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The Cyperaceae are grasslike, herbaceous plants comprising about 70 genera and 4,000 species, commonly found in wet or saturated conditions. The stems are usually 3-angled and solid. The leaves are alternate, commonly in 3 ranks, usually with a closed sheathing base and a parallel-veined, strap-shaped blade.
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www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/cyper.htm
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210. CYPERACEAE Jussieu ... No consensus exists regarding the number of genera and the overall relationships of genera within Cyperaceae. The most recent account of the family (P. Goetghebeur 1998) recognized 104 genera distributed among 4 subfamilies and 14 tribes.
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www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=102...
www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10246
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I. KUKKONEN Botanical Museum, P.O.Box 7, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland ... Perennial, rarely annual plants; caespitose or rhizome creeping, often stoloniferous, sometimes tuberiferous or with bulbils. Stem mostly scapose, solid, trigonous, without hairs, but scabrous along ... About 70 genera and 4000 species,
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www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=102...
www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=10246
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A large, cosmopolitan family of mostly herbaceous plants, Cyperaceae occur primarily in moist temperate to wet tropical regions of the world; several species are of economic importance.
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www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cyperaceae.htm
www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cyperaceae.htm
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Cyperaceae - the Sedge Family ... Sheathing leaf bases of the Cyperaceae are also often 'closed' or firmly connected to the culm. Reproductive structure also differs from the Poaceae in that each flower, often unisexual, is subtended by only a single bract.
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botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/tfp/com/cyppage2.htm
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Web References for the Cyperaceae. ... Images of the Cyperaceae; See also: full library string search ... breweri image page from CalPhotos; Carex brittoniana image page from North American Cariceae:Plate 175; Carex bromoides image page from North American Cariceae:Plate 120; Carex brunnescens image page from North...
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botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxcyp.htm
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: Worldwide in moist temperate and arctic regions. ... Defining Features of Interest ... Fossil Evidence:Fossil plant parts from the Eocene.
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botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/systematics/family_index/...
botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/systematics/family_index/Family_Pages/Family_C/Cyperaceae.html
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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Family Cyperaceae ... Click on names to expand them, and on P for PLANTS profiles. ... Family Cyperaceae – Sedge family...
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plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=displ...
plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=display&classid=Cyperaceae
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"Sedges have edges." The rule to remember in identifying members of Cyperaceae - and although those edges are sometime pretty subtle, it holds true for our native species.
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plants.montara.com/ListPages/FamPages/Cypera.html
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