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Species profile—Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cyperaceae → Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass)

Photo of Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass) - Queensland Herbarium, DES (Licence: CC BY NC)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Cyperaceae
Scientific name
Cyperus rotundus L.
Common name
nutgrass
WildNet taxon ID
17478
Alternate name(s)
chufa
nut grass
water grass
teki
red grass
purple nutsedge
purple nutgrass
nutsedge
nutgrass sedge
java grass
hognut
ground almond
dila
coco grass
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17478

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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