EPPO Global Database

Cyperus alopecuroides(CYPAO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CYPAO
  • Preferred name: Cyperus alopecuroides
  • Authority: Rottbøll

Notes

Southeast Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Western Asia (Yemen, Arabia, Pakistan), India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Vietnam), Malesia (Java), West Africa to Somalia, Kenya to Angola and Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland). Introduced in USA (Florida)

WSSA list of weeds in North America 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Juncellus alopecuroides (Rottbøll) Clarke

Common names
Name Language
chufa sedge English
foxtail sedge English
mat sedge English
nut grass English
yellow nut sedge English
gomei tzafuf Hebrew
גֹּמֶא צָפוּף Hebrew