''Cyperus poeppigii'' 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

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to southern parts of United States and northern Mexico. The species was first formally described by the botanist

Carl Sigismund Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the Americas, American c ...

in 1837.

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poeppigii Plants described in 1837 Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth Flora of Mexico Flora of Texas {{Cyperus-stub

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