PLANTS Profile for Cyperus flavicomus (whiteedge flatsedge)

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Cyperus flavicomus Michx.
whiteedge flatsedge

Symbol:

CYFL5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Cyperus flavicomus Michx.

Cyperus sabulosus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 300. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Synonyms:
Cyperus flavicomus Michx.

	CYAL	Cyperus albomarginatus (Mart. & Schrad. ex Nees) Steud.
	CYSA4	Cyperus sabulosus (Mart. & Schrad. ex Nees) Steud.
	PYFL6	Pycreus flavicomus (Michx.) C.D. Adams

Distribution:
Cyperus flavicomus Michx.


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Related Taxa:
Cyperus flavicomus Michx.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus flavicomus Michx.

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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 flavicomus Michx. – whiteedge flatsedge

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyperus flavicomus Michx.

Cyperus albomarginatus:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

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More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus flavicomus Michx.

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 501923.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/31/2008 12:46 PM MDT