''Cyperus amabilis'', commonly known as the foothill flatsedge,
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'' ...
that is native to tropical and sub-tropical areas in the Americas,
Africa
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and
Asia
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.
The species was first
formally described by the botanist
Martin Vahl
Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist.
Biography
Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at the University ...
in 1805.
See also
*
List of ''Cyperus'' species
References
amabilis
Amabilis (derived from Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome ...
Taxa named by Martin Vahl
Plants described in 1805
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