Fimbristylis obtusata
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Description
Dwarfish, glabrous annual with fibrous roots.
Inflorescence simple, rarely subcompound, loose, with few, (1-)3-4(-6) spikelets.
Stamen 1;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Banjermasin present, Jesselton present, Johore present, Kuching present, Lower Bengal present, Lower Burma present, Malacca present, Mt Kinabalu present, N. Borneo present, P. Langkawi present, P. Penang present, Pahang present, Pare-Pare present, Peninsular Thailand present, Sanggau present, W. Borneo present
Lower Bengal, Lower Burma, Peninsular Thailand; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (P. Langkawi, Pahang, Malacca, Johore, P. Penang, Singapore), Borneo (Sarawak: Kuching; W. Borneo: Banjermasin, Sanggau; N. Borneo: Jesselton, Mt Kinabalu); Celebes: Pare-Pare; specimens in the Leyden Herb. "Sumatra, leg. WAITZ" may be mislabelled.
Notes
Clearly distinct from F. tenera R. & S., of which CLARKE considered it a variety. Mainly characterized by the flat, relatively broad, obtuse leaves and the muticous, glabrous, glumes. By the leaves arising in a left hand spiral and the tendency to distichous arrangement of the glumes it shows affinity to the species of sect. Fuscae (e.g. F.fimbristyloides).