Cyperus digitatus

Cyperus digitatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Cyperus
Species:	C. digitatus
Binomial name
Cyperus digitatus Roxb.

Cyperus digitatus, also known as finger flatsedge in the

The grass like sedge typically grows to a height of 1 metre (3.3 ft).[5] The perennial sedge has short woody rhizomes and tufted smooth culms with a triangular cross-section that grow to a height of 0.5 to 1.5 m (1 ft 8 in to 4 ft 11 in). The leaves below are nearly the same length as the culms and have brown to purple coloured sheaths. The sub-leathery, flat to folded leaf blade has a width of 4 to 15 mm (0.16 to 0.59 in). It form as inflorescence with six to ten rays that have a length up to 18 cm (7.1 in) and have four to seven raylets that have cylindrical spikes that are 3 to 6 cm (1.2 to 2.4 in) long and 0.2 to 2 cm (0.079 to 0.787 in) wide.^[6]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by the botanist

In Asia the renge of the plant extends from Pakistan in the west to the eastern sea board of China in the east and extends doen through most of Malesia. In Australia is found in creek beds and other damp areas in a small area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia^[5] as well as other northern tropical parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland. In the Americas it is found as far north as Texas with the range extending south through Central America and into South America as far south as Argentina. In Africa it is found as far north as Egypt south through the rest of the continent to Botswana.^[4]

See also

• List of Cyperus species

References