Cyperus papyrus L.

Cyperus papyrus L.

CYPERACEAE

- Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Cyperus papyrus L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 47 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Papyrus

English name: Egyptian paperplant

English name: papyrus

Spanish name: papiro del Nilo

French name: souchet à papier

Italian name: Papiro

German name: Papyrusstaude

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

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

Page counter: 2069 ( AVG: 222.15 / 291.279 )

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Cyperus papyrus
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Cyperus papyrus
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

Cyperus papyrus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Forio, Fondazione William Walton e La Mortella, NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cyperus papyrus
Plumes at Kaanapali, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cyperus papyrus
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Cyperus papyrus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Pisa, Orto Botanico di Pisa, Dipartimento di Biologia dell'Università di Pisa, PI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cyperus papyrus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Napoli, Orto Botanico., NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cyperus papyrus
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

Cyperus papyrus
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Cyperus papyrus
Flowering habit at Kaeleku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Cyperus papyrus
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Cyperus papyrus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto Botanico, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cyperus papyrus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cyperus papyrus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Siena, Orto Botanico., SI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Cyperus papyrus
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Cyperus papyrus
Inflorescence at Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, FL, HI, LA)

Distributional map for Cyperus papyrus L.
Map for Cyperus papyrus L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Cyperus pennatiformis Kük. var. bryanii Kük. [547]
2) Cyperus pennatiformis Kük. var. pennatiformis [667]
3) Cyperus phleoides (Nees ex Kunth) Hillebr. [732]
4) Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. [1558]
5) Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. pallidus Hillebr. [144]
6) Cyperus pringlei Britton [143]
7) Cyperus retrofractus (L.) Torr. var. dipsaciformis (Fernald) Kük. [137]
8) Cyperus rivularis Kunth [175]
9) Cyperus sesquiflorus (Torr.) Mattf. & Kük. ex Kük. [139]
10) Cyperus strigosus L. var. stenolepis (Torr.) Kük. [146]

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