Rhynchospora malasica
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Description
Perennial.
Leaves rather rigid, flat or somewhat keeled, long-acumi- nate, sparsely scaberulous-pilose on the margins, revolute when dry, 4-8 mm wide;
Inflorescence spici- form or racemiform, 3-10 cm long.
Flower bisexual.
Stamens 3;
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Japan (Kyushu present), Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present), Banka present, Hondo present, Japan present, Johore present, Malacca present, Okinawa present, Ryu Kyu Islands present, Saribas present, Southern America: Argentina Northeast (Formosa present), Trengganu present
From Japan (Hondo, Kyushu) southwards to the Ryu Kyu Islands (Okinawa) and Formosa, very rare in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Trengganu, Malacca, Johore, Singapore), Banka, Borneo (Saribas).
Citation
Clarke 1909: Ill. Cyp.: f. 1-4
Ridl. 1906 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 225
Clarke 1949 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 438
KERN 1956 – In: Reinwardtia: 97
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 63
KÜK. 1940 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 303
OHWI 1944 – In: Mem. Coll. Sc. Kyoto Imp. Un. B: 17
Clarke 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 83