Cyperus pachycephalus

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Cyperus pachycephalus

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Description

Annual. Leaves flat, gradually acuminate, scabrid on the margins and nerves, (2-)3-4(-5) mm wide; Inflorescence consisting of several very dense glomerules, contracted into a subtriangular-ovoid to subglobose, lobed head, 1½-3 cm across. Stamens 3;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, NE. New Guinea present, Sepik Distr present, W. New Guinea present

Malesia: W. New Guinea, NE. New Guinea (Sepik Distr.).

Notes

Differs from C. pygmaeus by the stouter stems, the larger heads, the broader leaves, the less densely imbricate, distinctly nerved glumes, with smooth keel, the 3 stamens, the crested anthers, the broader styles, the number of stigmas (preponderantly 3), and the larger nuts.

Citation

KERN 1965 – In: Blumea: 123