Editing Cyperus (section)

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|15.97|Recent|[[Middle Miocene]] – Recent}}
|image = Cyperus diffusus1.jpg
|image_caption = Dwarf umbrella-sedge, ''[[Cyperus albostriatus]]''
|taxon = Cyperus
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = [[List of Cyperus species|About 700]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO |id=330001-2 |title=''Cyperus'' L. |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>
|synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} 
*''Acorellus'' <small>Palla ''ex'' Kneuck.</small>
*''Adupla'' <small>Bosc ''ex'' Juss.</small>
*''Aliniella'' <small>J.Raynal</small>, ''[[nomen illegitimum|nom. illeg.]]'', ''non'' <small>Skvortzow</small>
*''Alinula'' <small>J.Raynal</small>
*''Androcoma'' <small>Nees</small>
*''Androtrichum'' <small>(Brongn.) Brongn.</small>
*''Anosporum'' <small>Nees</small>
*''Antrolepis'' <small>Welw.</small>
*''Ascolepis'' <small>Nees</small>
*''Ascopholis'' <small>C.E.C.Fisch.</small>
*''Atomostylis'' <small>Steud.</small>
*''Borabora'' <small>Steud.</small>
*''Chlorocyperus'' <small>Rikli</small>
*''Comostemum'' <small>Nees</small>
*''Courtoisina'' <small>Soják</small>
*''Crepidocarpus'' <small>Klotzsch ''ex'' Boeckeler</small>
*''Cylindrolepis'' <small>Boeckeler</small>
*''Cyprolepis'' <small>Steud.</small>
*''Diclidium'' <small>Schrad. ''ex'' Nees</small> 
*''Didymia'' <small>Phil.</small>
*''Distimus'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Duval-jouvea'' <small>Palla</small> 
*''Epiphystis'' <small>Trin.</small>
*''Eucyperus'' <small>Rikli</small>
*''Galilea'' <small>Parl.</small>
*''Hedychloe'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Hemicarpha'' <small>Nees</small>
*''Hydroschoenus'' <small>Zoll. & Moritzi</small>
*''Hypaelyptum'' <small>Vahl</small>
*''Indocourtoisia'' <small>Bennet & Raizada</small>
*''Juncellus'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
*''Killinga'' <small>T.Lestib.</small>
*''Kyllinga'' <small>Rottb.</small>
*''Kyllingiella'' <small>R.W.Haines & Lye</small>
*''Lipocarpha'' <small>R.Br.</small>
*''Lyprolepis'' <small>Steud.</small>
*''Mariscopsis'' <small>Cherm.</small>
*''Marisculus'' <small>Goetgh</small>
*''Mariscus'' <small>Gaertn.</small>, ''nom. illeg.'', ''non'' <small>Scop.</small>
*''Mariscus'' <small>Vahl</small>, ''[[nomen conservandum|nom. cons.]]''
*''Megarrhena'' <small>Schrad. ex Nees</small>
*''Opetiola'' <small>Gaertn.</small>
*''Oxycaryum'' <small>Nees</small> 
*''Papyrus'' <small>Willd.</small>
*''Platylepis'' <small>Kunth</small>
*''Pseudomariscus'' <small>Rauschert</small>
*''Pterachne'' <small>Schrad. ex Nees</small>
*''Pterocyperus'' <small>Opiz</small>
*''Pterogyne'' <small>Schrad. ex Nees</small>
*''Pycreus'' <small>P.Beauv.</small>
*''Queenslandiella'' <small>Domin</small>
*''Raynalia'' <small>Soják</small>
*''Remirea'' <small>Aubl.</small>
*''Rikliella'' <small>J.Raynal</small>
*''Sorostachys'' <small>Steud.</small>
*''Sphaerocyperus'' <small>Lye</small>
*''Sphaeromariscus'' <small>E.G.Camus</small>
*''Thryocephalon'' <small>J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.</small>
*''Torreya'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Torulinium'' <small>Desv. ''ex'' Ham.</small>
*''Trentepohlia'' <small>Boeckeler</small>
*''Ungeria'' <small>Nees ''ex'' C.B.Clarke</small>
*''Volkiella'' <small>Merxm. & Czech</small>
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'''''Cyperus''''' is a large [[genus]] of about 700 [[species]] of [[Cyperaceae|sedge]]s, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions.<ref name=opoly>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=235513 |work=Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |title=''Cyperus'' L., Sp. Pl.: 44 (1753) |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=22 March 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Win Huygh |author2=Isabel Larridon |author3=Marc Reynders |author4=A. Muthama Muasya |author5=Rafaël H. A. Govaerts |author6=David A. Simpson |author7=Paul Goetghebeur |year=2010 |title=Nomenclature and typification of names of genera and subdivisions of genera in Cypereae (Cyperaceae): 1. Names of genera in the ''Cyperus'' clade |journal=[[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]] |volume=59 |issue=6 |pages=1883–1890 |doi=10.1002/tax.596021 |bibcode=2010Taxon..59.1883H }}</ref>