Cyperaceae

Also known as kok plants

The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family contains around 5,500 described species in about 90 generathe largest being the "true sedges" (Carex), with over 2,000 species.

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Sedges are a large family of grass-like flowering plants that includes around 5,500 species, with the "true sedges" genus being by far the most diverse group. They are important members of many ecosystems and are distinguished by their structural similarities to grasses, though they form their own distinct plant family.

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Species

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Cyperaceae

FAMILY

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyCyperaceae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations recorded19,539,035

莎草科（学名：Cyperaceae）是一種單子葉植物。多年生草本，很少一年生。從表面上看來，它就像是雜草一般。這個科很大，包括了約70屬，4000種物種，且分布相當廣泛。其分布的兩大中心是熱帶亞洲和熱帶南美洲。中国有28属500余种。儘管本科植物能生長在各種環境，但它們傾向於分布在熱帶潮濕地區的土壤貧瘠處，大多生長在潮濕處或沼澤中，也生長在山坡草地或林下。著名物种有香附、纸莎草、蒲草、荸荠等。

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Research

1,762 papers

Chemistry and Pharmacology of Cyperaceae Stilbenoids: A Review.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Dávid CZ, Hohmann J, Vasas ADOI: 10.3390/molecules26092794
Natural Products in Cyperus Species (Cyperaceae): Phytochemistry, Pharmacological Activities, and Biosynthesis.ReviewChemistry & biodiversity · 2025Babiaka SB, Ekayen DE, Simoben CV et al.DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202403352
Unprecedented Intraindividual Structural Heteroplasmy in Eleocharis (Cyperaceae, Poales) Plastomes.Genome biology and evolution · 2020Lee C, Ruhlman TA, Jansen RKDOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa076
Evolutionary features of microspore and pollen grain development in Cyperaceae.Plant reproduction · 2023Rocha DM, Nogueira FM, André T et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00497-023-00477-4
Rate accelerations in plastid and mitochondrial genomes of Cyperaceae occur in the same clades.Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2023Lee C, Ruhlman TA, Jansen RKDOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107760
Ecological importance of sedges: a survey of the Australasian Cyperaceae genus Lepidosperma.ReviewAnnals of botany · 2013Barrett RLDOI: 10.1093/aob/mct008
Investigating the diversification of holocentromeric satellite DNA Tyba in Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae).Annals of botany · 2023Costa L, Marques A, Buddenhagen CE et al.DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad036
Structural and histochemical approach to the fruit and seed diversity of Cyperaceae in an evolutionary context.Plant reproduction · 2024Reutemann AG, San Martin JAB, Pozner REDOI: 10.1007/s00497-023-00465-8

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Commons category: Cyperaceae
taxon name: Cyperaceae
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=331
taxon common name: ostričevke

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== Distribution == thumb|Artificial floating island communities made of totora by the [[Uru peoples in Lake Titicaca]] Cyperaceae species are widely distributed with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges grow in almost all environments, many thrive in wetlands or in poor soils. Ecological communities dominated by sedges are known as s or as sedge meadows.