Botanical family · Poales
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
24 species in this family
The sedge family — superficially grass-like but distinguishable by their solid, 3-angled (triangular) stems. Dominant in wetlands, marshes, and other waterlogged habitats worldwide. Important in wetland ecology and soil stabilisation; papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) produced the world's earliest paper.
- 3-angled solid stems ('sedges have edges')
- Leaves in 3 ranks (tristichous)
- Small wind-pollinated florets in spikelets
Species in CYPERACEAE
- Umbrella Plant, Galingale, Papyrus, Umbrella SedgeCyperus alternifolius
- Old Gold flat SedgeCyperus cyperinus
- Slender CyperusCyperus distans
- Star SedgeCyperus dubius
- Rice Flat SedgeCyperus iria
- Whitehead SpikesedgeCyperus kyllingia
- PapyrusCyperus papyrus
- Nut grass, Purple flat sedgeCyperus rotundus
- Bearded flat SedgeCyperus squarrosus
- NutgrassCyperus stoloniferus
- Star FimbryFimbristylis lawiana
- Angled-Stem FimbryFimbristylis tetragona
- Umbrella GrassFuirena ciliaris
- Jointed FlatsedgeKyllinga brevifolia
- Whitehead spike SedgeKyllinga nemoralis
- Annual Flat-sedgePycreus pumilus
- Two-Color Beak-SedgeRhynchospora wightiana
- Jointed SedgeSchoenoplectiella articulata
- rock bulrushSchoenoplectus juncoides
- Cyperus paniceus
- Cyperus pulchellus
- Fuirena trilobites
- Kyllinga bulbosa
- Pycreus atroglumosus
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