''Cyperus blakeanus'' is a sedge of the family
Cyperaceae
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'' w ...
that is native to Australia.
The perennial sedge typically grows to a height of and has a
caespitose
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habit. The plant blooms between April and May producing green-brown flowers.
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In ]Western Australia
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it is found in the Kimberley
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Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
, Pilbara
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, Goldfields-Esperance regions where it grows in red sandy-loamy soils.[
It was first described in 1991 by ]Karen Wilson
Karen Louise Wilson (born 1950) is an Australian botanist.
Some of her research interests are: systematics, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies on Cyperaceae, Casuarinaceae, Juncaceae and Polygonaceae. Other professional interests include ...
,Stanley Thatcher Blake
Stanley Thatcher Blake (1910 – 24 February 1973) was an Australian botanist who served as president of the Royal Society of Queensland and who was associated with the Queensland Herbarium beginning in 1945 until his death.
Background
Prior to ...
"who contributed so greatly to the taxonomic understanding of Australasian Cyperaceae".
See also
*List of Cyperus species
The genus ''Cyperus'' contains the following species recognised by ''The Plant List'' in 2015. Other species have since been considered synonyms, been newly described, or seem to have been omitted from the website database at the time. See refere ...
References
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Plants described in 1991
Flora of Western Australia
blakeanus
Taxa named by Karen Louise Wilson