Habit: Grass
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Kyllinga odorata var. genuina Osten, nom. inval. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III.
Attributions | Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Plants perennial, densely cespitose, rhizomatous. Culms (5–)10–25(–45) cm, smooth. Leaves flat to slightly folded, (6–)10–20(–30) cm × 2–3(–4) mm. Inflorescences: spikes 1–3(–4), whitish, ovoid to ellipsoid, 6–12(–18) × 4–8 mm; bracts (2–)3–4, horizontal, flat, (2–)3–4, 1–7(–9) cm × (0.5–)1–3(–4.5) mm. Spikelets (50–)75–150, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, (1.8–) 2.3–2.8(–3) × 1–1.3 mm; floral scales whitish, laterally 2–3-veined, broadly ovate, 2–2.5 × (1.3–)1.8–2.6 mm; stamens 2; anthers (0.4–)0.6–0.8(–1) mm; style 0.6–1 mm; stigmas 0.3–0.6 mm. Achenes reddish brown to dark brown, broadly ellipsoid, 1.2–1.5 × 0.7–0.8(–0.9) mm, base whitish, stipe to 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, puncticulate.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Damp grasslands
Description
Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America; Asia; Africa; Australia.
Common in rocky patches above 800msl.
Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III.
Attributions | Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III.
Overview > Brief
- Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III.
Information Listing > References
- Mathew, K. M. "The flora of Palani Hills." Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli, Part I-III.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Liliopsida |
Order | Poales |
Family | Cyperaceae |
Genus | Kyllinga |
Species | Kyllinga odorata Vahl |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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