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Cyperus unioloides

Uniola Flatsedge
Also known as: Cyperus bromoides Link +17 more
  • Cyperus bromoides Link
  • Cyperus luteolus Boeckeler
  • Cyperus overlaetii (Cherm. ex S.S.Hooper & J.Raynal) Lye
  • Cyperus selloanus Boeckeler
  • Cyperus spinulifer Boeckeler
  • Cyperus spinuliferus Boeckeler
  • Cyperus spissiflorus (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum.
  • Cyperus taubertii Boeckeler
  • Cyperus tosaensis Makino
  • Cyperus unioloides f. insularis (Domin) Kük.
  • Cyperus unioloides f. pallescens Kük.
  • Cyperus unioloides f. reductus Kük.
  • Cyperus unioloides subsp. bromoides (Link) C.B.Clarke
  • Cyperus unioloides subsp. compositus T.Koyama
  • Cyperus unioloides subsp. fissivaginatus Kük.
  • Cyperus unioloides subsp. insularis (Domin) Kük.
  • Cyperus unioloides subsp. pallescens Kük.
  • Cyperus unioloides subsp. reductus Kük.
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.

Cyperus unioloides (commonly known as Uniola Flatsedge) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. Naturally occurring in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, North America, and South America, this species is primarily associated with seasonally dry tropical conditions. The genus Cyperus is notably large, comprising more than 950 species.

Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Bulb

Native Range

Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Mexico, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, Southern South America, Southwestern U.S.A., West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, California, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gambia, The, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Senegal, Sudan, Sumatera, Surinam, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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