PLANTS Profile for Cyperus filiformis (wiry flatsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyperus filiformis Sw.
wiry flatsedge

Symbol:

CYFI4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Graminoid

More Information:

Images:
Cyperus filiformis Sw.

Synonyms:
Cyperus filiformis Sw.

	CYUN4	Cyperus unifolius Boeckeler
	TOFI2	Torulinium filiforme (Sw.) C.B. Clarke

Distribution:
Cyperus filiformis Sw.


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus filiformis Sw.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus filiformis Sw.

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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 filiformis Sw. – wiry flatsedge

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus filiformis Sw.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39924.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 11:50 PM CDT