Cyperus papyrus, better known by the common names papyrus, papyrus sedge, paper reed, Indian matting plant, or Nile grass, is a species of aquatic flowering...
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It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge. Papyrus (plural: papyri or papyruses) can also refer to a document written...
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sedge), formerly called C. diffusus) Cyperus haspan Cyperus longus Cyperus papyrus (papyrus) Some Cyperus species are used in folk medicine. Roots of Near...
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up papyrus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus. Papyrus...
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Cyperus alternifolius, the umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the large genus Cyperus of the sedge family Cyperaceae...
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History of paper (section Papyrus)
from papyrus, Ancient Greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant. Papyrus is a thick, paper-like material produced from the pith of the Cyperus papyrus plant...
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water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) and the papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus), from which the writing material papyrus was made. This family also includes cotton-grass...
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of Cyperus species Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Jepson Manual Treatment Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 240, 断节莎 duan jie suo, Cyperus odoratus...
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Prominent C4 sedges include culturally important species such as papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) and chufa (C. esculentus) but also purple nutsedge (C. rotundus)...
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undisturbed Cyperus papyrus and reed beds of Phragmites and Typha. Although their distribution largely seems to correspond with the distribution of papyrus in...
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plant is the Egyptian lotus, and the Lower Nile plant is the Papyrus Sedge (Cyperus papyrus), although it is not nearly as plentiful as it once was, and...
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the nymph Cyane. On its banks are present spontaneous grows of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus), probably sent to Hiero II of Syracuse by the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy...
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etymologically derived from Latin papyrus, which comes from the Greek πᾰ́πῡρος (pápūros), the word for the Cyperus papyrus plant. Papyrus is a thick, paper-like...
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(Glyceria maxima) Small-reed (Calamagrostis species) Paper reed or papyrus (Cyperus papyrus), the source of the Ancient Egyptian writing material, also used...
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America Media related to Cyperus articulatus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Cyperus articulatus at Wikispecies Cyperus articulatus in West African...
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subject to annual flooding, leading the loss of much of the papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus) swamps and other marshes along the river. At the northern end...
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This internode is exceeded in length only by some populations of Cyperus papyrus. The upper internodes are much shorter; 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 centimeters)...
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seepweed Typha orientalis, a species of cattail Zizania latifolia Cyperus papyrus, papyrus Echinochloa pyramidalis, antelope grass Ficus verruculosa, water...
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outcomes. The dating of the text also varies. Papyrus Westcar is a reused papyrus made of the plant Cyperus papyrus. The scroll of Westcar has been separated...
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The Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to c. 1550 BC (the late Second Intermediate Period...
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architectural tradition. In tribute to their claimed Egyptian heritage, cyperus papyrus plants are also incorporated into the landscaping. Photographs of various...
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less neutral pH, low conductivities and total alkalinity. Typha and Cyperus papyrus swamps, fed by a mix of surface streams, groundwater seeps or warm...
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polycephalus), from the bulrushtypes sedge grass (Schoenoplectus lacustris, Cyperus papyrus, Typha (Typha domingensis, syn. Thypha angustata) (bulrush or cattail)}...
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parasitoid of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae from Cyperus papyrus L. in Southern Africa"[permanent dead link](PDF). Journal of the Entomological...
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the so-called laghetto, Egyptian papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) and other cyperaceae such as Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus alternifolius are absolutely thriving...
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was used to write on scrolls of papyrus—a thin material made from beating together strips of pith from the Cyperus papyrus plant—as well as on small ceramic...
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zonata Cryptocoryne zukalii Cuphea anagalloidea Cyperus alternifolius Cyperus helferi Cyperus papyrus Damasonium alisma Didiplis diandra (Water hedge)...
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that inhabit the river and its banks are sedges (such as Cyperus articulatus, Cyperus papyrus, and Paspalum vaginatum) and palms (such as Pandanus candelabrum...
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roots) Vossia cuspidata (deep flooded, superficial/floating roots) Cyperus papyrus (deep flooded, superficial/floating roots) Typha domingensis The first...
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parasitoid of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae from Cyperus papyrus L. in Southern Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern...
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