Cyperus flavescens

Cyperus flavescens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Cyperus
Species:	C. flavescens
Binomial name
Cyperus flavescens L. [2]

Cyperus flavescens, commonly known as the yellow flatsedge, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae. ^[3]

It has cosmopolitan distribution. ^[3]

Taxonomy

Cyperus flavescens was first described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. ^[2] Linnaeus based his diagnosis on specimens collected in marshes in Germany, Switzerland, and France ("habitat in Germaniae, Helvetiae, Galliae paludosis"). ^[4]

Synonyms

• Pycreus flavescens

See also

• List of Cyperus species

References

1. Lansdown, R.V. 2018 (2018). "Cyperus flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T157979A120157948. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T157979A120157948.en . Retrieved 24 February 2022.
2. "Cyperus flavescensL.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 26 February 2026.
3. "Cyperus flavescens L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
4. Linnaeus (1753), pp. 46.

Bibliography

• Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas (1st ed.). Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. Retrieved 20 October 2025.