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Calyptrocarya glomerulata Urb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Calyptrocarya

Characteristics

Leafy perennial, with short thick rootstocks; culms 1.5-6 dm. high; leaves glabrous except for the scabrous margins, linear, 2-9 mm. wide, 3-nerved, usually longer than the culms; spikelets in glomerules on rays of compound or simple axillary corymbs; pistillate spikelet terminal, i-flowered, without bristles, the staminate spikelets lateral, 1-to 4-flowered; stamen 1; style-bifid; achene brownish, globose, puberulent, about 1 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Calyptrocarya glomerulata world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:43494-2
WFO ID wfo-0000343600
COL ID Q7PS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731770
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Synonyms

Becquerelia glomerulata f. rubra Becquerelia glomerata Becquerelia glomerulata Calyptrocarya fragifera Calyptrocarya glomerulata Calyptrocarya intermedia Calyptrocarya longifolia Calyptrocarya angustifolia Calyptrocarya brevicaulis Calyptrocarya palmetto Scleria palmetto Dichromena fragifera Scleria clandestina Becquerelia calyptrocarya Calyptrocarya fragifera Becquerelia glomerulata var. angustifolia Becquerelia glomerulata var. euglomerulata Calyptrocarya angustifolia var. brevicaulis Calyptrocarya fragifera var. angustifolia Becquerelia glomerulata f. minor Becquerelia glomerulata f. minuta Becquerelia glomerulata f. scabrinux Becquerelia glomerulata f. typica Hypolytrum multinerve
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