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Genus: Cyperus Life
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> Family: Cyperaceae
About 550 species (nearly cosmopolitan), with 87 species native to southern Africa and one naturalised.
Cyperus fuscescens, Cyperus meyerianus, Cyperus sartorii and Cyperus zollingerioides
are not included here, as their current taxonomical status is uncertain.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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 glaucophyllus
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Cyperus haematocephalus |
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Cyperus hamulosus |
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Cyperus hemisphaericus
[= Mariscus hemisphaericus]
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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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 laxus
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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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 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 parvinux |
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Cyperus pectinatus
[= Anosporum 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 pulchellus
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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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 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 sphacelatus
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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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 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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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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