Cyperus tenuiculmis
Diagnostic 2
"Culm solitary, to 45 cm, 3-quetrous, ribbed, base incrassate. Leaves as long as culm, or shorter, to 0.25 cm wide, acute, nerves prominent. Inflorescence compound, open, to 6 cm; involucral rays 3, overtopping, the longest to 20 cm; primary rays 3-5. Spikelets 2-10, spicate or racemose, at right angles to rachis. Spikelets narrow-oblong, to 1.5 x 0.1 cm, yellow, compressed, 10-15-flowered; rachilla persistent, wing to 0.1 cm. Glumes imbricate, ovate, 0.25 cm, mucronulate, sides 4-6-nerved, margin hyaline; keel 3-nerved. Stamens 3. Nut ellipsoid, 3-quetrous, 0.1 cm, apiculate, stalked."
Sources and Credits
- (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10224054
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26335492
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- 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
