Scientific or common name:

Pycreus niger (Ruiz & Pav.) Cufod.

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CYPERACEAE - Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Pycreus niger (Ruiz & Pav.) Cufod.
Nomencl. ref.: Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 40(3, Suppl.): 1443. 1970 ; [Enum. Pl. Aethiop. Spermat.]
Rank: species
See: ► Cyperus niger Ruiz & Pav.

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Common names

U.S. name: Black flatsedge

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Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Cyperus niger Ruiz & Pav.
= Cyperus diandrus Torr. var. capitatus Britton
= Cyperus melanostachyus Kunth
= Cyperus niger Ruiz & Pav. var. capitatus (Britton) O'Neill
= Cyperus niger Ruiz & Pav. var. castaneus (Pursh) Kük.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Pycreus
Species:

1) Pycreus flavescens (L.) Rchb. 2) Pycreus flavicomus (Michx.) C.D. Adams 3) Pycreus niger (Ruiz & Pav.) Cufod. 4) Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. 5) Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. ssp. holosericeus (Link) T. Koyama 6) Pycreus rivularis (Kunth) Palla 7) Pycreus sanguindentus (Vahl) Nees 8) Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees 9) Pycreus unioloides (R. Br.) C.B. Clarke

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Cyperaceae)
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1) Abildgaardia (sedge) 2) Amphiscirpus (bulrush) 3) Baeothryon (bulrush) 4) Blysmopsis (bulrush) 5) Blysmus (bulrush) 6) Bolboschoenus (bulrush) 7) Bulbostylis (hairsedge) 8) Carex (sedge) 9) Chaetocyperus (spikerush) 10) Cladium (sawgrass) 11) Cymophyllus 12) Cyperus (flatsedge) 13) Dichromena (beaksedge) 14) Dulichium 15) Eleocharis (spikerush) 16) Elyna (bog sedge) 17) Eriophorum (cottongrass) 18) Fimbristylis (fimbry) 19) Fuirena (umbrella-sedge) 20) Gahnia (sawsedge) 21) Heleocharis (spikerush) 22) Hemicarpha (halfchaff sedge) 23) Holoschoenus (bulrush) 24) Hymenochaeta (bulrush) 25) Hypolytrum 26) Isolepis (bulrush) 27) Juncellus (flatsedge) 28) Kobresia (bog sedge) 29) Kyllinga (spikesedge) 30) Lagenocarpus 31) Lepironia 32) Leucocoma (bulrush) 33) Lipocarpha (halfchaff sedge) 34) Machaerina (twigrush) 35) Mapania 36) Mariscus (sawgrass) 37) Morelotia 38) Oncostylis (hairsedge) 39) Oreobolus 40) Oxycaryum (bulrush) 41) Psilocarya (beaksedge) 42) Pycreus (flatsedge) 43) Remirea (beachstar) 44) Rhynchospora (beaksedge) 45) Schoenoplectus (bulrush) 46) Schoenus (bogrush) 47) Scirpodendron 48) Scirpoides (bulrush) 49) Scirpus (bulrush) 50) Scleria (nutrush) 51) Stenophyllus (hairsedge) 52) Torulinium (flatsedge) 53) Trichophorum (bulrush) 54) Trichophyllum (spikerush) 55) Uncinia (birdcatching sedge) 56) Websteria (algal bulrush)

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Common names (Pycreus)
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1) Black flatsedge (Pycreus niger) 2) Manyspike flatsedge (Pycreus polystachyos) 3) Purpleglume flatsedge (Pycreus sanguindentus) 4) Slender flatsedge (Pycreus rivularis) 5) Texan flatsedge (Pycreus polystachyos subsp. holosericeus) 6) Uniola flatsedge (Pycreus unioloides) 7) Whiteedge flatsedge (Pycreus flavicomus) 8) Yellow flatsedge (Pycreus flavescens)

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2) Pylostachya cymosa (Walter) Small [124]
3) Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem. [1739]
4) Pyracantha koidzumii (Hayata) Rehder [2797]
5) Pyrgillus javanicus (Mont. & v.d. Bosch) Nyl. [222]
6) Pyrola minor L. [2988]
7) Pyrus cydonia L. [478]
8) Pyrus x soulardii L.H. Bailey [121]
9) Quercus macrocarpa Michx. [2165]
10) Quercus x kinselae (C.H. Mull.) Nixon & C.H. Mull. [104]

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