Cyperus flavidus – eFlora of India

April 26, 2013
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Cyperus

Cyperus flavidus Retz., Observ. bot. 5:13. 1788 (“1789”) (Syn: (=) Cyperus globosus All.; (≡) Pycreus flavidus (Retz.) T. Koyama);

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Culms 30-45 cm tall. Leaves 10-20 x 0.1 cm, glabrous, mouth of sheath with two truncate flaps. Umbel 8 x 8 cm; bracts 2-3, to 18 cm long; rays spreading. Spikelets 12-16 x 2 mm oblong, obtuse, 12-15 in a spike; glumes 2 x 1.2 mm, 30-40 in a spikelets, 3-5-nerved; keel curved, green. Nut 0.8-0.5 mm, biconvex, distinctly cuspidate, minutely muriculate, dark brown.

Flowering and fruiting: April-May

Marshy areas in grasslands

South Europe, Africa and Central and South Asia

(From India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Cyperaceae-05042013GS2 Cyperus for ID from Kashmir-GS42 : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors.
I think Pycreus flavidus

Cyperus flavidus submission : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)- around 500 kb each.

Cyperus flavidus

Synonyms – Pycreus flavidus

Family – Cyperaceae

Habitat – Found growing along brooklets and on edges of Paddy fields

Photographed at Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
Dated – 8October 2018

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Need pretty sedge ID: 2 images.
Bhopal; black soil
14/1/2022

I think it appears close to images at Cyperus flavidus Retz.
Expert help is required for confirmation.

Seems to be Cyperus flavidus

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References:

GRIN (Cyperus flavidus Retz. as accepted name)

The Plant List (Pycreus flavidus (Retz.) T.Koyama as accepted name)

Flora of Pakistan, Annonated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal, Flora of China, India Biodiversity Portal & Biodiversity In India, Volume 2 edited by T. Pullaiah (Description) (Pycreus flavidus (Retz.) T. Koyama as accepted name)

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