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Papyrus plant (Cyperus papyrus) at Kew Gardens, LondonThis tall, robust aquatic plant can grow 4 to 5 m (13 to 16 ft) high, [5] but on the margins of high altitude lakes such as Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Tana in Ethiopia, at altitudes around 6,000 feet (1,800 m) the papyrus culms can measure up to 29.5 feet (9.0 m) in length, with an additional 18 inches (46 cm) for the inflorescence (a ...
The Cyperaceae (/ ˌ s aɪ p ə ˈ r eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera [3] [4] – the largest being the "true sedges" (genus Carex), [5] [6] with over 2,000 species.
Cyperus longus [14] [16] Cyperus papyrus (papyrus) [14] Some Cyperus species are used in folk medicine. Roots of Near East species were a component of kyphi, a medical incense of Ancient Egypt. Tubers of C. rotundus (purple nut-sedge) tubers are used in kampō. An unspecified Cyperus is mentioned as an abortifacient in the 11th-century poem De ...
Prominent C 4 sedges include culturally important species such as papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) and chufa (C. esculentus) but also purple nutsedge (C. rotundus), one of the world's major weeds. Eleocharis vivipara uses C 3 carbon fixation in underwater leaves and C 4 carbon fixation in aerial leaves. [1] Bulbostylis – 211 C 4 species; Cyperus ...
There are many species of emergent plants, among them, the reed , Cyperus papyrus, Typha species, flowering rush and wild rice species. Some species, such as purple loosestrife, may grow in water as emergent plants but they are capable of flourishing in fens or simply in damp ground. [22]
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. [2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden ...
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Cyperus afro-occidentalis (Lye) Huygh; Cyperus afroalpinus Lye; Cyperus afrodunensis Lye; Cyperus afroechinatus Lye; Cyperus afromontanus Lye; Cyperus afropumilus (Lye) Lye; Cyperus afrorobustus Lye; Cyperus afrovaricus Lye; Cyperus aggregatus (Willd.) Endl. Cyperus ajax C.B.Clarke; Cyperus alaticaulis R.Booth, D.J.Moore & Hodgon; Cyperus ...