Juncellus pygmaeus (Rotttb.) C.B.Cl.
MH342 : Juncellus pygmaeus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus michelianus pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn.;
Cyperus paradoxus Steud.;
Cyperus pygmaeus Rottb.;
Dichostylis pygmaea (Rottb.) Nees.;
Pycreus pygmaeus (Rottb.) Nees.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Tufted, annual, 3-22 cm. Roots fibrous. Stem 0.7-1.2 mm diam., trigonous, smooth. Leaves to as long as stem; sheaths to 50 mm, wide, soft, grey-brown or often reddish, mouth margin concave or almost straight; blades to 10 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, grey green, flat or folded, keeled, margins often recurved, smooth or scabrous, apex trigonous, acute, scabrous. Inflorescence 7-17 mm diam., a regularly globose head of 5-9 globose, sessile, spirally arranged partial inflorescences, tightly pressed together and separately indistinguishable; 4-7 bracts foliose, up to 70 mm, much exceeding length of inflorescence, first erect, finally reflexed; partial inflorescences formed by 10-40 sessile spikes, tightly spirally arranged; spikes 2.5-3.5 x 0.8-1.4 mm, narrowly obovoid, compressed, with 20-28 glumes, glume-like bract long-awned, glumes distichously arranged, 1.4-1.6 mm, narrowly cymbiform, mid-nerve green, prominent, raised, 1-3 nerved on both sides, margins scarious, brownish towards the apex. Flowers mostly bisexual; stamens 1-0; stigmas 2. Nut 1-1.1 x 0.4 mm, ellipsoid, lenticular or plano-convex, not winged, yellow-brown, papillose and finely reticulate. Fl. Per.: June - September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200026712
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/263143 |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 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 | : Juncellus |
| Species | : Juncellus pygmaeus (Rotttb.) C.B.Cl. |