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Cyperus rotundus (coco-grass, Java grass, nut grass, purple nut sedge [2] or purple nutsedge, [3] red nut sedge, Khmer kravanh chruk [4]) is a species of sedge (Cyperaceae) native to Africa, southern and central Europe (north to France and Austria), and southern Asia.
Purple nutsedge (C. rotundus) is another weedy sedge that is similar to the yellow nutsedge (C. esculentus). These two sedges are difficult to distinguish from each other and can be found growing on the same site. Some differences are the purple spikelets and the tubers formed by C. rotundus are often
For some Northern Paiutes, Cyperus tubers were a mainstay food, to the extent that they were known as tövusi-dökadö ("nutsedge tuber eaters") [11] Priprioca ( C. articulatus ) is one of the traditional spices of the Amazon region and its reddish essential oil is used commercially both by the cosmetic industry, and increasingly as a flavoring ...
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 ...
Cyperus esculentus, yellow nutsedge, yellow nutgrass; Cyperus rotundus, coco-grass, Java grass This page was last edited on 23 ...
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 esculentus (yellow nutsedge; native) Cyperus fuscus (brown flatsedge; introduced from Eurasia) Cyperus houghtonii (Houghton's flatsedge; native) Cyperus lupulinus (Great Plains flatsedge; native) Cyperus odoratus (fragrant flatsedge; native) Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass; native or introduced from Eurasia)
Cyperus esculentus (N) -- tiger nut, atadwe, yellow nutsedge, and earth almond; Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus (I) Cyperus flavescens (N) Cyperus houghtonii (N) Cyperus iria (I) -- rice flat sedge; Cyperus lancastriensis (N) --Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupulinus (N) -- Great Plains flatsedge; Cyperus lupulinus ssp. macilentus (N)