Cyperus esculentus

TaxID: 1053340

Basic Information

Cyperus esculentus

Chufa (edible Variety), Yellow Nutsedge

Cyperus esculentus (also called chufa, tiger nut, atadwe, yellow nutsedge, earth almond, and in Chishona, pfende) is a species of plant in the sedge family widespread across much of the world. It is found in most of the Eastern Hemisphere, including Southern Europe, Africa and Madagascar, as well as the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. C. esculentus is cultivated for its edible tubers, called earth almonds or tiger nuts (due to the stripes on their tubers and their hard shell), as a snack food and for the preparation of horchata de chufa, a sweet, milk-like beverage. Cyperus esculentus can be found wild, as a weed, or as a crop. It is an invasive species outside its native range, and is readily transported accidentally to become invasive. In many countries, C. esculentus is considered a weed. It is often found in wet soils such as rice paddies and peanut farms as well as well-irrigated lawns and golf courses during warm weather.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Cyperaceae

Cyperus

esculentus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Cyperus esculentus
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) Michael J. Papay@BY
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(c) arthur_haendler@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Switzerland List of Invasive Alien Plants 2014
Jordan A2 list 2013
Serbia A2 list 2015
Seychelles Quarantine pests —

Distribution (125 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Aruba Present —
Afghanistan Present —
Angola Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Burundi Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_030179965.1 Scaffold 296 4083 4829 -

Transcriptomes (6 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR27816886 Leaves seeding stage - 26864125 China: Jilin
SRR27816885 Leaves seeding stage - 21532706 China: Jilin
SRR27816884 Roots seeding stage - 23827024 China: Jilin
SRR31249336 tuber not provided - 22130173 China:Jilin Province
SRR31249335 tuber not provided - 46028259 China:Jilin Province
SRR31249334 tuber not provided - 46761759 China:Jilin Province

DNA Barcodes (24 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
WAT285-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2012-08-07 43.1539, -79.3922
WAT284-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2012-08-01 43.1306, -80.7467
SDH2225-14 - rbcLa 552 United States 2000-06-30 32.722, -117.118
SDH2224-14 - rbcLa 551 United States 1935-08-19 32.859, -116.917
RRPLA042-15 - rbcLa 497 Canada 2015-08-12 43.383, -80.369
PNG042-18 - rbcL 553 Mozambique 2015-05-15 -18.9103, 34.45319
NLFLM2695-16 - matK 795 Netherlands 2012-03-09 52.173, 4.466
MKTRT261-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1988-08-30 44.483, -80.0
MKTRT260-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1997-09-04 -
MKTRT259-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1991-09-13 45.34167, -75.825
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Literature