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Schoenoplectiella lateriflora
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Family:
CYPERACEAE
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Citation: Schoenoplectiella lateriflora (Gmel.) Lye, Lidia 6: 25. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 939. 2009.
Scirpus lateriflorus Gmel., Syst. Nat. 2, 1: 127. 1791; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 452. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 434. 1985.
Schoenoplectus supinus (L.) Palla, Sitzber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 38: 49. 1888, ssp. lateriflorus (Gmel.) Koyama in Hara et al., Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 1: 119. 1978 & in Dassan. & Fosb., Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 158. 1985; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 424. 1991; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 401. 1991; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 806. 2009.
Schoenoplectus lateriflorus (Gmel.) Lye, Bot. Notiser 124: 290. 1971; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 320. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 520. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 902. 1990.
Scirpus supinus L. ssp. laterifolius (Gmel.) Koyama in Hara, Fl. East Himalaya 393. 1966.
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Description:
Erect, non-rhizomatous annual herbs, 10-40 cm tall; culms tufted, smooth. Leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths; sheaths 2-3, 4-12 cm long, membranous, mouth truncate. Inflorescence pseudolateral head like or corymbose, upto 4 short rays, 1-2 cm long; bracts 1-2, lower one much exceeding the inflorescence, look like as the continuation of the stem, lower bract if present very short. Spikelets 5-8 x 2-3 mm, oblong-acute, straw-coloured; rachilla persistent, not winged. Glumes spiral, 1.5-2.5 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate-acute, mucronate, keeled, 3-nerved, margins hyaline. Hypogynous bristles absent. Stamens 3; anthers c. 0.5 mm, connective bristly at top. Style c. 0.5 mm; stigma 3, as long as the style. Nuts 1-1.5 x 1 mm, obovoid, trigonous, apiculate, transversely wrinkled, black.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Kannur, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy areas, paddy fields and stagnant pools
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Bela, Pappinisseri, Cherthala
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