The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch made up of two stages : the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The Middle Miocene is preceded by the Early Miocene .
10-423: Galilea may refer to: Galilea , a synonym for a genus of plants, Cyperus Galilee , a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Galilea . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
20-453: A smaller extent. For some Northern Paiutes , Cyperus tubers were a mainstay food, to the extent that they were known as tövusi-dökadö ("nutsedge tuber eaters") Priprioca ( C. articulatus ) is one of the traditional spices of the Amazon region and its reddish essential oil is used commercially both by the cosmetic industry, and increasingly as a flavoring for food. Interest
30-423: Is increasing in the larger, fast-growing species as crops for paper and biofuel production. Some species are grown as ornamental or pot plants , notably: Some Cyperus species are used in folk medicine . Roots of Near East species were a component of kyphi , a medical incense of Ancient Egypt . Tubers of C. rotundus (purple nut-sedge) tubers are used in kampō . An unspecified Cyperus
40-503: Is mentioned as an abortifacient in the 11th-century poem De viribus herbarum . Middle Miocene The sub-epoch lasted from 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma ( million years ago ) to 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma. During this period, a sharp drop in global temperatures took place. This event is known as the Middle Miocene Climatic Transition . For the purpose of establishing European land mammal ages , this sub-epoch
50-623: The Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians , Poland . Papyrus sedge ( C. papyrus ) of Africa was of major historical importance in providing papyrus . C. giganteus , locally known as cañita , is used by the Yokot'an Maya of Tabasco , Mexico , for weaving petates (sleeping mats) and sombreros . C. textilis and C. pangorei are traditionally used to produce
60-462: The former was only found once, in 1995, and the latter has not been seen in the last 200 years. The "true" papyrus sedge of Ancient Egypt , C. papyrus subsp. hadidii , is also very rare today due to draining of its wetland habitat; feared extinct in the mid-20th century, it is still found at a few sites in the Wadi El Natrun region and northern Sudan . Some tuber-bearing species on
70-992: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galilea&oldid=1175650307 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cyperus About 700 Cyperus is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges , distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. They are annual or perennial plants , mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving water up to 0.5 metres (20 in) deep. The species vary greatly in size, with small species only 5 centimetres (2 in) tall, while others can reach 5 metres (16 ft) in height. Common names include papyrus sedges , flatsedges , nutsedges , umbrella-sedges and galingales . The stems are circular in cross-section in some, triangular in others, usually leafless for most of their length, with
80-598: The other hand, most significantly the purple nutsedge, C. rotundus , are considered invasive weeds in much of the world. Around 700 species are currently recognised in the genus Cyperus . Many fossil fruits of a Cyperus species have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland , Denmark . Several fossil fruits of † Cyperus distachyoformis have been extracted from borehole samples of
90-656: The slender grass -like leaves at the base of the plant, and in a whorl at the apex of the flowering stems. The flowers are greenish and wind-pollinated ; they are produced in clusters among the apical leaves. The seed is a small nutlet . Cyperus species are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Chedra microstigma . They also provide an alternative food source for Bicyclus anynana larvae. The seeds and tubers are an important food for many small birds and mammals . Cyperus microcristatus (from Cameroon ) and C. multifolius (native to Panama and Ecuador ) are possibly extinct ;
100-527: The typical mats of Palakkad in India , and the makaloa mats of Niihau were made from C. laevigatus . The chufa flatsedge ( C. esculentus ) has edible tubers and is grown commercially for these; they are eaten as vegetables, made into sweets, or used to produce the horchata in the Valencia region. Several other species – e.g. Australian bush onion ( C. bulbosus ) – are eaten to
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