Cyperus esculentus(CYPES)
Overview Code created in: 2002-08-22
- EPPO Code: CYPES
- Preferred name: Cyperus esculentus
- Authority: Linnaeus
Mediterranean, Caucasus, Western Asia (Iraq to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Africa (throughout), Madagascar; Canada (British Columbia, Maritime provinces), USA (practically throughout), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except south). A very widespread species, cultivated for its edible tubers. Introduced in Central and Eastern Europe, Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam), Malesia (Java), China, New Guinea, Australia (New South Wales), New Zealand
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Chlorocyperus aureus | Palla |
| Cyperus aureus | Tenore |
| Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus | Linnaeus |
| Cyperus esculentus var. heermannii | (Buckley) Britton |
| Cyperus esculentus var. macrostachys | Böckeler |
| Cyperus esculentus var. sativus | Böckeler |
| Cyperus nervosus | Bertoloni |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| chufa | English (US) |
| earth almond | English (US) |
| edible cyperus | English |
| tiger nut | English |
| watergrass | English |
| yellow nutgrass | English (US) |
| yellow nutsedge | English (US) |
| Erdmandel | German |
| Erdmandelgras | German |
| eßbares Zypergras | German |
| amande de terre | French |
| souchet comestible | French |
| souchet doré | French |
| souchet sucré | French |
| souchet sultan | French |
| souchet tubéreux | French |
| canchilla | Spanish |
| chufa | Spanish |
| chufa amarilla | Spanish (CO) |
| chufa común | Spanish |
| coquillo | Spanish (HN) |
| cotufa | Spanish |
| juncia avellanada | Spanish |
| junquillo | Spanish (AR) |
| bacicci | Italian |
| bagigi | Italian |
| cipero dolce | Italian |
| dolcichini | Italian |
| dolcichino | Italian |
| mandorle di terra | Italian |
| ulvia di padule | Italian |
| zigolo dolce | Italian |
| zizzola terrestri | Italian |
| aard-amandel | Dutch |
| knolcypergras | Dutch |
| knolcyperus | Dutch |
| chufa | Portuguese |
| esquinho | Portuguese |
| junça | Portuguese |
| junça-de-comer | Portuguese |
| junça-doce | Portuguese |
| junça-mansa | Portuguese |
| juncinha | Portuguese |
| juncinha-avelanada | Portuguese |
| junquinha-avelanada | Portuguese |
| junquinha-mansa | Portuguese |
| tiririca-amarela | Portuguese (BR) |
| tiririca-mansa | Portuguese (BR) |
| jordmandel | Swedish |
| kihamasuge | Japanese |
| shokuyôka-yatsuri | Japanese |
| キハマスゲ | Japanese |
| ショクヨウカヤツリ | Japanese |
| сычь съедобная | Russian |
| чуфа | Russian |
| göcelebüken | Turkish |
| madulapalka | Hungarian |
| truskë | Albanian |
| чуфа | Bulgarian |
| xuflera | Catalan |
| yóu suō cǎo | Chinese |
| 油莎草 | Chinese |
| jajca | Croatian |
| šáchor jedlý | Czech |
| κίπρινι κύπερι | Greek |
| κίπρινι κύπερι | Greek |
| šachornik jedlý | Slovak |
| užitna ostrica | Slovene |
| смикавець їстивний | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Poales (
1POAO )
Family
Cyperaceae (
1CYPF )
Subfamily
Cyperoideae (
1CYPS )
Genus
Cyperus (
1CYPG )
Species
Cyperus esculentus (
CYPES )