Fimbristylis consanguinea
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Description
Leaves narrow, 1-2 mm wide, the cauline ones sometimes much reduced, ½-2 cm long;
Inflorescence less compound, subsimple, with few spikelets, 1-3 cm long and wide.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present, Ceylon present, Madagascar present, S. Africa present, W.-E. Java present
Insufficiently known: S. Africa, Madagascar, Ceylon, India; in Malesia: W.-E. Java.
Notes
None of the Malesian Fimbristylis spp. occurs at such high altitudes as F. consanguinea. Also in Ceylon it is found in the montane zone above 1200 m, in Madagascar it ascends to 1600 m. F. complanata is restricted to low and medium altitudes.
F. horsfieldii CLARKE was based on a specimen from Central Java, Mt Prahu, HORSFIELD 1073, with very short stem-leaves.
F. horsfieldii CLARKE was based on a specimen from Central Java, Mt Prahu, HORSFIELD 1073, with very short stem-leaves.