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Cyperaceae (family)


Identification code: 300375476



Alternative term/s

  • sedge family

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Scope note:

Family containing around 110 genera and 5,500 species of plants, many growing in wetlands; they superficially resemble grasses or rushes by stems that are triangular in cross-sections and having leaves that are spirally arranged in three ranks (while grasses have alternate leaves forming two ranks).

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