''Cyperus microumbellatus'' 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 the Shimba hills of
Kenya
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The species was first
formally described by the botanist
Kåre Arnstein Lye in 1983.
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See also
* List of ''Cyperus'' species
References
microumbellatus
Plants described in 1983
Flora of Kenya
Taxa named by Kåre Arnstein Lye
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