MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH315 : Eleocharis capitata (L.) R.Br. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 537 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Red List Category - Least Concern | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Cyperaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Bent spikerush | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. Eleocharis capitata var. dispar (E.J.Hill) Fernald Eleocharis capitata var. typica Svenson, nom. inval. Eleochariscaribaea (Rottb.) S.F.Blake. Scirpus caribaea Rottb. Scirpus geniculata L. |
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| Description : | Tufted annual, 12-25 cm. Roots white, fibrous. Stem 0.5-1 mm diam., green, with 5-6 obtuse angles separated by deep grooves. Open sheaths c. 5 mm, wide, scarious; lower closed sheath to 15 mm, reddish brown or green, mouth oblique, upper to 50 mm, green or basal parts reddish, with 5 nerves, mouth oblique, margin narrowly scarious; blades 0 or minute tip. Spike 3-6 x 3-4 mm, ovoid or globular, with 50 or more very closely imbricating glumes; basal glume fertile, not distinct from other glumes or its mid-nerve more pronounced and stronger; glumes 1.7-2.2 mm, not in protruding spiral rows, cymbiform, rounded, mid-nerve not very distinct, not reaching apex, sides grey brown, margins narrowly scarious. Perianth bristles 6-8, as long as or longer than nut, brown; stamens 2-3, anthers 0.5-0.7 mm; stigmas 2. Nut 0.8-1 x 0.6-0.8 mm (excl. stylopodium), obovoid, bi-convex, apex rounded, basal part gradually tapering, obscurely reticulate, glossy, finally black; stylopodium 0.1-0.2 x 0.3-0.4 mm, much wider than long, white, clearly constricted from nut. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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