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Taxon: Cyperus esculentus L.

Genus: Cyperus
Family: Cyperaceae.
Nomen number: 12901
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:45. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 10-Dec-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Dec-2009
Species priority site is: National Arctic Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PALM).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
AZ°, CA*°, CO*°, CT°, GA°, HI*°, LA°, ME°, MI*°, MS°, NC°, NH°, NM°, OR*, TN°, TX°, WA*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • earth-almond   (Source: Weed CIBA ) – English
  • tigernut   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  • water-grass   (Source: Weed CIBA ) – English
  • yellow nut sedge   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • yellow nut-grass   (Source: F CalifMunz ) – English
  • amande de terre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • choufa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • souchet comestible   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Erdmandel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • chufa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • tiririca   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • tiririca-amarela   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • tiririca-mansa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • cebollín   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • juncia avellanada   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Cape Verde; Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Rwanda; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Benin; Burkina Faso; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
    South Tropical Africa: Angola
    Southern Africa: Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa - Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape; Swaziland
    Western Indian Ocean: Comoros; Madagascar; Mauritius
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Yemen
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Turkey
    Caucasus: Azerbaijan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Nepal; Pakistan
    Indo-China: Vietnam
    Malesia: Indonesia - Java
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sicily]
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Colima, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan; Panama
    Caribbean: Aruba; Bermuda; Cuba; Jamaica; Martinique; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil [s.]
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    Middle Atlantic Ocean: St. Helena
  • EUROPE
    East Europe: Ukraine
  • PACIFIC
    North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

References:

  • Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. (L Egypt)
  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
  • Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
  • Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. (Esp Veg Prom) 6:310–337.
  • Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
  • Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. (Handb Nuts)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 9:78–82.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria. (F Victoria)
  • Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. (Pl SAfr ed2)
  • Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. (L Oman)
  • Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges. (L Cyperaceae)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Haines, R. W. & K. A. Lye. 1983. Sedges and rushes of East Africa. (Sedge EAfr)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSWales)
  • Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000) (F Ethiop)
  • Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Migahid, A. M. 1988–1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. (F Saudi ed3)
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
  • Pascual, B. et al. 2001. Chufa ( L. var. sativus Boeck.): an unconventional crop. Econ. Bot. 54:439–448.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts. (Edible Nuts)
  • Schippers, P. et al. 1995. Syst. Bot. 20:461–481.
  • Schippers, P. et al. 1995. A revision of the infraspecific taxonomy of Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutsedge) with an experimentally evaluated character set. Syst. Bot. 20:461–481.
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. 1983–1989. Flora of south-eastern Queensland. (F SE Queensl)
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
  • Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
  • Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia)
  • Tucker, G. C. 1994. Revision of the Mexican species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43:97.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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Check other databases for Cyperus esculentus L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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