Actinoschoenus thouarsii (Kunth) Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Actinoschoenus

Characteristics

Culms tufted, 15-40 cm tall, slender, 3-angled, with 2 sheaths at base. Leaves bladeless; sheath brown, with prominent ribs, margin membranous and darker, apically attenuate to a caudate apex but basal ones not caudate, mouth obliquely truncate. Involucral bracts subulate, usually shorter than inflorescence, base continuing into culm. Spikelets 1 or 2(-6), narrowly ovoid, 6-8 × 0.5-2 mm, with fewer flowers, with 5-7 glumes distichous basally and 3 basal ones empty, few-flowered and apicalmost glume with a sterile flower. Glumes brown, semicircular to broadly ovate basally on spikelet and oblong-ovate apically on spikelet, 0.2-2 mm, membranous, glabrous, 3-veined, apex mucronate. Stamens 3; stigmas 3. Nutlet cream-colored to light brownish, obovoid, 1-1.2 mm, 3-sided, smooth to verruculose and indistinctly reticulate. Fl. Sep-Oct, fr. Apr-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
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Blooming months
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Actinoschoenus thouarsii world distribution map, present in China, Iceland, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297857-1
WFO ID wfo-0000337412
COL ID 64PNP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 674419
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Synonyms

Actinoschoenus humbertii Arthrostylis aphylla Arthrostylis filiformis Arthrostylis humbertii Arthrostylis thouarsii Arthrostylis chinensis Fimbristylis actinoschoenus Fimbristylis chinensis Fimbristylis laxiflora Fimbristylis thouarsii Rhynchospora echinata Schoenus aphyllus Fimbristylis filiformis Rhynchospora pauciflora Fimbristylis actinoschoenus var. chinensis Actinoschoenus chinensis Actinoschoenus filiformis Actinoschoenus thouarsii Fimbristylis actinoschoenus var. thouarsii