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Cyperus hemisphaericus is a species of sedge that is endemic to eastern parts of Africa.[1]

Cyperus hemisphaericus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Cyperus
Species:	C. hemisphaericus
Binomial name
Cyperus hemisphaericus Boeckeler

Description

The perennial plant has a creeping but short rhizome that has a tufted grass-like habit and grows to a height of approximately 130 cm (51 in).[2] It has many crowded basal leaves and stems that are 15 to 90 cm (5.9 to 35.4 in) in length and 2 to 4 mm (0.079 to 0.157 in) wide with a triangular cross section. The flat to folded slightly stiff leaves are 10 to 50 cm (3.9 to 19.7 in) in length with a width of 5 to 13 mm (0.20 to 0.51 in).[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1859.[1]

Distribution

The range of the plant extends from Somalia in the north down to Mozambique in the south along eastern Africa including the island of Madagascar.[1][2] The plant grows from sea level to an altitude of approximately 100 m (330 ft).[3] It is often situated as a part of open grassland, wooded grassland and Brachystegia woodland communities as well as savannah and seasonally wet grassland communities.[2]

See also

• List of Cyperus species

References

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