''Cyperus luteus'' 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 central 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 ...

. The species was first formally described by the botanist

Johann Otto Boeckeler Johann Otto Boeckeler (12 August 18035 March 1899) was a German apothecary- botanist of Oldenburg. He specialized in the plant family Cyperaceae (sedges), of which, he was the binomial authority of many species. He is commemorated with the genus ...

in 1874.

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luteus Taxa named by Johann Otto Boeckeler Plants described in 1874 Flora of Uganda Flora of Tanzania Flora of Réunion Flora of Madagascar Flora of Mauritius Flora of the Comoros Flora of Rwanda Flora of Malawi Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Kenya Flora of Gabon Flora of Cameroon {{Cyperus-stub

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