Fimbristylis thomsonii Boeckeler, Linnaea 37(1): 37. 1871.
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Fimbristylis thomsonii Boeckeler, Linnaea 37(1): 37. 1871.
Type.
India, Mount Khasia , J.D. Hooker & T. Thomson 12 [lectotype, designated by Dey and Halder 2015, pg. 230, 231: P (P00051618 image!)] .
Description.
Plant more than 20 cm. Blade less sheath lacking. Leaf-blade flat, 2 mm wide, margin scabrous, ligulate. Involucral bract shorter than inflorescence, to 4.5 cm. Inflorescence terminal in compound anthela with more than 20 spikelets. Spikelets 5-7 × 1.5-3 mm, elliptic, ovoid to oblong, reddish. Glumes boat-shaped, ovate, chestnut brown, 3-3.5 × 2 mm, mid-vein keeled, arising from the base and excurrent into a mucro, 3 more lines arising each side of mid-vein from base to apex, surface glabrous, margin membranous. Style 1.5 mm long, base inflated, 3-angled, not ciliate. Stigmas 3. Stamens 3, 3 mm long. Achene white, shiny, trigonous, obovate, 1.5 × 1 mm, verruculose. (Fig. 2F View Figure 2 ).
Distribution.
Nepal (new record), India, China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.
Ecology.
Grows in grassland, near Schima-Castanopsis forest; 1020 m elev.
Phenology.
Flowering and fruiting in April.
Specimen examined.
Nepal, Kaski: Pokhara, Kharchyang-Aghihare Community Forest, Bhirswara, 28°9'34.27"N, 83°59'32.80"E, 1020 m elev., 25 Apr 2020, P. Bhandari & A. Bhandari KAS28 (KATH).
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