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Cyperus esculentus - Inflorescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, close-up; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Cyperus esculentus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Cyperus esculentus - Roots with edible tuber (right central) - Click to enlarge!

Roots with edible tuber (right central) ; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Cyperus esculentus - Uprooted plant - Click to enlarge!

Uprooted plant; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Cyperus esculentus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Cyperus esculentus - Habit in an artichoke field - Click to enlarge!

Habit in an artichoke field; Vilela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Cyperus esculentus - Click to enlarge!

Line drawing; Source: Lit.# [13]

Dataset

Identifier: 2128
Date of entry: 18.06.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Yellow nutsedge

German: Erdmandel

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Cyperaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Cyperus (8)

            Epithet: esculentus L. (2)

esculentus => edible, fit for human food

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: brown, orange

External links

Check for Cyperus esculentus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.

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