Family: Cyperaceae

By Steven D. Glenn

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 04/29/2013

List of Cyperaceae Genera

References to Cyperaceae

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  • Fairey, J. E. 1967. The genus Scleria in the southeastern United States. Castanea 32: 37-71.
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  • Fernald, M. L. 1944. Fimbristylis baldwiniana not the same as F. annua. Rhodora 44: 144-145.
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