Browse by Taxonomic Classification - Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas

List of genera for Cyperaceae

Genus	Common Name	Taxa Count
Bolboschoenus		1
Bulbostylis	HAIRSEDGE	3
Carex	SEDGE	196
Cladium	SWAMP SAWGRASS	1
Cyperus	FLATSEDGE	37
Dulichium	THREEWAY SEDGE	2
Eleocharis	SPIKERUSH	26
Eriophorum		1
Fimbristylis	FIMBRY	7
Fuirena	UMBRELLASEDGE	3
Isolepis	BULRUSH	1
Kyllinga	SPIKESEDGE	1
Lipocarpha	HALFCHAFF SEDGE	1
Rhynchospora	BEAKSEDGE	19
Schoenoplectiella		3
Schoenoplectus	NAKED-STEMMED BULRUSH	8
Scirpoides		1
Scirpus	BULRUSH	10
Scleria	NUTRUSH	10
Trichophorum		2

Bolboschoenus

Bulbostylis

HAIRSEDGE

Carex

SEDGE

196

Cladium

SWAMP SAWGRASS

Cyperus

FLATSEDGE

Dulichium

THREEWAY SEDGE

Eleocharis

SPIKERUSH

Eriophorum

Fimbristylis

FIMBRY

Fuirena

UMBRELLASEDGE

Isolepis

BULRUSH

Kyllinga

SPIKESEDGE

Lipocarpha

HALFCHAFF SEDGE

Rhynchospora

BEAKSEDGE

Schoenoplectiella

Schoenoplectus

NAKED-STEMMED BULRUSH

Scirpoides

Scirpus

BULRUSH

Scleria

NUTRUSH

Trichophorum

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Citation Information:

Shaw, J., D. Estes, B. Ruhfel, A.B. Morris, and T.R. Littlefield. 2023 Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), USF Water Institute. University of South Florida]. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Austin Peay State University, University of Michigan, Furman University, and Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission.

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List of genera for Cyperaceae