Fuirena tenuis P.L.Forbes

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Fuirena

Characteristics

Rhizoma elongatum tenue 1.0-1.5 mm diametro, culmis usque ad 10 mm sepositis. Culmi usque ad 160 mm alti, ca. 1.0 mm diametro, 3-angulati, glabri vel ad apices spatio brevissimo puberuli. Foliorum vaginae glabrae vel longitudinaliter a hiatu inter insertiones marginum laminarum versus nodum puberulae; ligulae puberulae glabrescentesve; laminae usque ad 100 mm longae, 2.0 mm latae, erectae vel suberectae, plerumque V-formatae transverse sectae, glabrae vel marginibus carinisque apices versus puberulis, raro nervo medio adaxialiter hispidulo-puberulo. Inflorescentia pseudolateralis capitata, e spiculis paucis constans; bractea ima erecta, spiculas superans, ad basin brevissime vaginans vel evaginans. Spiculae usque ad 8.5 mm longae, 3.0 mm latae (aristis exclusis), anguste ovoideae vel ellipsoideae, apice acuto. Glumae sparsim et minute puberulae, omnes fertiles vel duae basales steriles quarum infima longiaristata, secunda mutica; glumae fertiles ca. 4.0-4.5 mm longae (aristis inclusis), subcarinatae 3-nerves, aristis subterminalibus rectis 0.6-1.0 mm longis. Verticillus hypogynus exterior e setulis 3 retrorse glochideis constans. Verticillus hypogynus interior e squamellis 3, achenio circa aequilongis, constans. Squamellarum ungues breves glabri; laminae ellipticae, nervo medio prominenti glebuloso, margine lobato globuloso, ala fimbriata submarginali in pagina interiore affixa; aristae retrorse glochideae. Stamina 3; antherae lineares 2.0-2.4 mm longae. Achenium stipitatum longirostre, circa 2 mm longum (rostro et stipite inclusis), late ellipsoideum trigonum trabeculatum, cellulis extimis transverse elongatis (rostro angulis stipite exclusis).
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Perennial herb, up to 0.16 m high, long-rhizomatous, rhizome slender. Leaf blades ± 2 mm wide, V-shaped. Culm nodose, 3-angled, ± 1 mm in diam. Inflorescence a pseudolateral head of few spikelets, up to ± 12 mm in diam. Bracts: lowest erect, overtopping inflorescence. Spikelets ovate or elliptical, excl. awns up to 8.5 x 3.0 mm. Glumes: fertile ± lanceolate, incl. awn 4.0-4.5 mm long, keel excurrent into a straight awn up to 1.2 mm long. Perianth: outer whorl of 3 retrorsely barbed bristles; inner whorl of 3 stalked, aristate scales ± equalling nutlet length, blade margins toothed, arista retrorsely barbed. Flowering time Jan., Feb. Nutlet broadly elliptical, narrowly stalked, incl. stalk ± 2 mm long, 3-angled, pale yellow, surface trabeculate; pericarp epidermal cells transversely elongate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.16
Root system rhizome
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Distribution

Fuirena tenuis world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904217-1
WFO ID wfo-0000426725
COL ID 6JQCG
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Fuirena tenuis