Cyperus compressus

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Annual sedge
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. compressus
Binomial name
Cyperus compressus
L.
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Cyperus compressus inflorescence

Cyperus compressus, commonly known as annual sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that has a wide distribution throughout countries with warmer climates. It is found in tropical areas of Africa, Asia and the Americas. [2]

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In Europe it is commonly known as hedgehog sedge and the French know it as souchet comprimé. In India it is called mothi and in Japan it is known as kugugayatsuri. [2]

Description

The annual sedge typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.75 metres (0.3 to 2.5 ft) and has a tufted habit. It blooms between May and December and produces green-yellow-brown flowers. [3] The erect and glabrous grass has fine and numerous roots. It as slender or rigidulous, trigonous stems that are 0.5 to 2.0 millimetres (0.020 to 0.079 in) thick. Red-purple, loose, open leaf sheaths cover the base of the plant with the leaves being much sorter than the stems. The leaves are greyish-green in colour with a narrowly linear shape and a width of 1.5 to 4.0 mm (0.06 to 0.16 in). The inflorescence is composed of umbellate spikes, with three to four rays hat are up to 8 centimetres (3 in) in length. [2] Following flowering it will form a dark brown to black trigonous nut that has a broad-obovoid shape. The nut is about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) in length with a diameter of about 1 mm (0.039 in). [4]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as a part of the work Species Plantarum . It has 11 synonyms including Cyperus brachiatus, Cyperus caffer, Cyperus giraudyi , Cyperus meyenii and Cyperus pectiniformis. [5]

Distribution

It has a wide distribution throughout tropical and sub tropical parts of Asia, especially in India, Malaysia, Pakistan and the Philippines. It is found through much of Africa from Egypt to Zimbabwe. In the Americas it is found in the southern USA, Honduras, Costa Rica and Suriname as well as northern parts of South America. It is also found in Fiji and New Guinea. [5] It is a pantropical species, mostly found in moist places such as irrigated fields, ditches, stream beds, pond margins and lawns. It grows in many soil types usually sandy or alluvial and clay soils. [2]

It has become introduced in many areas, in Western Australia it is found in damp areas in the Kimberley region. [3] It is also found in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Beentje, H.J.; Lansdown, R.V. (2018). "Cyperus compressus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T164257A120149831. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T164257A120149831.en . Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Cyperus compressus (annual sedge)". Invasive Species Compendium. Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Cyperus compressus". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. 1 2 "Cyperus compressus L." PlantNET. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Cyperus compressus L." Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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