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Taxon: Cyperus entrerianus Boeck.

Genus: Cyperus
Family: Cyperaceae subfamily: Cyperoideae tribe: Cypereae.
Nomen number: 406742
Place of publication: Flora 61:139. 1878
Name verified on: 10-Dec-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Dec-2009
Species priority site is: Arctic and Subarctic Plant Gene Bank (PALM).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • deeproot sedge   (Source: A. Molina, p.c.) – English
  • woodrush flat sedge   (Source: A. Molina, p.c.) – English
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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Sinaloa, Sonora
    Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Cuba; Jamaica
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica [n.w.]; Nicaragua
    Brazil: Brazil [s.]
    Western South America: Bolivia
    Southern South America: Argentina [n., c., & e.]; Paraguay; Uruguay

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
  • Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
  • Carter, R. & C. T. Bryson. 1996. Cyperus entrerianus: A little-known aggressive sedge in the southeastern United States. Weed Technol. 10:232–235.
  • Carter, R. 1990. Cyperus entrerianus (Cyperaceae), an overlooked species in temperate North America. Sida 14:69–77.
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
  • Molina G., A. M. 2011. Review of Cyperaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e–mail on 31 Mar.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Tucker, G. C. 1994. Revision of the Mexican species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43:34.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
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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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406742 (21 May 2013)

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