Fimbristylis consanguinea

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Fimbristylis consanguinea

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.

Citation

KERN 1955 – In: Blumea: 110
CHERM. 1937 – In: Fl. Madag.: 185
BOECK. 1871 – In: Linnaea: 36
STEUD. 1855 – In: Syn.: 113
KUNTH 1968 – In: Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 3: 464
Hook.f. 1900 – In: Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 63
STEEN. 1972: Mt Fl. Java: t.14: 11