Taxonomic notes on Cyperaceae of Nepal: new records of a genus, six species and other noteworthy species Bhandari, Prabin Chaudhary, Satyam Neupane, Ajay Zhou, Shi-Liang Zhang, Shu-Ren PhytoKeys 2021 2021-08-09 180 141 156 4VP27 3699366D-90E7-5960-A72C-D937CED1CB64 R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 240. 1810. R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 240. 1810. Liliopsida Cyperaceae Scleria CoL Plantae Scleria rugosa Poales 0 141 Tracheophyta species rugosa   Type.   Australia, Queensland, Endeavour River, 1770,  J. Banks&  D. Solanders.n. [ lectotype, designated by Simpson 2019, pg. 207: BM (BM000833641 image!)].  Description. Plant annual. Stem suberect, culm tufted, glabrous, 3-angled, to 10 cm long. Basal sheath glabrous, leaf sheath sparsely ciliate, not winged; contraligule round, barbate. Leaf-blade linear, glabrous, 2.5-7 x0.25-3 cm. Involucral bracts leaf-like, to 11 cm long, glabrous. Inflorescence paniculate with 1-3 distant branches, each branch, with 1-3 spikelets. Peduncle recurved, slightly winged, margin ciliate. Spikelets unisexual; male spikelets linear-lanceolate, shortly peduncled, margin ciliate, glumes to 2 mm long, lanceolate, the mid-vein of the two outer ones ciliate; female spikelets with up to 5 glumes. Glumes ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 x1-1.5 mm, beset with long, patent hairs, vein prolonged into a mucro. Achene spherical-globose, 1.5 x1.5 mm, whitish or greyish, smooth, shiny, apex with a whitish beak. Disc thick, lobe yellowish-brown, shallowly 3-lobed, rounded-obtuse, margin reflexed. (Fig. 2I).  Distribution. Nepal (new record), India, China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, New Guinea, Japan, Korea and Australia.  Ecology. Understorey of  Schima-  Castanopsisforest and edges of water canal; 71-755 m elev.  Phenology. Flowering in August-September; fruiting in October-December.  Specimens examined.    Nepal, Kaski: Pokhara Valley, Niureni Lake, 28°11'32.96"N, 84°2'53.63"E,  755 melev., 08 Sep 2020,  P. Bhandari20090802(KATH); Kaski: Pokhara Valley, Niureni Lake, 28°11'32.96"N, 84°2'53.63"E,  749 melev., 30 Dec 2020,  P. Bhandari&  N.L. Bhandari20123007(KATH); Jhapa: Kachankawal RM, Baniyani, 26°26'15.94"N, 88°3'1.28"E,  71 melev., 04 Dec 2020,  S. Chaudhary20120410(KATH). 2021-01-01 2021-12-31 2021-01-01 J. Banks, D. Solander Australia Endeavour River 1 Queensland lectotype 2020-09-08 2020-12-30 2020-09-08 P. Bhandari, N. L. Bhandari, Kachankawal RM, S. Chaudhary Nepal Niureni Lake 755 26.43776 Kaski 1 88.05036 Pokhara Valley 1