Cyperus melanospermus subsp. melanospermus
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Description
Leaves practically all reduced to membranous sheaths, only the upper 1-2 very shortly laminate.
Inflorescence very dense, (6-)10-12(-16) by 6-8(-10) mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Flores present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present), S. Asia present, tropical and subtropical Africa present
Tropical and subtropical Africa, S. Asia, Fiji; widely spread in Malesia, but nowhere common: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Java, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao) Lesser Sunda Is. (Flores), Celebes, New Guinea.
Citation
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 115
Clarke 1893 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 588
BACK. 1949 – In: Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.): fam. 246, p. 44
KERN 1968 – In: Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 3: 470
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 59
BOECK. 1868 – In: Linnaea: 419
NEES 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 138
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 290