Scleria purpurascens var. ophirensis
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Banka present, Lingga present, Riouw present, S. China Sea present, St. Barbe I present
Malesia: Sumatra, Banka, Riouw, Lingga, Malay Peninsula, and St. Barbe I. (S. China Sea). .
Notes
It is difficult to place this remarkable variety because of the absence of nuts in the rather numerous collections (except for a single fruit in the type). CLARKE treated it as a variety of S. multifoliata (= S. purpurascens), with the remark that perhaps it might represent a distinct species. As long as no complete fruiting material is available this seems the best solution of the question, although it is also possible that we are dealing with a systemati- cally unimportant form from infertile soil with poor fructification and mostly vegetative propagation.