'''''Cyperus''''' adalah [[genus]] besar yang terdiri dari sekitar 700 [[spesies]] daridalam tumbuhuhanfamili [[Cyperaceae|alang-alang]] dalam(Suku famili [[Cyperaceae]]teki-tekian), yang tersebar ke seluruh benua dengan wilayah iklim tropis dan sedang.<ref name=opoly>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=235513 |work=Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |title=''Cyperus'' L., Sp. Pl.: 44 (1753) |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Win Huygh |author2=Isabel Larridon |author3=Marc Reynders |author4=A. Muthama Muasya |author5=Rafaël H. A. Govaerts |author6=David A. Simpson |author7=Paul Goetghebeur |year=2010 |title=Nomenclature and typification of names of genera and subdivisions of genera in Cypereae (Cyperaceae): 1. Names of genera in the ''Cyperus'' clade |journal=[[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]] |volume=59 |issue=6 |pages=1883–1890 |doi=10.1002/tax.596021 }}</ref>
