EPPO Global Database

Cyperus alternifolius(CYPAL)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CYPAL
  • Preferred name: Cyperus alternifolius
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia, most of Africa, Madagascar. An aquatic plant widely cultivated throughout the tropics. Introduced in Mediterranean, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), USA (western), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, Chile), New Zealand


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. alternifolius Linnaeus

Common names
Name
Language
yě shēng fēng chē cǎo Chinese
野生风车草 Chinese
umbrella palm English
umbrella papyrus English
umbrella sedge English
umbrella flatsedge English (US)
cypérus à feuilles alternes French
papyrus commun French
plante ombrelle French
souchet à feuilles alternées French
wechselblättriges Zypergras German
teruntum merah Malay
cibora zmienna Polish
циперус очереднолистный Russian
cipero Spanish
juncia de estanque Spanish
paragüitas Spanish
planta paraguas Spanish
planta sombrilla Spanish
quitasol Spanish
quitasol chino Spanish
farolito chino Spanish (CU)