Queenslandiella hyalina (Vahl) Ballard
MH495 : Queenslandiella hyalina (Vahl) Ballard
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus hyalinus Vahl;
Cyperus hyalinus var. substerilis (E.G.Camus) Kük.; Cyperus suaveolens Boivin ex Cherm. [Invalid]; Kyllinga hyalina (Vahl) T.Koyama; Mariscopsis hyalina (Vahl) F. Ballard; Mariscopsis hyalinus (Vahl) Ballard; Mariscopsis suaveolens Cherm.; Pycreus hyalinus (Vahl) Domin; Pycreus pumilus var. substerilis E.G.Camus; Queenslandiella mira Domin |
| Plant Common Name | : | |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Erect tufted non rhizomatous annuals, 5-15 cm tall; stem triquetrous, smooth. Leaves basal, many, longer than the stem, linear, gradually acuminate, 2-3 mm wide, scabrid on margins towards the apex; sheaths 1-3 cm, membranous, brown. Inflorescence simple, open, loose, 4 x 2 cm, branches spicate; bracts 5, longer than the inflorescence. Spikelets 4-6 x 2-2.5 mm, spreading, oblong-ovate, strongly compressed; rachilla flexuous, broadly winged; glumes distichous, distinctly mucronate, 2.8-3 x 2 mm, broadly ovate-acute, with 3-nerved scabrid keel, projecting beyond the glume apex, strongly 3-nerved in each half, hyaline. Stamens 2, anthers 0.4 mm long. Style 0.5-0.8 mm, stigmas 2. Nut broadly elliptic, laterally compressed, biconvex, 1.2-1.5 x 1 mm, brown, puncticulate.
Flowering and fruiting: November-December |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dry grasslands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | 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 | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae |
| Genus | : Queenslandiella |
| Species | : Queenslandiella hyalina (Vahl) Ballard |