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Cyperus articulatus (jointed flatsedge)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cyperus articulatus is an aromatic species of sedge known by the common names jointed flatsedge and priprioca. It is widespread across tropical and subptropical regions in Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, the southeastern United States, the West Indies, and Latin America.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Mahale Mountains National Park II 398414 Tanzania
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  

Predators

Dendrocygna autumnalis (Black-bellied Whistling-Duck)[3]
Dendrocygna bicolor (Fulvous Whistling-Duck)[3]
Dendrocygna viduata (White-faced Whistling-Duck)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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