''Cyperus nyererei'' 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 an area of eastern

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

Kåre Arnstein Lye Kåre Arnstein Lye (9 March 1940 – 24 March 2021) was a Norwegian botanist and field biologist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Lye was born in Bryne in south western Norway and studied at ...

in 1983.

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nyererei Flora of Tanzania Plants described in 1983 Flora of Malawi Taxa named by Kåre Arnstein Lye {{Cyperus-stub

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