''Cyperus schimperianus'' 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

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 ...

and the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

. The species was first formally described by the botanist Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15535393 schimperianus Plants described in 1854 Taxa named by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel Flora of Ethiopia Flora of Eritrea Flora of Chad Flora of Cameroon Flora of Egypt Flora of Saudi Arabia Flora of Kenya Flora of Malawi Flora of Sudan Flora of Tanzania Flora of Uganda

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