''Cyperus amabilis'', commonly known as the foothill flatsedge, is a species of

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

that is native to tropical and sub-tropical areas in the Americas,

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and

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. The species was first formally described by the botanist

Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Biography Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at the University ...

in 1805.

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amabilis Amabilis (derived from Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome ...

Taxa named by Martin Vahl Plants described in 1805 Flora of Angola Flora of Arizona Flora of Benin Flora of Bolivia Flora of Botswana Flora of Brazil Flora of Burkina Faso Flora of Burundi Flora of Cameroon Flora of Cape Verde Flora of the Central African Republic Flora of Chad Flora of Colombia Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Cuba Flora of the Dominican Republic Flora of Ecuador Flora of El Salvador Flora of Eritrea Flora of Ethiopia Flora of Gabon Flora of the Gambia Flora of Ghana Flora of Guatemala Flora of Guinea Flora of Guyana Flora of Honduras Flora of India Flora of Ivory Coast Flora of Madagascar Flora of Malawi Flora of Mali Flora of Mauritania Flora of Mexico Flora of Mozambique Flora of Myanmar Flora of Namibia Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Niger Flora of Nigeria Flora of Panama Flora of Peru Flora of Senegal Flora of Sierra Leone Flora of Somalia {{Cyperus-stub

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