Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 285. 1805.
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Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 285. 1805. |
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Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 285. 1805. View in CoL
Type.
India, König s.n. [holotype: C, (C10010413 image!)].
Description.
Plant annual, tufted. Culm terete, up to 22 cm long. Leaf reduced to the bladeless sheath. Involucral bract absent. Inflorescence terminal with a single erect or slightly nodding spikelet. Spikelet lanceolate-ovoid, 5-10 × 1.5-3 mm. Glumes pale green or brown-tinged, ovate, 3-4 × 2-2.5 mm, apex obtuse and mucronate. Style flattened, apically ciliate, 2.5 mm long. Stigmas 2, ciliate. Stamens 2, as long as glumes. Achene brownish-black, obovoid, 1.5 × 1-1.5 mm, biconvex, with 6-7 rows of transversely wavy reticulation in each face, pitted with hexagonal cells, shortly stipitate. (Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ).
Distribution.
Nepal (new record), Bhutan, India, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, New Guinea and Australia.
Ecology.
Grows in flood plains, riverbanks and semi-dry paddy fields; 70-676 m elev.
Phenology.
Flowering in August-September; fruiting in October-December.
Specimens examined.
Nepal, Kaski: Pokhara Valley, Sita Paila , 28°10'30.92"N, 83°59'40.36"E, 676 m elev., 11 Oct 2020, P. Bhandari & A. Bhandari 20101101 (KATH, TUCH) GoogleMaps ; Jhapa: Kachankawal RM, Baniyani , 26°26'15.94"N, 88°3'1.28"E, 70 m elev., 04 Dec 2020, S. Chaudhary 20120406 (KATH) GoogleMaps .
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