Cyperus papyrus (CYPPA)[Overview]| EPPO Global Database
- ️Thu Apr 11 2002
Cyperus papyrus(CYPPA)
Overview
Code created in: 2002-04-11
Basic information
- EPPO Code: CYPPA
- Preferred name: Cyperus papyrus
- Authority: Linnaeus
Notes
Mediterranean (southeast), Sénégal to Nigeria, Tchad to Ethiopia, central and southern Africa (throughout), Madagascar. Used in ancient times to make papyrus, and cultivated in the Mediterranean area generally for that purpose. Now persists there as an ornamental aquatic plant. Introduced in India, Indochina (Thailand), USA (southern), Caribbean, Central America, South America (Colombia)
Other scientific names
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Cyperus antiquorum | |
| Papyrus antiquorum | Willdenow |
Common names
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| bulrush | English |
| Egyptian paper plant | English |
| paper plant | English |
| paper reed | English |
| papyrus | English |
| Papyrus | German |
| Papyrusstaude | German |
| Papyruszypergras | German |
| jonc du Nil | French |
| papier du Nil | French |
| papyrus | French |
| souchet à papier | French |
| papiro | Spanish |
| papiro | Spanish |
| giunco del Nilo | Italian |
| papiro | Italian |
| papirus | Dutch |
| papiro | Portuguese |
| papiro-do-Egipto | Portuguese |
| papyrussäv | Swedish |
| kamigayatsuri | Japanese |
| papirusu | Japanese |
| カミガヤツリ | Japanese |
| パピルス | Japanese |
| папирус | Russian |
| сыть папирусная | Russian |
| cibora papirusowa | Polish |
| papirusz | Hungarian |
| papirus | Croatian |
| šáchor papírodárný | Czech |
| κύπειρος πάπυρος | Greek |