PLANTS Profile for Cyperus fuligineus (limestone flatsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.
limestone flatsedge

Symbol:

CYFU2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.

MAFU3

Mariscus fuligineus (Chapm.) C.B. Clarke

Distribution:
Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.


View Native Status

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USA (FL), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Cyperus L. – flatsedge
Species	Cyperus fuligineus Chapm. – limestone flatsedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
limestone flatsedge		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus fuligineus Chapm.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39926.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 05:45 PM CDT