#genus_Cyperus__Cyperus type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions
supertype: #monocot_genus #family_Cyperaceae
member: #umbrella_sedge__umbrella_plant__Cyperus_alternifolius African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
member: #chufa__yellow_nutgrass__earth_almond__earthalmond__groundalmond__rush_nut__Cyperus_esculentus European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
member: #galingale__galangal__Cyperus_longus European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
member: #Cyperus_papyrus__papyrus__Egyptian_paper_reed__paper_rush__paperrush tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
member: #nutgrass__nut_grass__nutgras__nut_sedge__nutsedge__Cyperus_rotundus a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
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