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Cyperus alternifolius
Sign in to savespecies of plant in Cyperaceae family endemic to Africa
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyCyperaceae
Blütenstände Das Cyperus alternifolius ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Zypergräser (Cyperus) innerhalb der Familie der Sauergrasgewächse (Cyperaceae). Sie wird als Zimmerpflanze verwendet, die meist nach dem Gattungsnamen als „Zypergras“ oder – falsch – als „Zyperngras“ bezeichnet wird.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 732
- With media
- 540
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Collections
- UAAAN, FB-UMSNH, CMN, UTEP, DCBS-DICTUS-USON, ENCB-IPN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Jamaica, United States, Malaysia, Palau
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- perennial plant
- Parent taxon
- Cyperus
- Image
- Cyperus alternifolius.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Cyperus alternifolius
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Cyperus alternifolius
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons gallery
- Cyperus alternifolius
- taxon common name
- 伞莎草
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- short name
- C. alternifolius
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Cyperus alternifolius, the umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the large genus Cyperus of the sedge family Cyperaceae. The plant is native to West Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula, but widely distributed throughout the world. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The subspecies Cyperus alternifolius ssp. flabelliformis is also known as Cyperus involucratus Rottb..
Cultivation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyperus alternifolius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.