Cyperaceae
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| Sedges | |
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| Cyperus papyrus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Liliopsida |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genera | |
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About 70, see text. |
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The family Cyperaceae, or the sedges, is a taxon of flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 4,000 species described in about 70 genera.
