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Cyperus esculentus

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Poales » Cyperaceae » Cyperus esculentus
Common name (English)
Yellow nutsedge
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
Global distribution

Afghanistan 2 1; Afghanistan 196 0; Alabama 27 1; Alabama 1530 0; Albania 28 1; Albania 1867 0; Algeria 30 1; Algeria 199 0; Angola 36 1; Angola 85 0; Argentina Northeast 87 0; Argentina Northwest 175 0; Arizona 38 1; Arizona 1513 0; Arkansas 39 1; Arkansas 1529 0; Aruba 40 1; Aruba 1598 0; Austria 51 1; Austria 901 0; Azores 53 1; Azores 1751 0; Bahamas 54 1; Bahamas 164 0; Bangladesh 56 1; Bangladesh 234 0; Belgium 59 1; Belgium 1507 0; Belize 68 1; Belize 202 0; Benin 57 1; Benin 191 0; Bermuda 58 1; Bermuda 220 0; Bolivia 69 1; Bolivia 172 0; Botswana 74 1; Botswana 99 0; Brazil North 154 0; Brazil Northeast 79 0; Brazil South 86 0; Brazil Southeast 166 0; British Columbia 76 1; British Columbia 1516 0; Bulgaria 78 1; Bulgaria 252 0; Burkina 62 1; Burkina 235 0; Burundi 79 1; Burundi 31 0; Cabinda 109 1; Cabinda 2065 0; California 111 1; California 1527 0; Cambodia 113 1; Cambodia 91 0; Cameroon 166 1; Cameroon 26 0; Canary Is. 168 1; Canary Is. 197 0; Cape Provinces 74 0; Cape Verde 189 1; Cape Verde 194 0; Caprivi Strip 182 1; Caprivi Strip 95 0; Central African Repu 17 0; Central American Pac 1992 0; Chad 115 1; Chad 102 0; China North-Central 1565 0; Colombia 159 1; Colombia 177 0; Colorado 169 1; Colorado 1532 0; Comoros 170 1; Comoros 190 0; Congo 172 1; Congo 30 0; Connecticut 167 1; Connecticut 1525 0; Corse 174 1; Corse 1586 0; Costa Rica 175 1; Costa Rica 81 0; Cuba 188 1; Cuba 83 0; Delaware 193 1; Delaware 1523 0; District of Columbia 580 1; District of Columbia 1524 0; Djibouti 195 1; Djibouti 108 0; Dominican Republic 196 1; Dominican Republic 159 0; Ecuador 200 1; Ecuador 78 0; Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1757 0; Equatorial Guinea 207 1; Equatorial Guinea 1721 0; Eritrea 208 1; Eritrea 109 0; Ethiopia 209 1; Ethiopia 21 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Free State 451 1; Free State 205 0; Gabon 219 1; Gabon 244 0; Galpagos 1644 0; Gambia 242 0; Georgia 1562 0; Germany 223 1; Germany 354 0; Ghana 228 1; Ghana 181 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 355 0; Guatemala 237 1; Guatemala 383 0; Guinea 238 1; Guinea 25 0; Guinea-Bissau 230 1; Guinea-Bissau 193 0; Gulf of Guinea Is. 243 0; Hawaii 1597 0; Honduras 247 1; Honduras 158 0; Idaho 250 1; Idaho 1891 0; Illinois 251 1; Illinois 1531 0; India 111 0; Indiana 278 1; Indiana 1556 0; Iowa 279 1; Iowa 1548 0; Iran 283 1; Iran 1578 0; Iraq 284 1; Iraq 1768 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 357 0; Ivory Coast 288 1; Ivory Coast 237 0; Jamaica 289 1; Jamaica 162 0; Jawa 294 1; Jawa 188 0; Kansas 297 1; Kansas 1561 0; Kentucky 309 1; Kentucky 1546 0; Kenya 300 1; Kenya 20 0; Kriti 307 1; Kriti 1766 0; KwaZulu-Natal 406 1; KwaZulu-Natal 97 0; Leeward Is. 165 0; Lesotho 330 1; Lesotho 204 0; Liberia 315 1; Liberia 238 0; Libya 318 1; Libya 1756 0; Louisiana 333 