Biology:Cyperus laxus

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Short description: Species of plant

Cyperus laxus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. laxus
Binomial name
Cyperus laxus
Lam., Tab. Encycl. 1: 146. 1791.

Cyperus laxus is a sedge species in the Cyperaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere (from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina ) and also to Africa (from Liberia to Zimbabwe and Tanzania). The species is reportedly naturalized in Assam and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:[1]

  1. Cyperus laxus subsp. buchholzii (Boeckeler) Lye - western and central Africa
  2. Cyperus laxus subsp. laxus - Western Hemisphere; naturalized in India
  3. Cyperus laxus subsp. sylvestris (Ridl.) Lye - Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  4. Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
  5. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3699054 entry

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