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Cyperus alternifolius

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Poales » Cyperaceae » Cyperus alternifolius
Common name (English)
Umbrella papyrus
Ηabitat
I2 Parks
X11 Large parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X10 Mixed landscapes
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
J5 Artificial (waters)
Global distribution

Algeria 30 1; Algeria 199 0; Angola 36 1; Angola 85 0; Azores 53 1; Azores 1751 0; Bahamas 54 1; Bahamas 164 0; Baleares 55 1; Baleares 1987 0; Bangladesh 56 1; Bangladesh 234 0; Benin 57 1; Benin 191 0; Bermuda 58 1; Bermuda 220 0; Burundi 79 1; Burundi 31 0; California 111 1; California 1527 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; Chad 115 1; Chad 102 0; Chile North 1743 0; China Southeast 206 0; Congo 172 1; Congo 30 0; Cook Is. 173 1; Cook Is. 1693 0; Corse 174 1; Corse 1586 0; Costa Rica 175 1; Costa Rica 81 0; Cuba 188 1; Cuba 83 0; Djibouti 195 1; Djibouti 108 0; Dominican Republic 196 1; Dominican Republic 159 0; East Aegean Is. 198 1; East Aegean Is. 1986 0; East Himalaya 246 0; Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1757 0; Eritrea 208 1; Eritrea 109 0; Ethiopia 209 1; Ethiopia 21 0; Fiji 211 1; Fiji 1694 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Ghana 228 1; Ghana 181 0; Guinea 238 1; Guinea 25 0; Haiti 240 1; Haiti 160 0; Hawaii 1597 0; Honduras 247 1; Honduras 158 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 357 0; Jamaica 289 1; Jamaica 162 0; Jawa 294 1; Jawa 188 0; Kenya 300 1; Kenya 20 0; KwaZulu-Natal 406 1; KwaZulu-Natal 97 0; Leeward Is. 165 0; Liberia 315 1; Liberia 238 0; Louisiana 333 1; Louisiana 1545 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Madeira 346 1; Madeira 359 0; Malawi 351 1; Malawi 101 0; Mauritania 368 1; Mauritania 100 0; Mauritius 342 1; Mauritius 184 0; Mexico Central 170 0; Mexico Northeast 151 0; Mexico Northwest 152 0; Mexico Southeast 161 0; Mexico Southwest 157 0; Mozambique 359 1; Mozambique 19 0; Myanmar 404 1; Myanmar 94 0; Nansei-shoto 432 1; Nansei-shoto 1649 0; New Caledonia 441 1; New Caledonia 169 0; New Zealand North 449 1; New Zealand North 1503 0; Nigeria 427 1; Nigeria 240 0; Norfolk Is. 1746 0; Ogasawara-shoto 452 1; Ogasawara-shoto 75 0; Pakistan 458 1; Pakistan 110 0; Philippines 466 1; Philippines 84 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Puerto Rico 472 1; Puerto Rico 163 0; Runion 185 0; Rwanda 485 1; Rwanda 117 0; Sardegna 489 1; Sardegna 1745 0; Saudi Arabia 491 1; Saudi Arabia 114 0; Senegal 499 1; Senegal 98 0; Sierra Leone 504 1; Sierra Leone 28 0; Society Is. 493 1; Society Is. 1640 0; Somalia 510 1; Somalia 112 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; Sri Lanka 514 1; Sri Lanka 232 0; St.Helena 516 1; St.Helena 1748 0; Sudan 517 1; Sudan 116 0; Sumatera 519 1; Sumatera 182 0; Taiwan 528 1; Taiwan 3 0; Tanzania 529 1; Tanzania 22 0; Texas 541 1; Texas 153 0; Thailand 542 1; Thailand 90 0; Tonga 548 1; Tonga 1641 0; Trinidad-Tobago 549 1; Trinidad-Tobago 173 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Tuvalu 555 1; Tuvalu 2008 0; Uganda 562 1; Uganda 24 0; Venezuela 569 1; Venezuela 80 0; Venezuelan Antilles 573 1; Venezuelan Antilles 1601 0; Windward Is. 221 0; Yemen 113 0; Zambia 608 1; Zambia 27 0; Zare 29 0; Zimbabwe 609 1; Zimbabwe 18 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual

First detection year
1991
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Other notes

as Cyperus involucratus Rottb. in Georgiades (1995).

References

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.

Hand R (2022) New noteworthy records of flowering plants in Cyprus (2019–2021) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 20: 1-10.

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

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