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Cyperaceae

Cyperus glaber L.

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Cyperus

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Cyperus glaber: Botanical specimen in the Bergianska trädgården - Stockholm, Sweden.
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Arabic
سعد أمرد
arz
سعد امرد
Chinese
光滑莎草
Finnish
Kiiltosädekaisla
Russian
Сыть гладкая

Synonyms

  • Chlorocyperus glaber (L.) Palla
  • Chlorocyperus glaber f. fasciculariforme (Lojac.) Soó
  • Cyperus banaticus Kit. ex Nyman
  • Cyperus blancheanus É.Desv. ex Boiss.
  • Cyperus caucasicus Link
  • Cyperus erubescens Link
  • Cyperus fascicularis Phil. ex Kunth
  • Cyperus glaber f. contractus Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cyperus glaber f. fasciculariformis Lojac.
  • Cyperus glaber var. blancheanus Boiss.
  • Cyperus glaber var. subchoristachys (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
  • Cyperus patulus Kit. ex Host
  • Cyperus pictus Ten.
  • Cyperus subchoristachys C.B.Clarke
  • Cyperus viridis Sieber ex C.Presl
  • Dichostylis glabra (L.) Palla
  • Pycreus glaber (L.) Hayek

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.