''Cyperus platystylis'' 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 occurs in

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and

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. The species was first formally described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10955881 platystylis Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Plants described in 1810 Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Flora of Papua New Guinea Flora of Vietnam Flora of Thailand

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