''Cyperus sphacelatus'' 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 parts of

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and

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and

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. The species was first formally described by the botanist

Christen Friis Rottbøll Christen Friis Rottbøll (3 March 1727, at Hørbygård, Denmark – 15 June 1797, in Copenhagen) was a Danish physician and botanist: He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus. Early life Rottbøll was born on the Hørbygaard estate at Holbæk, the so ...

in 1773.

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sphacelatus Taxa named by Christen Friis Rottbøll Plants described in 1773 Flora of Angola Flora of Benin Flora of Bolivia Flora of Brazil Flora of Burkina Faso Flora of Burundi Flora of Cameroon Flora of Colombia Flora of the Central African Republic Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of the Republic of the Congo Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Cuba Flora of the Dominican Republic Flora of Ecuador Flora of Gabon Flora of Equatorial Guinea Flora of French Guiana Flora of Ghana Flora of Guinea-Bissau Flora of Guyana Flora of Guinea Flora of Honduras Flora of Haiti Flora of Ivory Coast Flora of Liberia Flora of Jamaica Flora of Madagascar Flora of Mali Flora of Mauritania Flora of Niger Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Peru Flora of Puerto Rico Flora of Panama Flora of Senegal Flora of Sierra Leone Flora of Suriname Flora of Trinidad Flora of Togo Flora of Tanzania Flora of Venezuela Flora of Uganda Flora of Zambia Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Cyperus-stub

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