Slender cyperus, Laxspiculate Galingale (Loose-spiked Galingale)
Cyperus distans
Summary 2
Cyperus distans, also known as slender cyperus, is a species of sedge found in Africa and Asia.
Diagnostic 3
"Erect, rhizomatous perennials; rhizome short, knotty; culms solitary or few together, 27-80 cm tall, triquetrous, thickened at base. Leaves few, basal, 8-51 x 0.4-0.7 cm, linear, apex acuminate, scabrid on margins; sheaths 6-15 cm long, purple-brown. Inflorescence compound to decompound; leafy bracts 4-6, the lowest upto 42 cm long; rays 5-12, very unequal. Spike loose, broadly ovate-pyramidal, distantly bearing 8 to 20 spikelets. Spikelets 0.8-2.2 x 0.1 cm, linear, subterete; rachilla flexuous, winged. Glumes distantly disposed on weakly zig-zag rachilla, 1.5 - 2 x 1 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, margins white-hyaline. Stamens 3; anthers oblong. Stigmas 3. Nut c. 1.5 x 0.5 mm, oblong, trigonous, apiculate, dark brown, minutely puncticulate."
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