Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cyperaceae

Genus:

Cyperus

Species:

Cyperus albescens

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Aquatic

Native Range

Northeast Tropical Af, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Ethiopia, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda