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Cyperus alternifolius (Umbrella Plant)

Synonyms: Cyperus alternoifolus; Cyperus frondosus; Cyperus racemosus; Eucyperus alternifolius (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Cyperus alternifolius, with the common names of umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the very large genus Cyperus of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. The plant is native to Madagascar, one of the western Indian Ocean islands. The subspecies Cyperus alternifolius ssp. flabelliformis is also known as Cyperus flabelliformis = Cyperus involucratus Rottb..
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Infraspecies

Cyperus alternifolius alternifolius
Cyperus alternifolius flabelliformis
Cyperus alternifolius textilis

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Pico Mogote Ecological Reserve II 3698 Cuba  

Ecosystems

Predators

Chrysomphalus bifasciculatus (bifasciculate scale)[2]
Pinnaspis buxi (bamboo mussel-scale)[2]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0