Bentawn Flatsedge (Cyperus reflexus)
Description
Slender perennial with short thick rhizome. Culms trigonous, smooth, 20�50 cm high, 1�2.5 mm diam.Leaves scarcely septate-nodulose, shorter than culms, 1�2 mm wide. Inflorescence simple or compound with 4�8 branches to 4 cm long or head-like; digitate clusters 10�15 mm diam.; involucral bracts leaf-like, 3 or 4 exceeding the inflorescence. Spikelets flattened, numerous per cluster, 4�12 mm long, 0.8�2.5 mm wide in side view, 10�24-flowered; rachilla not winged, persistent. Glumes with 3-nerved midrib, 1.5�2 mm long, dark red-brown. Stamen 1. Style 3-fid.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Cyperaceae
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Genus: Cyperus
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