Cyperus procerus
Diagnostic 1
"Erect, non-tufted, shortly rhizomatous perennials; rhizome stoloniferous, the stolons slender, long, distantly covered with scales; culms solitary or few together, 55-120 cm tall, triquetrous. Leaves few, basal, 30-75 x 0.7-1.2 cm, linear, gardually acuminate, canaliculate, spongy or subcoriaceous, scabrid-margined distally; sheaths upto 30 cm long, purplish. Inflorescence compound, 11-15 x 9-15 cm; leafy bracts 3-4, the longest upto 55 cm long; primary rays 3-7, very unequal. Spikelets 0.8-3 x 0.2 - 0.35 cm, oblong to linear-lanceolate, compressed, pale coloured, tinged with red-brown. Glumes 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate-obtuse, pale brownish and stained with reddish-brown. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Nut 1-1.5 x 0.5 mm, obovoid, triquetrous, apiculate, brown."
Sources and Credits
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26335510
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
