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Showing Cyperus multispiceus
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Cyperaceae(fam.)
- Cyperus(gen.)
- multispiceus(sp.)
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Type: Queensland. Cook District: Cotterell River, 13 km S of Vrilya Point, Cape York mapping site 673 (HEL 35), J.R.Clarkson 9882 & V.J.Neldner (holo: BRI; iso: K, NSW).
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APC Dist.: Qld
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Etymology: From the Latin multi- (many) and spiceus (spiked), so named because of the numerous spikes in the inflorescence.