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Cyperaceae
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The family Cyperaceae, or the sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 4,000 species described in about 70 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges may be found growing in all kinds of situations, they tend to be associated with wet places, like wetlands, and poor soils.
Some well-known sedges include the water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) and the papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus), from which the Ancient Egyptian writing material was made. This family also includes cotton-grass (Eriophorum), spike-rush (Eleocharis), sawgrass (Cladium), nutsedge or nutgrass (Cyperus, a common lawn weed), Elk sedge (Carex geyeri), and White Star Sedge (Rhynchospora colorata).
The term sedge may sometimes refer to any member of the sedge family, but it often refers only to the genus Carex.[1]
The feature which distinguishes members of the sedge family from grasses or rushes is that members of the sedge family have triangular stems (with occasional exceptions).[1][2][3]
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- Bolboschoenus
- Bulbostylis
- Carex
- Cladium
- Cyperus
- Desmoschoenus
- Eleocharis
- Eleogiton
- Elyna
- Eriophorum
- Fimbristylis
- Fuirena
- Isolepis
- Kobresia
- Lepidosperma
- Lipocarpha
- Pycreus
- Rhynchospora
- Schoenoplectus
- Schoenus
- Scirpoides
- Scirpus
- Trichophorum
- ^ a b Grasslike non-grasses.
- ^ 210. CYPERACEAE Jussieu. Flora of North America. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ Glumiflorae: More on Morphology. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.