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Pycreus polystachyos var. laxiflorus
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Family:
CYPERACEAE
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Citation: Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. var. laxiflorus (Benth.) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 592. 1893; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 385. 1991; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 553. 2005.
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. laxiflorus Benth., Fl. Austr. 6: 261. 1878; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 314. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 422. 1985; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 510. 1994.
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Description:
Culms tufted, 15-55 cm, smooth. Leaves shorter than culms, flat, plicate, acuminate, to 0.35 cm wide; sheaths reddish-brown. Inflorescence simple or subcompound, to 3.5 cm; involucral bracts 3-5, unequal, overtopping, to 10 cm. Rays 2-5, subsessile. Spikes broadly ovoid, 8-16-spikeletted, to 2.5 cm. Spikelets digitate, linear-lanceolate, compressed, acute, 10-40-flowered, 1-2 cm; rachilla persistent, flexuous, narrowly winged. Glumes ovate or oblong, to 0.2 cm, chartaceous, acute, muticous or mucronulate, sides nerveless, margin white-hyaline; keel greenish, 3-nerved. Stamen(s) (1)2. Nut oblong(-obovoid), biconvex, apiculate, stalked, dark brownish, c. 0.1 cm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy areas in grasslands
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Distribution:
Widely distributed in the Tropical and Subtropical regions
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Valiyaparathode, Tiruvalla, Tirunalli, Tolpetty, Peradala
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