PLANTS Profile for Cyperus articulatus (jointed flatsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyperus articulatus L.
jointed flatsedge

Symbol:

CYAR4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Distribution:
Cyperus articulatus L.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus articulatus L.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus articulatus L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Cyperus L. – flatsedge
Species	Cyperus articulatus L. – jointed flatsedge

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus articulatus L.

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OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus articulatus L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39908.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 11/23/2009 07:10 PM MST