Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

November 20, 2002

South Africa

This occurrence of Cyperus papyrus L. was collected on November 20, 2002 in South Africa. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Cyperus papyrus--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 041.jpg

Cyperus papyrus--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 041.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Cyperus

Specific Epithet

papyrus

Authorship

L.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#317,412 of 335,497

Top 95%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →