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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH304 : Eriocaulon cinereum R. Br.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 526  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Eriocaules
Family : Eriocaulaceae - Pipewort family
Genus : Eriocaulon L. - pipewort
Species : Eriocaulon cinereum R. Br. - ashy pipewort
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Eriocaulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Eriocaulon amboense Schinz.
Eriocaulon ciliiflorum F.Muell.
Eriocaulon cinereum var. sieboldianum (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) T.Koyama.
Eriocaulon formosanum Hayata.
Eriocaulon heteranthum Benth.
Eriocaulon heudelotii N.E.Br.
Eriocaulon reductum Ruhland.
Eriocaulon sieboldianum Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.
Eriocaulon stuhlmannii N.E.Br.
Eriocaulon taiwanianum S.S.Ying.
Leucocephala spathacea Roxb.
Description : Herbs, rootstock absent. Leaves prostrate, to 5 x 0.2 cm, acicular; sheath 2 cm, limb ovate. Heads hemispherical, 4 mm across, black; involucral bracts 1.5 x 0.7 mm, oblong-obovate; floral bracts 2 x 0.2 mm, linear-elliptic, black; male flowers - sepals connate, spathe 3-lobed, black; petals 3, glandular; anthers 6; female flowers - sepals 1 or 2, free, hairy, black; petals absent; ovary stalked; seeds 0.3 x 0.2 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :