''Cyperus afrodunensis'' is a species of
sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...
that is native to an area in southern
Somalia
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and coastal parts of
Kenya
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The species was first formally described by the botanist
Kåre Arnstein Lye in 1983.
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See also
* List of ''Cyperus'' species
References
External links
''Cyperus afrodunensis'' Lye , Plants of the World Online
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afrodunensis
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Kenya
Plants described in 1983
Taxa named by Kåre Arnstein Lye