Taxon Details: Cyperaceae
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Family:

Cyperaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Cyperaceae
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Common Names:

Sedge Family
Description:

Number of genera: 125

Number of species: 5300

Distribution (from PLANTAE): This family is cosmopolitan, growing in moist habitats but less often associated with well-drained than with poorly drained sites, such as swamps, bogs, riversides, tidal flats and pools. Some species of Scirpus are submerged aquatics.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Cyperaceae: [Book] Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Cyperaceae: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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• B. V. Skvortzov 260, Brazil
• J. M. Pires 13884, Brazil
• W. J. Burchell 8603, Brazil
• P. G. Windisch 1596, Brazil
• W. H. Harvey 381?, South Africa
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• N. Kilian YP406, Yemen
• K. T. Ribeiro s.n., Brazil
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• R. C. Forzza 7267, Brazil
• R. C. Forzza 8313, Brazil
• R. C. Forzza 8318, Brazil
• P. G. Delprete 10291, Brazil
• P. G. Delprete 9723, Brazil
• P. G. Delprete 9756-B, Brazil
• M. Verdi 6573, Brazil
• P. G. Delprete 9829, Brazil
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• P. G. Delprete 10387, Brazil
• R. de Mello-Silva 2962, Brazil
• H. C. de Lima 6377, Brazil
• D. Cárdenas-López 14731, Colombia
• J. M. Pires 14016A, Brazil
• D. C. Daly 13995, Colombia
• D. C. Daly 14059, Colombia
• D. Cárdenas-López 42001, Colombia
• A. M. V. de Carvalho 2955, Brazil
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• G. Eiten 11059, Brazil
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• M. H. Nee 42611, Brazil
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• E. da S. Leal 148, Brazil
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• G. M. Plunkett 5741, Vanuatu
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• J. L. Clark 10857, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 9258, Ecuador
• G. M. Plunkett 5764, Vanuatu
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• H. M. Braun 200, Tanzania
• W. L. McCart 1574, United States of America
• W. Law 134, Federated States of Micronesia
• 5472, Bangladesh
• K. R. Rajbhandari 2779, Nepal
• K. R. Rajbhandari 4698, Nepal
• N. T. Cuong HN-NY 691, Vietnam
• N. T. Cuong HN-NY 692, Vietnam
• N. T. Cuong HN-NY 856, Vietnam
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• M. J. Balick 4661, Palau
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• G. M. Plunkett 5608, Vanuatu
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• E. A. Robinson 5996, Zambia
• E. A. Robinson 5996, Zambia
• E. A. Robinson 6376, Zambia
• E. A. Robinson 6870, Zambia
• Mrs. H. M. Richards 15655, Tanzania
• Mrs. H. M. Richards 20278, Tanzania
• Mrs. H. M. Richards 20277, Tanzania
• Mrs. H. M. Richards 25102, Tanzania
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• K. Wakanene Mbuthia 357, Kenya
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• J. B. Teixeira 1078, Angola
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• E. A. Robinson 2992, Zambia
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• E. A. Robinson 4923, Zambia
• Mrs. H. M. Richards 8004, Zambia
• J. K. Morton GC7067, Cameroon
• C. Geerling 5061, Cameroon
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• T. J. Motley 2721, French Polynesia
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• P. Jaeger 9280, Sierra Leone
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• P. J. Tyrer 841, Malawi
• E. A. Robinson 3061, Malawi
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