Cyperus sphacelatus

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Cyperus sphacelatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. sphacelatus
Binomial name
Cyperus sphacelatus

Cyperus sphacelatus is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa and Central America and South America. [2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll in 1773. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rottböll, Christiano Friis (1773). Descriptionum et iconum rariores et pro maxima parte novas plantas illustrantium. p. 26.
  2. 1 2 "Cyperus sphacelatus Rottb". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 December 2021.