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Cyperus afroalpinus is a species of sedge that is native to Africa and was described by the botanist Kåre Arnstein Lye in 1983.
It is found in tropical parts of central Africa in Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre and Kenya where it is commonly situated in clearings in upper montane forest communities at elevations of 2,400 to 2,700 m (7,900 to 8,900 ft) where it is associated with bamboo and giant heath.
Cyperus absconditicoronatus · Cyperus acholiensis · Tapertip flatsedge · Cyperus afrodunensis · Cyperus afromontanus · Cyperus afrovaricus · Inflatedscale flatsedge · Cyperus ajax · Cyperus alaticaulis · Cyperus albopilosus · Cyperus albopurpureus · Cyperus albosanguineus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyperus afroalpinus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
