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Cyperus fuscus L., Sp. Pl. 46 1753. (syn: Cyperus calidus A.Kern.; Cyperus compressus Krock. [Illegitimate]; Cyperus forsskalii A.Dietr.; Cyperus fuscus f. calidus (A.Kern.) Asch. & Graebn. …….; Cyperus haworthii Gray; Cyperus protractus Delile; Cyperus sabaudus Billet ex Gave; Cyperus virescens Hoffm.; Cyperus viridis Krock.; Eucyperus fuscus (L.) Rikli);
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Submission of Cyperus fuscus : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Plant name: Cyperus fuscus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 46. 1753.
Ver. names: Brown galingale, brown flatsedge (Eng.)
Family: Cyperaceae
Description: Herbs, annual; culms trigonous, 5–30 cm tall, glabrous, forming small tufts. Leaves basal, shorter than stem, flat, 4–10 cm × 2–3 mm, margins smooth, apex long, acute, scabrous. Inflorescence an irregular, spreading multiple spike, rays 1-3, up to 2cm, bracts 2–3, longest erect, others spreading, 1–20 cm long. Spikelets 3–12, narrowly ellipsoid, purplish black in color. Spikes 3-15 × 1.5-2 mm, compressed, tight, with 10-40 glumes; rachis laterally compressed purple shiny. Glumes cymbiform, mucronate, margins scarious. Stamens 2. Stigmas 3. Nut, ellipsoid, trigonous or convex.
Habitat & location: Exotic. Found near rivers, streams and canal margins, flooded areas, moist fields. Photographed at Somasila.
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SK 2774 09 October 2020 – Grass : 11 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 7 mb each.
Location: Nagarkot, Kathmandu
Date: 12 September 2020
Elevation: 2044 m.
Habit : Wild Thanks, …,
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Cyperaceae Cyperus fuscus L. confirmed.
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