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SCIRPUS [52 records]

Record 1 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • dwarf spike-rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

OBS

knotted spikerush: common name also used to refer to the species Eleocharis interstincta.

Key term(s)
  • horsetail spike rush
  • horse-tail spikerush
  • horse-tail spike rush
  • jointed spike rush
  • knotted spike rush
  • jointed spike-sedge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • beaked spike sedge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • squarestemmed spikerush
  • squarestem spike rush
  • square stem spikerush
  • square stem spike-rush
  • angled spike-rush
  • four-angled spike-rush
  • square stem spikesedge
  • squarestem spike sedge
  • square stem spike sedge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

OBS

slender spikerush; slender spike-rush: common names also used to refer to other species of the genus Eleocharis.

Key term(s)
  • single-glumed spike-rush
  • one-glumed spike-rush
  • one-scale spike-rush
  • onescale spike-rush
  • saltmarsh spike-rush
  • salt marsh spike-rush
  • salt marsh spikerush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 6 2020-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2020-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

OBS

Schoenoplectus californicus : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 9 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

OBS

wool-grass: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

Key term(s)
  • wool grass bulrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

OBS

scirpe souchet : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 10 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 11 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

OBS

Actinoscirpus grossus : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 12 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

OBS

Isolepis carinata : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 13 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 14 2020-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 15 2017-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 16 2017-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • redtinged bulrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 17 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • common threesquare bulrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 18 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 19 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

OBS

hard-stemmed bulrush: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

OBS

scirpe aigu : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 20 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 21 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 22 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 23 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 24 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • ovate spike-rush
  • ovoid spike-rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 25 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • fewflower spike-rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 26 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 27 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 28 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 29 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

OBS

Smith's bulrush: common name also used to refer to Schoenoplectus smithii var. levisetus and Schoenoplectus smithii var. setosus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 30 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 31 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • bent spike-rush
  • Canada spike-rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 32 2016-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Scirpus nevadensis
Latin, see observation
Amphiscirpus nevadensis
Latin, see observation
Schoenoplectus nevadensis
Latin, see observation
OBS

Nevada bulrush: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

Scirpus nevadensis (S. Watson in King); Amphiscirpus nevadensis (S. Watson in King) Oteng Yeboah; Schoenoplectus nevadensis (S. Watson in King) Sojak.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Scirpus nevadensis
Latin, see observation
Amphiscirpus nevadensis
Latin, see observation
Schoenoplectus nevadensis
Latin, see observation
OBS

scirpe du Nevada : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

Scirpus nevadensis (S. Watson in King); Amphiscirpus nevadensis (S. Watson in King) Oteng Yeboah; Schoenoplectus nevadensis (S. Watson in King) Sojak.

Spanish

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Record 33 2016-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Scirpus paludosus
Latin, see observation
Bolboschoenus paludosus
Latin, see observation
OBS

prairie bulrush: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

Scirpus paludosus (A. Nelson); Bolboschoenus paludosus (A. Nelson) Soó.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Scirpus paludosus
Latin, see observation
Bolboschoenus paludosus
Latin, see observation
OBS

scirpe palustre : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

Scirpus paludosus (A. Nelson); Bolboschoenus paludosus (A. Nelson) Soó.

Spanish

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Record 34 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A grasslike plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • bullrush
  • club grass
  • club rush
  • rush-grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante herbacée, généralement vivace, vivant dans les lieux marécageux.

OBS

Plante de la famille des Cypéracées.

Spanish

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Record 35 2014-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • bashful club-rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 36 2014-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 37 2012-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 38 2012-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • chestnut-colored three-square bulrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 39 2012-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 40 2012-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 41 2010-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • sea-coast bulrush
  • salt-marsh bulrush
  • salt marsh bulrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 42 2009-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • saltmarsh bulrush
  • salt marsh bulrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 43 2009-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Rocky Mountain club-rush
  • Rocky Mountain club rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 44 2009-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 45 2009-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 46 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 47 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • Kamchatka spike rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 48 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • weak stalked bulrush
  • weakstalked bulrush
  • weak stalk club-rush
  • weakstalk club-rush
  • weak-stalk clubrush
  • weak stalk clubrush
  • weakstalk clubrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 49 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 50 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • purple spike rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 51 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Key term(s)
  • soft-stemmed spike-rush
  • soft-stemmed spike rush
  • soft stemmed spikerush
  • soft stemmed spike-rush
  • soft stemmed spike rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 52 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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