Overview
Brief Summary
Species most commonly occur in wetlands, although some are found in upland locations, and in some cases are obtrusive to crops; Benzothiadiazoles are typically the herbicides of choice to control unwanted Cyperaceae.
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* Trevor R.Hodkinson and John A.N.Parnell. 2007. Reconstructing the tree of life: taxonomy and systematics of species rich taxa. CRC Press. 351 pages
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* C.Michael Hogan. ”Herbicide''. Encyclopedia of Earth, National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC ed. Sidney Draggan and ed.in-chief Cutler J. Cleveland
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Comprehensive Description
Description
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Ecology
Associations
Associations
larva of Dolerus asper grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Dolerus megapterus grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Dolerus nitens grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
Remarks: Other: uncertain
Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Dolerus possilensis grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
Remarks: Other: uncertain
Plant / resting place / within
adult of Haplothrips aculeatus may be found in live flower of Cyperaceae
Remarks: season: 8-9
Foodplant / open feeder
nocturnal larva of Macrophya duodecimpunctata grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Resinomycena saccharifera is saprobic on dead, decayed debris of Cyperaceae
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Selandria serva grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Selandria sixii grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
Foodplant / open feeder
nocturnal larva of Tenthredopsis nassata grazes on leaf of Cyperaceae
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Locations of barcode samples
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 3,000 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 2,951 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 2,330 |
| Public Records: | 385 |
| Species: | 837 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 700 |
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Barcode data
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Wikipedia
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera (Govaerts et al., 2007). These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges may be found growing in all kinds of situations, many are associated with wetlands, or with poor soils.
Features distinguishing members of the sedge family from grasses or rushes are that members of the sedge family have triangular stems (with occasional exceptions), and their leaves are spirally arranged in three ranks (grasses have alternate leaves forming two ranks).[1][2][3]
Some well-known sedges include the water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) and the papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus), from which the Ancient Egyptian writing material was made. This family also includes cotton-grass (Eriophorum), spike-rush (Eleocharis), sawgrass (Cladium), nutsedge or nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus, a common lawn weed), the large genus of Carex, and white star sedge (Rhynchospora colorata).
Selected genera
- Abildgaardia
- Actinoscirpus
- Actinoschoenus
- Afrotrilepis
- Alinula
- Amphiscirpus
- Androtrichum
- Arthrostylis
- Ascolepis
- Becquerelia
- Baumea
- Blysmus
- Bolboschoenus
- Bulbostylis
- Carex
- Cladium
- Cymophyllus
- Cyperus
- Desmoschoenus
- Dulichium
- Eleocharis
- Eleogiton
- Elyna
- Eriophorum
- Ficinia
- Fimbristylis
- Fuirena
- Gahnia
- Hypolytrum
- Isolepis
- Kobresia
- Kyllinga
- Lagenocarpus
- Lepidosperma
- Lepironia
- Lipocarpha
- Machaerina
- Mapania
- Mariscus
- Mesomelaena
- Morelotia
- Oreobolus
- Oxycaryum
- Pycreus
- Remirea
- Rhynchospora
- Schoenoplectus
- Schoenus
- Scirpodendron
- Scirpoides
- Scirpus
- Scleria
- Trichophorum
- Uncinia
- Websteria
References
- ^ "Grasslike non-grasses". http://www.backyardnature.net/fl_caryx.htm.
- ^ "210. Cyperaceae Jussieu". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10246. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
- ^ "Glumiflorae: More on Morphology". http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/monocots/glumiflorae/glummm.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
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