Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.

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Subspecies

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.5-1.25m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis unspecified picture

Distribution

Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Bermuda, Botswana, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Ghana, Guinea, Honduras, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Norfolk Island, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Palau, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Chad, Thailand, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:74451-2
WFO ID wfo-0000367586
COL ID 5GS2H
BDTFX ID 82218
INPN ID 453928
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Synonyms

Cyperus flagellatus Cyperus proximus Cyperus gradatus Cyperus petersianus Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Cyperus alternifolius var. flabelliformis