''Cyperus baobab'' 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
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to an area in
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.
The species was first formally described by the botanist
Kåre Arnstein Lye
Kåre Arnstein Lye (9 March 1940 – 24 March 2021) was a Norwegian botanist and field biologist.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name.
Lye was born in Bryne in south western Norway and studied at ...
in 1995.
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See also
* List of ''Cyperus'' species
References
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baobab
''Adansonia'' is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs ( or ). They are placed in the Malvaceae family, subfamily Bombacoideae. They are native to Madagascar, mainland Africa, and Australia.Tropic ...
Flora of Somalia
Plants described in 1995
Taxa named by Kåre Arnstein Lye