1; Louisiana 1545 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Madeira 346 1; Madeira 359 0; Maine 338 1; Maine 1543 0; Mali 350 1; Mali 239 0; Maryland 365 1; Maryland 225 0; Masachusettes 1544 0; Mauritania 368 1; Mauritania 100 0; Mauritius 342 1; Mauritius 184 0; Mexico Central 170 0; Mexico Gulf 171 0; Mexico Northeast 151 0; Mexico Northwest 152 0; Mexico Southeast 161 0; Mexico Southwest 157 0; Michigan 348 1; Michigan 1542 0; Minnesota 349 1; Minnesota 1533 0; Mississippi 366 1; Mississippi 298 0; Missouri 367 1; Missouri 1540 0; Namibia 405 1; Namibia 96 0; Nebraska 419 1; Nebraska 1536 0; Nepal 420 1; Nepal 245 0; Netherlands Antilles 1602 0; Nevada 422 1; Nevada 1552 0; New Brunswick 407 1; New Brunswick 1518 0; New Guinea 103 0; New Hampshire 444 1; New Hampshire 1535 0; New Jersey 445 1; New Jersey 1722 0; New Mexico 446 1; New Mexico 1534 0; New South Wales 437 1; New South Wales 71 0; New York 448 1; New York 1554 0; Nicaragua 429 1; Nicaragua 82 0; Niger 428 1; Niger 179 0; Nigeria 427 1; Nigeria 240 0; North Carolina 408 1; North Carolina 1538 0; North Caucasus 1590 0; North Dakota 418 1; North Dakota 1537 0; Northern Provinces 73 0; Ohio 453 1; Ohio 1541 0; Oklahoma 454 1; Oklahoma 1560 0; Ontario 456 1; Ontario 1520 0; Oregon 457 1; Oregon 1559 0; Pakistan 458 1; Pakistan 110 0; Panam 1604 0; Paraguay 462 1; Paraguay 70 0; Pennsylvania 464 1; Pennsylvania 1558 0; Peru 465 1; Peru 77 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Puerto Rico 472 1; Puerto Rico 163 0; Qubec 1522 0; Rhode I. 477 1; Rhode I. 1557 0; Rwanda 485 1; Rwanda 117 0; Senegal 499 1; Senegal 98 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1592 0; Sierra Leone 504 1; Sierra Leone 28 0; Somalia 510 1; Somalia 112 0; South Carolina 492 1; South Carolina 1555 0; South Dakota 497 1; South Dakota 1547 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; St.Helena 516 1; St.Helena 1748 0; Sudan 517 1; Sudan 116 0; Swaziland 527 1; Swaziland 178 0; Taiwan 528 1; Taiwan 3 0; Tanzania 529 1; Tanzania 22 0; Tennessee 540 1; Tennessee 1553 0; Texas 541 1; Texas 153 0; Togo 544 1; Togo 192 0; Transcaucasus 241 0; Trinidad-Tobago 549 1; Trinidad-Tobago 173 0; Tristan da Cunha 539 1; Tristan da Cunha 1827 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 356 0; Uganda 562 1; Uganda 24 0; Ukraine 564 1; Ukraine 256 0; Uruguay 565 1; Uruguay 88 0; Utah 566 1; Utah 1551 0; Venezuela 569 1; Venezuela 80 0; Venezuelan Antilles 573 1; Venezuelan Antilles 1601 0; Vermont 570 1; Vermont 1550 0; Vietnam 572 1; Vietnam 89 0; Virginia 574 1; Virginia 1357 0; Washington 577 1; Washington 1549 0; West Himalaya 227 0; West Virginia 593 1; West Virginia 1528 0; Windward Is. 221 0; Wisconsin 590 1; Wisconsin 224 0; Yemen 113 0; Zare 29 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Doubtfully recorded from Cyprus (possibly confused with C. rotundus) though quite plausibly found there (Meikle 1985).

Confirmed presence and establishment by Georgiades (1995).

First detection year
1992
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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