Scleria annularis

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Scleria annularis

Description

Annual. Leaves gradually narrowed to the obtusish tip, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, antrorsely scabrous on the margins and the main nerves especially in the upper part, 3-6 mm wide; Inflorescence narrow, elongate, consisting of a terminal panicle and 2-3 remote lateral ones, the terminal panicle 3-4 by 1 1½ cm, somewhat longer than the lateral ones, these single at the nodes, more rarely binate, their peduncles more or less (the lowest up to 10 cm) exserted from the sheaths, smooth or scabrid, 2- winged at the dilated top;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: India present; New Guinea present, Central China present, Kebar valley present, Moi Biri Bay present, Papua present, Vogelkop present
Scattered throughout India, Central China; in Malesia: New Guinea (Vogelkop, Kebar Valley; Papua: Moi Biri Bay), twice collected.

Notes

Very similar in habit to the closely related S. novae-hollandiae, but stouter, and clearly distinct by its scabridity, and the ovoid, not apiculate, compressed, very shining nut.

Citation

Clarke 1894 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 687
KERN 1961 – In: Blumea: 200
BOECK. 1874 – In: Linnaea: 456
NEES ex STEUD. 1855 – In: Syn.: 176
1898 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 98