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Cyperus tenuis Sw.

Crevice flatsedge (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus

Characteristics

Plants with short thick rhizomes, the slender culms 15-30 cm. high, some-what bulbous at base; leaves mostly basal, 1.5-3 mm. wide; bracts long and leaf-like; inflorescence of 5-9 rays, the spikes loosely cylindric; spikelets greenish or yellowish, 7-10 mm. long, subterete, 3-to 8-flowered, the scales obtuse, striate; achene trigonous, linear-oblong, 1.5 mm. long, densely papillose, dull brown and slightly curved at maturity.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.33 - 0.65
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
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) 11-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
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°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cyperus tenuis world distribution map, present in Benin, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Central African Republic, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Cyperus tenuis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:75178-2
WFO ID wfo-0000383860
COL ID 33DNS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 637549
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cyperus breviradiatus Cyperus hartii Cyperus tenuis Mariscus aximensis Mariscus dicigerus Mariscus eurystachys Mariscus tenuis Cyperus caracasanus Cyperus discigerus Cyperus dussianus Cyperus dussii Cyperus eurystachys Cyperus flexibilis Cyperus platystachyus Mariscus flabelliformis Cyperus flabelliformis Cyperus camphoratus var. breviradiatus Cyperus sertularinus var. discigerus Cyperus tenuis var. aximensis Cyperus tenuis var. brevior Cyperus tenuis var. eurystachys Cyperus tenuis var. fulvescens Cyperus tenuis var. grandiceps Cyperus tenuis var. luridus Mariscus flabelliformis var. aximensis Mariscus tenuis var. fulvescens
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