Fimbristylis fulvescens

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Fimbristylis fulvescens

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Description

Perennial (always ?). Inflorescence simple (very rarely one of the rays with a short secondary ray), loose, with 3-7 spikelets, 1½-3 cm long, 2-4 cm wide. Stamens 3;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Ceylon present, Government Hill on P. Penang present

Insufficiently known. Ceylon; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Government Hill on P. Penang).

Notes

Closely related to F. fusca, from which it is possibly not specifically distinct. In Malesia only collected by KUNSTLER in 1881 and CURTIS in 1889.

Citation

KERN 1955 – In: Blumea: 127

THWAITES 1898 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 72

HOOK.ƒ. 1900 – In: Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 62

KERN 1967 – In: Blumea: 435

Clarke 1893 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 650