Scleria oblata
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Description
Nearly glabrous and smooth perennial.
Leaves gradually narrowed to the acutish tip, somewhat puberulous on the upper side near the base, otherwise glabrous, minutely scabrid especially in the upper part, 4-9 mm wide, the upper ones distant, the middle ones more approximate (but not whorled);
Inflorescence rather narrow, consisting of a terminal partial panicle and 2-5 lateral ones, 15-25 cm long, 3-5 cm wide;
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Assam (Assam present); Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Banka present, Burma present, Ceylon present, S. China present, SE. Celebes present, W. Java present
Ceylon, Assam, Burma, Thailand, IndoChina, and S. China; in Malesia: Sumatra, Banka, Malay Peninsula, W. Java, Borneo, Philippines, SE. Celebes.
Notes
CLARKE (1894) placed this species and S. ciliaris (S. bancana) in the group with pseudo-whorled leaves, along with S. purpurascens (S. multifoliata) and S. sumatrensis, which are certainly not their closest allies. The middle leaves in S. oblata and S. ciliaris are more or less approximated, but not whorled.
Citation
S. T. BLAKE 1968 – In: Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 3: 486
WILLD. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 133
WILLD. 1898 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 103
Clarke 1894 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 694
BOECK. 1874 – In: Linnaea: 512
CAMUS 1912 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C.: 169
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 66
STEUD. 1855 – In: Syn.: 169
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 341
KUNTH 1837 – In: En.: 342
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 111
UITTIEN 1949 – In: Backer, Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.), 10: fam. 246, p. 57
NEES 1834 – In: Wight, Contr.: 117
Ridl. 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 177
KERN 1961 – In: Blumea: 169