Cyperus amabilis

Cyperus amabilis Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 318 1805. (syn: Cyperus amabilis var. amabilis ; Cyperus amabilis var. macra C.B.Clarke; Cyperus amabilis var. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus amabilis var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Kük.; Cyperus amabilis var. subacaulis Kük.; Cyperus anisostachyos Willd. ex Kunth; Cyperus aurantiacus Kunth; Cyperus aureus Kunth [Illegitimate]; Cyperus aureus var. aurantiacus (Kunth) Boeckeler; Cyperus aureus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler; Cyperus aureus var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Boeckeler; Cyperus brachyphyllus Willd. ex Link; Cyperus glareosus Liebm.; Cyperus guadalajaranus M.E.Jones; Cyperus lepidus Hochst. ex Steud.; Cyperus lepidus Hochst.; Cyperus microstachyus Vahl; Cyperus muelleri Boeckeler; Cyperus oligostachyus Kunth; Cyperus quitensis Spreng.);

Trop. & Subtrop. as per The Plant List Ver.1.1;

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Annual, cespitose herbs; culms 1-10(-25), roundly trigonous, 3-12 cm × 0.3-0.8 mm, glabrous. Leaves 1-3, 1-6 cm × 1(-1.5) mm. Inflorescences: if rays absent heads single, dense, sessile, digitate, 5-20 × 10-30 mm, single heads 10-30(-50) mm; rays usually absent, if present 1-8 cm; 2d order rays infrequently present, 1-2 cm; bracts 3-6, erect to oblique, flat to V-shaped,(0.5-)2-10(-15) cm × 0.5-2 mm. Spikelets 5-10(-20), linear to linear-lanceoloid, 8-12 × 1.6-2.3mm; floral scales (6-)16-30(-76), laterally glossy reddish brown to brown, medially greenish, sometimes also reddish or brownish, laterally ribless, medially strongly 3-ribbed, ovate-lanceolate, 1.9-2 × 0.8-1.1 mm, apex truncate, emarginate, or cuspidate. Flowers: stamens (1-)2-3; anthers ellipsoid, 0.3 mm, connectives not prolonged; styles 0.3-0.4 mm; stigmas 0.4-0.7 mm. Achenes brown, slightly stipitate, obovoid to oblong, 0.8-0.9 × 0.4-0.5 mm, apex abruptly apiculate, surfaces papillose.

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Submission of Cyperus amabilis : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Plant name: Cyperus amabils Vahl,
Family: Cyperaceae

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MS,Nov.,2021/74 Herb for id: 1 very high res. image.
Location : Reiek tlang

Cyperus ??

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Pl. check with images at Cyperus amabilis Vahl

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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  IPNI  BSI Flora of India Checklist  Flora of North America  FONA illustration  India Biodiversity Portal  IUCN Red List (LC)  JSTOR Global Plants (with details & Specimen)  Flora of Zimbabwe