Cyperus zollingeri

Cyperus zollingeri, commonly known as roadside flatsedge,[1] is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to tropical areas of Australia,[2] Africa and Asia.[3]

Roadside flatsedge

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. zollingeri
Binomial name
Cyperus zollingeri

Description

The annual herb or grass-like sedge typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.4 metres (0.33 to 1.31 ft) and has a tufted habit. It blooms between in spring between April and May producing green flowers.[2] The root system consists of thin dense fibrous roots. The stems are trigonous to triquetrous up to a length of 40 centimetres (15.75 in). The plant has short leaves that have a width of 1 to 2.5 millimetres (0.04 to 0.10 in) with a well developed ligule. The stems at the base of the plant have papery sheaths that are scabrid towards the top. When it flowers it produces a simple, loose inflorescence with a peduncle that has a spike of spikelets with one to three rays. Later it will form a brown to black trigonous nut that is 1.3 to 1.5 mm (0.051 to 0.059 in) in length.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described as Cyperus lucidulus by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in the 1820 work by Link, Sprengel, and Schrader Jahrbucher der Gewachskunde. In 1854 the botanist Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel classified it by the current name in the work Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. The only other synonym is Cyperus ramosii as described by Georg Kükenthal in 1925 as part of the work Cyperaceae novae. VII. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis.[4]

Distribution

The species is native to many tropical areas. In Australia it is native to Western Australia where it is found along streams and creeks in the Kimberley region growing in sandy-clay alluvium.[2] It is also found across the top end of the Northern Territory and both Cape York Peninsula and north east Queensland.[3] The species is also native in parts of Africa including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya; Madagascar; Mali, Senegal and Tanzania. It is also native to parts of Asia including India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and China.[1]

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See also

References
  1. "Cyperus zollingeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. "Cyperus zollingeri". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Cyperus zollingeri". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. "Cyperus zollingeri Steud". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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