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    Cyperus elegans

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    Royal flatsedge
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Monocots
    Clade: Commelinids
    Order: Poales
    Family: Cyperaceae
    Genus: Cyperus
    Species:
    C. elegans
    Binomial name
    Cyperus elegans
    L.[1]
    Subspecies
    • Cyperus elegans var. breviradiata Maury, 1889[2]
    • Cyperus elegans var. major Kük., 1936[3]
    • Cyperus elegans subsp. rubiginosus (Hook. f.) Eliasson, 1965[4]
    Synonyms
    • Cyperus elegans Baker, 1883[5]

    Cyperus elegans, the royal flatsedge, is a sedge species in the genus Cyperus from Central and South America.

    See also[edit]

    • List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name

    References[edit]

    1. ^ L. Sp. Pl. 1: 45–46 1753
    2. ^ Maury J. Bot. (Morot) 3: 196 1889
    3. ^ Kük. Pflanzenr. IV, 20(101): 165 1936
    4. ^ Eliasson Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 59: 475, f. 21 1965
    5. ^ Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 288 1883

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