Cyperus rotundus

Also known as Nut-grass, Common nut sedge, Coco grass, Nutgrass, Purple nutsedge, Red nutgrass

species of plant

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Cyperus rotundus, commonly known as nutgrass, Purple nutsedge, or so ts'ao, is a perennial plant species in the family Cyperaceae. It belongs to the genus Cyperus and is classified within the order Poales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species produces gold-colored flowers and has a fruit type described as a nucule. It is also referred to by the common names Rooiuintjie, Сыть круглая, and கோரை.

The taxon range includes Brazil, Beijing, China, and Paraná. It is native to regions such as Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, and Bangladesh, among others. Records indicate its presence in the United States, Argentina, Belize, Puerto Rico, and Grenada. The species is invasive to Indonesia. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation from 2018. It is used as a medicinal plant.

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Species

Least Concern

nut grass

Cyperus rotundus

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyCyperaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin

Observations9,758

Observations recorded33,093

维基百科中的醫療相关内容仅供参考，詳見醫學聲明。如需专业意见请咨询专业人士。二名法 Cyperus rotundusL. 香附（学名：Cyperus rotundus），別名莎草[註 1]、大香附、香頭草、土香草、土香（臺灣和閩南一帶）、水香稜、地藾草，為莎草科的多年生草本植物，莖直立，三棱形，高40厘米；葉近基生出，細長，呈線形，略比莖短，約20厘米。葉脈平行，中脈明顯，春夏開花抽穗，穗狀花序做繖房狀排列，花序扁狀長筒型，紅褐色。莎草多生於山坡草地或水邊濕地上，在中國廣大地區都有分佈。目录 1 变种 2 药用 3 註解 4 参考文獻 5 外部連結变种金门莎草（学名：Cyperus rotundus var. quimoyensis）为莎草科莎草属香附子的变种。分布在中国大陆的福建等地，多生长在海边流沙上。药用香附的塊莖呈紡錘狀，長約1至3厘米，中部直徑5至10毫米，呈黑褐色，可入藥，藥名也叫香附。性平，味辛、微苦；歸肝、脾、胃。功用理氣解郁，調經止痛。用於氣鬱滯而生胸、脅、脘腹脹痛，消化不良，寒疝腹痛，乳房脹痛，月經不調，經閉痛經。用量5至10克。註解 ^ 「莎」，拼音：suŌ，注音：ㄙㄨㄛ，粤拼：so1疏，音同「梭」参考文獻 ^ Lansdown, R.V., Juffe Bignoli, D. & Beentje, H.J. (2017). Cyperus rotundus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T158183A84284983. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T158183A84284983.en. Downloaded on 27 October 2018. 广东科技出版社--《中草药图集》罗献瑞主编外部連結（简体中文）中国数字植物标本馆中的相关内容：香附 Cyperus rotundus L. 香附子雜草辨識--香附子香附 Xiangfu 藥用植物圖像數據庫 (香港浸會大學中醫藥學院) （中文）（英文）香附 Xiangfu 中藥材圖像數據庫 (香港浸會大學中醫藥學院) 香附 Xiang Fu 中藥標本數據庫 (香港浸會大學中醫藥學院) （繁体中文）（英文）取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=香附&oldid=51797978” 分类： IUCN无危物种莎草属藥用植物中草藥隐藏分类：含有非中文內容的條目含有粵語的條目 TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据相同含有拉丁語的條目

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 8,543
With media: 6,243
Family: Cyperaceae
Collections: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CMN, UTEP, IBUNAM
Recorded in: United States, Argentina, Belize, Puerto Rico, Grenada, Mexico, Malaysia, South Africa

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Encyclopedic overview

Cyperus rotundus (coco-grass, Java grass, nut grass, purple nut sedge or purple nutsedge, red nut sedge, Khmer kravanh chruk) is a species of sedge (Cyperaceae) native to Africa, southern and central Europe (north to France and Austria), and southern Asia. The word cyperus derives from the Greek κύπερος, kyperos, and rotundus is from Latin, meaning "round". The earliest attested form of the word cyperus is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀞𐀫, ku-pa-ro, written in Linear B syllabic script.

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