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Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos
manyspike flatsedge

       
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Line Drawing of Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos
Cyperus paniculatus

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. Vol. 1: 299. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

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Synonyms:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

  CYPA20 Cyperus paniculatus Rottb.
  CYPOL3 Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. leptostachyus Boeckeler
  CYPOP Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. pallidus Hillebr.
  CYPOP3 Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. paniculatus (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
  MAPO8 Mariscus polystachyos auct. non A. Rich.
  PYPO Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv.
 

Distribution:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

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USA (HI), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus, 3 varieties in Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
 

Classification:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

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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 polystachyos Rottb. – manyspike flatsedge
Variety Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos – manyspike flatsedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
Cyperus polystachyos
coast flat sedge              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Cyperus polystachyos
many-spiked flatsedge              Extirpated
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

Cyperus polystachyos:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW FACW FACW FACW NO NO FACW NO NO NO NO NO FACW FAC*
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Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. polystachyos

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527643.

 
 
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