{"url":"https://treescape.app/api/families/piperaceae/?format=json","slug":"piperaceae","latin_name":"Piperaceae","description":"The Cyperaceae () are a family of  graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as  sedges. The family is large: botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera, the largest being the \"true sedges\" (genus Carex) with over 2,000 species.","gbif_id":6678,"image_thumbnail":"https://treescape.app/media/plant_species/images/thumbnails/piperaceae_thumbnail_vx3BDMF.jpg","image_large":"https://treescape.app/media/plant_species/images/large/piperaceae_thumbnail_FXH1PPM.jpg"}