''Cyperus elegans'', the royal flatsedge, is a sedge species in the genus ''
Cyperus
''Cyperus'' is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions.
Description
They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving w ...
'' from Central and South America.
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List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of , it is the hottest desert in Mexico. The western portion of the Mexico–United Sta ...
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elegans
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Flora of Central America
Flora of Southern America
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