Cyperus section Diffusi

Viji, Ambika Rajan, Pandurangan, Alagramam Govindasamy, Deepu, Sivadas & Tucker, Gordon C., 2015, Cyperus coonoorensis (Cyperaceae), a new species from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India, Phytotaxa 203 (2), pp. 178-184 : 182

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.203.2.7

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/39771550-C71D-FFB7-44E7-F98CFA48C4B3

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Cyperus section Diffusi
status

 

Key to the species of Cyperus section Diffusi of South Asia

1a. Perennials; rhizome present................................................................................................................................................................2

1b. Annuals; rhizome absent....................................................................................................................................................................5

2a. Culms less than 10 cm high; glumes up to 4 mm long....................................................................................................... C. radians View in CoL

2b. Culms more than 10 cm high; glumes up to 2 mm long....................................................................................................................3

3a. Leaves 7 mm wide; Stamens 2 .............................................................................................................................................. C. kurzii View in CoL

3b. Leaves 2 cm wide; stamens 3.............................................................................................................................................................4

4a. Rhizome 0.5–1 cm long; inflorescence lax, 6–10 cm long; glumes not closely imbricate ............................................... C. diffusus View in CoL

4b. Rhizome 3–4 cm long; inflorescence dense, 10–35 cm long; glumes closely imbricate.......................................... C. coonoorensis View in CoL

5a. Inflorescence congested into a head ................................................................................................................................... C. thorelii View in CoL

5b. Inflorescence compound to decompound umbel................................................................................................................................6

6a. Leaves 2–3; stamen 1 ............................................................................................................................................... C. multispicatus View in CoL

6b. Leaves many, stamens 2 ....................................................................................................................................................... C. helferi View in CoL

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

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