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Showing Cyperus hesperius
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Cyperaceae(fam.)
- Cyperus(gen.)
- hesperius(sp.)
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Type: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Fortescue: Dales Gorge, Hamersley Range National Park, A.C.Beauglehole 48650 & G.W.Carr 4872, 8 Aug 1974; holo NSW; iso ACB,NT,PERTH."
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: The epithet is derived from the Greek hesperios, at eventide or towards the setting sun, and hence by transference western, referring to the species' occurrence only in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.