Scleria tricuspidata

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Scleria tricuspidata

Description

Annual. Leaves (i.e. those not subtending a panicle) often all reduced to bladeless or shortly bladed sheaths, sometimes (like the lower primary bracts) well developed, rather suddenly narrowed to the obtusish tip, scabrid on the margins and the main nerves in the upper part, 2-5 mm wide; Inflorescence occupying by far the greater part of the stem, narrow, consisting of 3-5 very remote, dense partial panicles;

Distribution

Aru Is present, Asia-Tropical, SE. Moluccas present, tropical Australia present
Tropical Australia; in Malesia: SE. Moluccas (Aru Is.), once collected.

Citation

KERN 1961 – In: Blumea: 203