Fimbristylis complanata
Fimbristylis complanata
MH318 : Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 540 |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus complanatus (Retz.) Willd., nom. illeg.;
Fimbristylis autumnalis var. complanata (Retz.) Kük.;
Isolepis complanata (Retz.) Roem. & Schult.;
Scirpus complanatus Retz.;
Trichelostylis complanata (Retz.) Nees; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Greyish green, tufted perennial, 30-35 cm. Rhizome short, horizontal or ascending, with tillers. Stem 2-3 mm wide, strongly compressed, with 2 sharp edges, grooved, papillose between veins. Leaves c. half of stem length; shetahs up to 70 mm, yellowish green, lowest blade-less, mouth margin of scarious side deeply oblique; ligule a fringe of hairs c. 0.3 mm long; blades 3-5 mm wide, flat, soft, flexuous, grey green, abaxial side many-nerved, with papillae between nerves, adaxial side with much wider cells, not papillose, margins scabrous towards obtuse apex. Inflorescence 40-80 x 35-80 mm, a globose anthelodium of c. 100 to more than 200 spikes; lowest bract foliose, shorter than inflorescence; primary branches many, up to 50 mm, compressed, deeply grooved, all over scabrous; secondary anthelodia to 30 x 40 mm, secondary branches several, to 15 mm, compressed, scabrous; tertiary anthelodia to 15 x 15 mm, with 3-7 tertiary branches to 5 mm; ultimate branches end in spike 4-10 x 1.5-2 mm, brown, fusiform, with 10-30 glumes; glumes 2-2.8 x c. 1.5 mm, keeled, acute, brown, mid-nerve smooth or scabrous, excurrent to mucro, sides nerve-less, brown, scarious. Stamens 3, anther c. 1 mm; stigmas 3. Nut 0.5-0.7 x 0.4-0.5 mm, obovate, trigonous, reticulate and tuberculate, white, with small brownish stipe. Fl. Per.: September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| 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=5&taxon_id=200026773
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243376
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Fimbristylis+complanata |
| 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 | : Fimbristylis Vahl. - fimbry |
| Species | : Fimbristylis complanata |