index KINGDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) PHYLUM ANGIOSPERMAE Class MONOCOTS Order POALES
family Cyperaceae
Sedges




Papyrus (Similar to grasses and rushes)



BBALLBLU.GIF
BBALLBLU.GIF wetlands
Swamp rhizomes spread horizontally under mud.

BBALLBLU.GIF Sedge family have triangular stems

BBALLBLU.GIF Flowers: monoecious, unisexual
Wind-pollinated

BBALLBLU.GIF 4,000 species

Common lawn weed, Egyptian paper
RULERMAR RULERYEL PAPYRUSLOGO.JPG, 14 kB Genus Cyperus
BANAST15.gif Genus Cyperus
papyrus



RULERBOWGIF