''Cyperus mapanioides'' 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 a large area in central and western

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 Charles Baron Clarke in 1901.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15533670 mapanioides Taxa named by Charles Baron Clarke Plants described in 1901 Flora of Nigeria Flora of Angola Flora of Cameroon Flora of Chad Flora of Zambia Flora of the Central African Republic

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