Biology:Cyperus echinatus

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Short description: Species of plant

Cyperus echinatus
Cyperus echinatus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. echinatus
Binomial name
Cyperus echinatus
(L.) Alph.Wood
Synonyms[1]

Scirpus echinatus L.

Cyperus echinatus is a species of plant in the sedge family. It is native to much of the eastern United States , primarily in the lower Mississippi Valley and the lowland plain east of the southern Appalachians, with scattered populations in Florida and as far north as Wisconsin and the Adirondacks.[2] Additional isolated populations occur in southern Mexico.[1][3] It is found in a variety of sunny, often mesic habitats.[2][4]

1913 drawing
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5200201 entry