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   MH314 : Cyperus squarrosus

Plant Category : Herbs
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 536
Synonym : Chlorocyperus inflexus (Muhlenberg) Palla; Cyperus aristatus Rottbψll; Cyperus aristatus var. inflexus (Muhlenberg) Kόkenthal; Cyperus aristatus var. runyonii O’Neill; Cyperus inflexus Muhlenberg; Dichostylis aristata (Rottbψll) Palla; Mariscus squarrosus (Linnaeus) C. B. Clarke;
Plant Common Name : bearded flatsedge, awned flatsedge
Plant Family : Cyperaceae
Description : Herbs, annual, cespitose, with fibrous roots. Culms 1–20, trigonous, 2–16 cm Χ 0.5–0.8 mm, glabrous. Leaves 1–3, flat to V-shaped, (1–)5–10(–15) Χ 0.5–2.5 mm. Inflorescences: spike 1, loosely to densely ovoid to oblong, 6–20(–40) Χ 9–15(–20) mm; rays absent or 1–3(–6), 4–40 mm; bracts (1–)2–4, longest ± erect, V-shaped, 1–15 cm Χ 0.5–3 mm; rachilla ± deciduous, wingless. Spikelets (2–)6–20(–40), greenish to reddish brown, somewhat compressed, ovoid-lanceoloid to oblong, 2.5–10(–20) Χ 1.3–2.2 mm (excluding awns); floral scales deciduous, (4–)10–20(–34), greenish to stramineous or brownish red laterally, greenish medially, (5–)7–9(–11)-ribbed nearly to margins, oblong-lanceolate, (1.2–)1.3–1.8(–2.2) Χ (0.5–)0.7–0.8(–1) mm, apex cuspidate, excurved awn additional 0.5–1(–1.3) mm. Flowers: stamen 1, filaments 1.5 mm; anthers oblong, 0.2–0.3 mm, connective apex reddish, minute; styles 0.3–0.5 mm; stigmas 0.4–0.7 mm. Achenes light brown to nearly black, stipitate, obovoid (occasionally linear-spatulate or linear oblong, infrequently constricted in middle), 0.7–0.8(–1.1) Χ (0.2–)0.3–0.4(–0.5) mm, stipe 0.05–0.1 Χ 0.1 mm, apex truncate, apiculate, surfaces papillose.
Plant Location in Melghat : -
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Plant's Current Status : Red List Category - Least Concern
Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142
Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101128

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Commelinidae
Order : Cyperales
Family : Cyperaceae - Sedge family
Genus : Cyperus L. - flatsedge
Species : Cyperus squarrosus

Cyperus squarrosus
Cyperus squarrosus