Scleria psilorrhiza C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit.

D., Paneru, L. R., Joshi, B., Adhikari & Rajbhandary, S., 2024, Three new additions to the Cyperaceous Flora of Nepal, Rheedea 34 (2), pp. 153-156 : 154-156

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scientific name	Scleria psilorrhiza C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit.
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Scleria psilorrhiza C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. View in CoL India 6: 691. 1894. Type: “a Calcutta communicata” (holo K [ K000357562 ] digital image!). Fig. 1i–l View Fig

Perennial with a creeping rhizome; rhizome covered with brown scales. Stems up to 125 cm tall, 4–5 mm wide, sharply 3-angled, leafy throughout, glabrous. Leaf blade linear, 20–26 × 0.5–0.8 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence dense, consisting of a terminal panicle 10–17 cm long. Involucral bracts leaflike, sheathing at base, overtopping the inflorescence. Spikelets 2 or 3 in a cluster, rustcolored, sessile, 3–4 mm. Glumes broadly ovatelanceolate, apex aristate. Nuts large, 3–4 × 2.5–3 mm, smooth, shiny, glabrous, white.

Flowering & fruiting: Flowers and fruits were observed during July to August.

Habitat: Grasslands.

Distribution: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South- Central, India, Jawa , Northern Territory, New

Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Australia, and Nepal (present record).

Specimen examined: NEPAL, Sudur Paschim Province, Kanchanpur district, Shuklaphanta National Park , N 28.82°, E 80.17°, 201 m, 15.08.2023, Dipa Paneru DP 0231 ( KATH) GoogleMaps .