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Genus: Cyperus Life
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> Family: Cyperaceae
About 550 species (nearly cosmopolitan), with 86 species
indigenous to southern Africa and one naturalised.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from Archer (2003).
Cyperus albostriatus |
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Cyperus alopecuroides |
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Cyperus amabilis |
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Cyperus angolensis |
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Cyperus articulatus |
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Cyperus bellus |
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Cyperus brevis |
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Cyperus capensis |
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Cyperus chersinus |
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Cyperus clavinux |
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Cyperus compressus |
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Cyperus congestus |
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Cyperus crassipes |
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Cyperus cuspidatus |
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Cyperus cyperoides |
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Cyperus deciduus |
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Cyperus denudatus |
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Cyperus dichroostchyus |
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Cyperus difformis |
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Cyperus digitatus |
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Cyperus distans |
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Cyperus dives |
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Cyperus dubius |
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Cyperus durus |
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Cyperus elephantinus |
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Cyperus esculentus (Yellow nutsedge) |
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Cyperus fastigiatus |
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Cyperus fulgens |
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Cyperus fuscescens |
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Cyperus haematocephalus |
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Cyperus hamulosus |
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Cyperus imbricatus |
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Cyperus indecorus |
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Cyperus involucratus |
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Cyperus iria |
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Cyperus keniensis |
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Cyperus kirkii |
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Cyperus laevigatus |
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Cyperus latifolius |
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Cyperus leptocladus |
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Cyperus longus |
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Cyperus macrocarpus |
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Cyperus maculatus |
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Cyperus margaritaceus |
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Cyperus marginatus |
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Cyperus marlothii |
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Cyperus meyerianus |
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Cyperus mwinilungensis |
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Cyperus natalensis |
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Cyperus obtusiflorus |
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Cyperus owanii |
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Cyperus papyrus (Papyrus) |
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Cyperus pectinatus |
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Cyperus procerus |
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Cyperus prolifer |
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Cyperus pseudoleptocladus |
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Cyperus pseudovestitus |
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Cyperus pulcher |
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Cyperus pygmaeus |
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Cyperus rehmii |
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Cyperus rigidifolius |
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Cyperus rotundus |
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Cyperus rubicundus |
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Cyperus rupestris |
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Cyperus sartorii |
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Cyperus schinzii |
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Cyperus schlechteri |
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Cyperus semitrifidus |
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Cyperus sensilis |
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Cyperus sexangularis |
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Cyperus solidus |
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Cyperus sphaerospermus |
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Cyperus squarrosus |
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Cyperus submacropus |
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Cyperus tabularis |
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Cyperus tenax |
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Cyperus tenellus |
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Cyperus tenuispica |
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Cyperus textilis |
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Cyperus thunbergii |
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Cyperus turrillii |
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Cyperus usitatus |
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Cyperus vestitus |
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Cyperus vorsteri |
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Cyperus zollingeri |
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Cyperus zollingerioides |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
From Archer (2003).
Publications
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Archer, C. 2003. Cyperaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1020-1047. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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