.Camus Torulinium Desv. ex Ham. Trentepohlia Boeckeler Ungeria Nees ex C.B.Clarke

Cyperus is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions.^[1][2]

Contents

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• 1 Description
• 2 Ecology
• 3 Diversity
• 4 Use by humans
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links