Rickliella squarrosa
MG101 : Rickliella squarrosa (L.)
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 546 |
| Synonym | : | Scirpus squarrosus (Vahl) Poir., nom. illeg;
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| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | annual, puberulous or nearly glabrous; stem 2–8 in. long; leaves 1/2– 3/4 the length of the stem, 1/16 in. broad; umbel usually compound; bracts 3–4, often as long as the umbel, similar to the leaves; spikelets all pedicelled, 1/5 by 1/12 in., dense; glumes elliptic, keeled, dusky, the 3 nerves coalescing into a curved excurrent mucro; stamens usually 2; style small, hairy; branches 2; nut 1/3 as long as the glume, obovoid, biconvex, pale straw-colour, smooth; hairs 10–18, simple, white, 1/2– 2/3 the length of the nut, hanging from the style-base closely round the nut, falling off with the deciduous style. null |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | warm-temperate regions |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998)"Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India" Daya Books |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao; "Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India"; Daya Books (1998); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae - Sedge family |
| Genus | : Rickliella |
| Species | : Rickliella squarrosa |