Pycreus pumilus (L.) Nees
MH494 : Pycreus pumilus (L.) Nees
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus breviculmis F.Muell., nom. illeg.;
Cyperus commutatus Steud.;
Cyperus divergens Chapm., nom. illeg.;
Cyperus gymnoleptus Steud.;
Cyperus laxiusculus Steud.;
Cyperus leucolepis J.Carey ex C.B.Clarke, nom. illeg.;
Cyperus nervulosus (Kük.) S.T.Blake;
Cyperus nitens Retz.;
Cyperus nitens var. patens (Vahl) Boeckeler;
Cyperus obstinatus Steud.;
Cyperus patens Vahl;
Cyperus pulvinatus Nees & Meyen;
Cyperus pumilus L.;
Cyperus pumilus f. gracilis (E.G.Camus) Kük.;
Cyperus pumilus var. leucolepis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.;
Cyperus pumilus var. nervulosus Kük.;
Cyperus pumilus var. patens (Vahl) Kük.;
Cyperus pumilus var. prorepens Kük.;
Cyperus pumilus var. punctatus C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus punctatus Roxb., nom. illeg.;
Cyperus pusillus Vahl;
Cyperus pygmaeus Retz., nom. illeg.;
Cyperus strictus Wight ex C.B.Clarke, nom. inval.;
Cyperus terminalis Marsh ex Steud.;
Cyperus truncatulus Steud.;
Dichostylis nitens (Retz.) Palla;
Dichostylis patens (Vahl) Palla;
Juncellus leucolepis C.B.Clarke;
Juncellus pumilus Peter;
Pycreus nitens (Retz.) Nees;
Pycreus nitens f. gracilis E.G.Camus;
Pycreus patens (Vahl) Cherm.;
Pycreus pulvinatus (Nees & Meyen) Nees;
Pycreus pumilus var. patens (Vahl) Hoenselaar;
Pycreus pumilus var. punctatus Domin;
Pycreus punctatus Govind.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Erect, tufted, non-rhizomatous annual herbs; culms 7-18 cm tall, triquetrous. Leaves few, basal, 5-12 x 0.1-0.2 cm, linear, flat, gradually narrowed to long, acuminate apex, sheaths 1.5-3 cm long, purplish-brown. Inflorescence simple to subcompound, 2-5 cm long and as wide; primary rays 1-5, upto 3 cm long; bracts 3-5, the longest 7-12 cm long. Spikelets 5-12 x 2-2.5 mm, oblong, subacute, flattened, light greenish. Glumes distichous, closely imbricate, 1-1.5 x 1 mm, ovate-obtuse, the midnerve excurrent into a distinct mucro, sharply keeled, 1-2 basal ones empty. Stamens 2. Stigmas 2; longer than the style. Nut upto 1 x 0.5 mm, ellipsoid, biconvex, distinctly apiculate, brown, distinctly puncticulate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Marshy areas, paddy fields and wetlands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List Category - Least concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae |
| Genus | : Pycreus |
| Species | : Pycreus pumilus (L.) Nees |