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MH443 : Actinoscirpus grossus (L.f.) Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Class	: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order	: Poales
Family	: Cyperaceae
Genus	: Actinoscirpus grossus (L.f.) Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson
Species	: Actinoscirpus grossus (L.f.) Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson

Plant Location in Melghat :

Marshy fields

Plant Category :

Herbs

Plant's Current Status :

Red List Category - Least Concern

Plant Family :

Cyperaceae

Plant Common Name :

Scirpus grossus L.F.

Synonym :

Hymenochaeta grossa (L.f.) Nees
Schoenoplectus grossus (L.f.) Palla
Scirpus grossus L.f.

Description :

Stoloniferous perennial, to c. 2 m. Stem sharply trigonous, edges scabrous, sides concave. Leaves c. half of stem length; sheaths 14-20 cm, soft, yellowish green, disintegrating into fibres; blades 60-100 cm x 5-27 mm, flat, greyish green, keeled, margins slightly revolute, scabrous. Anthelodium, c. 12 x 10 cm; bracts to 60 x 1.5 cm; primary branches more than 10, up to 60 mm, two from each basal tubular prophyll, tubular prophylls to 12 mm, with spongy basal part, scabrous; secondary anthelodia up to 65 mm, secondary branches up to 35 mm, two from each tubular prophyll, tubular prophylls c. 5 mm; tertiary anthelodia to c. 30 mm, tertiary branches each ending with solitary spike or with additional peduncled spike (occasionally even small quaternary anthelodium is produced), peduncles to 5-12 mm, bracts c. 4 mm, tubular prophyll c. 3 mm; spikes 3-7 x 2-4 mm, ovoid; glumes 2.4-2.7 mm, cymbiform, barbed, apex rounded, with short mucro, sides nerveless, brown, margin narrowly fringed. Perianth bristles slightly longer than fruit; stamens 3, anther c. 1.5 mm. Nut 1.5-1.6 x 1.1-1.2 mm, widely obovoid, apiculate, finely papillose, glossy, pale brown or brown. Fl. Per.: July.

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Reference :

~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :