Spike; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 8/1998 © Jörn Germer
Infructescence close-up; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 5/1998 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 8/1998 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 5/1998 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 726 Date of entry: 18.02.2008 Last update: 11.01.2020
Mandarin: 长小穗莎草 (chang xiao sui suo cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Cyperaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Cyperus (8)
Epithet: digitatus Roxb. (1)
digitatus => fingered, with fingers (e.g. leaves as that of the Horse-Chestnut)
Climate: tropical
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: brown, red
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