Cyperus capitatus, known as Capitate Galingale[2] is a species of sedge that is native to coasts of the Mediterranean and close by; it has no subspecies.

Cyperus capitatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. capitatus
Binomial name
Cyperus capitatus
Colony in the sand

It was first formally described by Domenico Vandelli in 1771.[3]

Description

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An unmistakable Cyperus growing in coastal sands, spreading by scaly undersand roots, with leaves mostly at the stem base, that are large, thick, blue-grey and U-shaped (often both broad and narrow-curled ones), and with bracts under the flowers resembling the leaves but with widened bases. The flowers form a single agglomerated head of spikelets, with the floret glumes large, broad (5-8 x 2.5-4 mm), membraneous-edged, with conspicuous tip points (mucro 1-3 mm).[4][5]

Range and Habitat

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Mediterranean coastal sands, dunes and slacks and some coasts close by - Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Western Sahara, Yugoslavia. [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Plants of the World Online (with map)
  2. ^ MaltaWildPlants.com
  3. ^ "Cyperus capitatus Vand". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ^ Tutin. Flora Europaea.
  5. ^ Davis. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 9.