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Taxon:  Cyperus papyrus L.



Summary
Genus:
Cyperus
Family:
Cyperaceae
Subfamily:
Cyperoideae
Tribe:
Cypereae
Nomen number:
12905
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:47. 1753
Verified:
12/09/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt checklist. 1995
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 1:619-620.
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  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
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Common names
English
Egyptian paperplant –
papyrus –
French
papier du Nil –
souchet à papier –
German
Papyrusstaude –
Portuguese
papiro –
Spanish
papiro –
papiro del Nilo –
Swedish
papyrus –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Adventive
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: ******
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicily]
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Puerto Rico
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile [Juan Fernandez]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_59.html,) –


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