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Accession Data:

Cyperus papyrus L.

  • Common Name: Papyrus
  • Family: Cyperaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: North & Tropical Africa
  • Habitat: wet swamps and on lake margins

  • Description: Papyrus, the ancient writing paper of Egypt, was made from thin strips of stem pith pressed together while still wet. The species is now used primarily as an aquatic ornamental due to near extinction of its native habitat.
  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500175
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1119 - AFR:South Tanks W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Magnoliophyta
    • Class: Liliopsida
    • SubClass: commelinids
    • Order: Poales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Cyperaceae
    • SubFamily: Cyperoideae
    • Tribe: Cypereae
    • SubTribe:

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2025
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
    2017
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    2014
    2013
    2012
    2011
    2010
    2009
    2008
    2007
    2006
    2005

    References (internal):

    • Wind Pollination (anemophily)
    • Aquatic Plants
    • Benthophyte
    • Fiber Plants
    • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
    • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
    • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Egypt / Benin / Gambia, The / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Senegal / Burundi / Central African Republic / Congo / Gabon / Rwanda / Zaire / Chad / Ethiopia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Botswana / Cape Provinces / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Northern Provinces / Mauritius / Madagascar / Reunion /

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 8 September 2015.
    2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 8 September 2015.
    3. Papyrus at Wikipedia. Accessed 8 September 2015.
    4. Cyperus papyrus at PlantzAfrica. Accessed 8 September 2015.

    data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:12:03 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

    Cyperus papyrus

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    Current Accessions in the Cyperaceae

    Subfamily Cyperoideae
    Tribe Cariceae

    • Carex pendula
    • Carex sylvatica

    Subfamily Cyperoideae
    Tribe Cypereae

    • Cyperus alternifolius
    • Cyperus brevifolia
    • Cyperus diffusus
    • Cyperus papyrus

    Subfamily Cyperoideae
    Tribe Eleocharideae

    • Eleocharis dulcis
    • Eleocharis sphacelata
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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