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Cyperus ventricosus

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ15536538 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cyperus ventricosus is a species of sedge that is endemic to Queensland in north eastern Australia.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810.

Editorial summary

“Cyperus ventricosus” enters the record as species of plant. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cyperus, ventricosus and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1810—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Cyperus, ventricosus and species.
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“Cyperus ventricosus” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Cyperus, ventricosus and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15536538. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1810.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cyperus ventricosus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.