''Cyperus amauropus'' 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 eastern parts of

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and the Arabian peninsula. The species was first formally described by the botanist

Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (30 May 1783 – 12 May 1856) was a German physician and an authority on poaceae, grasses. Biography Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel was born at Esslingen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg. He was educated at the University of ...

in 1854.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15531093 amauropus Plants described in 1854 Flora of Eritrea Flora of Ethiopia Flora of Kenya Flora of Mozambique Flora of Oman Flora of Rwanda Flora of Saudi Arabia Flora of Somalia Flora of Sudan Taxa named by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel Flora of Tanzania Flora of Uganda Flora of Yemen

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