Scleria purpurascens var. purpurascens
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Description
Perennial.
Leaves in the middle part of the stems and lower bracts clustered, in pseudo-whorls of 2-5, gradually narrowed upwards, scabrous on the margins and the main nerves in the upper part, usually more or less pubescent especially beneath, rarely glabrous, 3-14 mm wide;
Inflorescence oblong, up to 50 cm long, consisting of a terminal panicle and up to 10 lateral ones, ultimately purple;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, Central Java present, Culion present, Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Palawan present, SE. Peninsula present, Samar present, Sumatra and adjacent islands present, W. Java present
Burma, Thailand, Indo-China; in Malesia: Sumatra and adjacent islands, Malay Peninsula, W. Java, very rare in Central Java, Borneo, Philippines (Palawan, Culion, Luzon, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao), Celebes (SE. Peninsula).
Citation
Ridl. 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 178
CAMUS 1912 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C.: 169
Clarke 1894 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 693
UITTIEN 1949 – In: Backer, Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.), 10: fam. 246, p. 55
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 112
Clarke 1909: Ill. Cyp.: t. 129 f. 3
BOECK. 1898 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 102
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 66