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Details for: Cyperus esculentus

3 different source(s) use this name:

- Euro+Med preliminary checklist as merged from Flora Europaea, Med-Checklist and Flora of Macaronesia (for families not yet treated in Med-Checklist, the distributional record does not include N Africa and SW Asia)..
- Editor Castroviejo 2005.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010).

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Name:	Cyperus esculentus L.
Nomencl. ref.:	Sp. Pl.: 45. 1753
Rank:	Species
Status:	ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in):	Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Spermatophyta Subdivisio - Angiospermae Class - Monocotyledones Ordo - Poales Familia - Cyperaceae Juss. Genus - Cyperus L.
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Source:	Jiménez-Mejías, P. & Luceño, M. (2011): Cyperaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
Name:	Cyperus esculentus L.
Nomencl. ref.:	Sp. Pl.: 45. 1753
Rank:	Species
Status:	ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in):	Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta Subdivisio - Spermatophytina Class - Magnoliopsida Superordo - Lilianae Ordo - Poales Familia - Cyperaceae Juss. Genus - Cyperus L.
Synonyms:	Chlorocyperus esculentus
	Cyperus aureus Ten. [non Georgi ]
	Cyperus melanorhizus Delile
	Cyperus esculentus var. sativus Boeck.

*Common names:*	abelasia (Spanish, Castillian), bedaur (Euskera), bedaurr (Euskera), bedaurra (Euskera), castañeta (Galician), castañuela (Spanish, Castillian), chufa (Euskera), chufa (Galician), chufa (Spanish, Castillian), chufas (Catalan), chufas (Spanish, Castillian), chufes (Valencian), chufletas (Spanish, Castillian), ciperó (Catalan), cochufas (Spanish, Castillian), cotufa (Spanish, Castillian), cotufas (Spanish, Castillian), herba da bola (Galician), jufera (Valencian), junça (Portuguese), junça nutritiva (Portuguese), junça xufera (Catalan), junça-de-comer (Portuguese), junça-mansa (Portuguese), junças (Portuguese), juncia avellanada (Spanish, Castillian), juncia comestible (Spanish, Castillian), juncinha-avelanada (Portuguese), junco dulce (Spanish, Castillian), junquinha mansa (Portuguese), junquinha-avelanada (Portuguese), junquinhamansa (Galician), junquinhamansa (Portuguese), junquinha-mansa (Portuguese), junsa chufera (Valencian), ravanisses dolces (Majorcan), ravenisses dolces (Majorcan), txufa (Euskera), xufa (Catalan), xufa (Valencian), xufla (Catalan), xuflas (Catalan), xuflera (Catalan), xufles (Catalan), xufleta (Catalan), xufletas (Majorcan), xufletes (Catalan), xufletes (Majorcan), xunca (Galician), xunca doce (Galician), xunca doce (Portuguese), xuncia (Galician)[Credits]
*Maps:*	distribution
*Occurrence:*	Ab(A) Ag Al dAz(C F G J L M P S T) -Bl(M) Bu Co dCr Ct Eg Ga Gr dHo dHs Hs(S) IJ It Le Li Lu dMd(M) Si(S) Sl Sn Tn Tu(A) [Au(A) Ca(P) Ge Mo Sk Uk]

Source:	World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Name:	Cyperus esculentus L.
Nomencl. ref.:	Sp. Pl.: 45. 1753
Rank:	Species
Status:	ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in):	Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta Subdivisio - Spermatophytina Class - Magnoliopsida Superordo - Lilianae Ordo - Poales Familia - Cyperaceae Juss. Genus - Cyperus L.
Taxon Notes:	Widely cultivated for its edible tubers.