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Cyperus congestus Vahl
clustered flatsedge
Symbol: CYCO3
Group: Monocot
Family: Cyperaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced

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Plant Synonyms:
CYCO3 Cyperus congestus Vahl
 

MACO18

Mariscus congestus (Vahl) C.B. Clarke
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State Distributional Map for CYCO3
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Plant Distribution by State

Cyperus congestus Vahl

CYCO3

Hawaii

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Related Taxa:
Cyperus congestus Vahl

View 35 genera in Cyperaceae, 125 species in Cyperus

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Classification:
Cyperus congestus Vahl

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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 congestus Vahl – clustered flatsedge

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Introduced Information:
Cyperus congestus Vahl
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Cyperus congestus Vahl

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39977.

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