''Cyperus purpureoviridis'' 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 ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

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

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