Family | Cyperaceae |
Scientific name | Pycreus flavidus (Retzius) T. Koyama |
Synonyms | Cyperus capillaris Koen. ex Roxb.; Cyperus flavidus Retzius; Cyperus globosus Allioni, non Forssk; Cyperus globosus Allioni var. nilagiricus (Hochstetter ex Steudel) C. B. Clarke; Cyperus junghuhnii Miquel; Cyperus nilagiricus Hochstetter ex Steudel; Pycreus flavidus (Retzius) T. Koyama forma atroferrugineus (Steudel) C. Y. Wu; Pycreus flavidus (Retzius) T. Koyama forma pauperior (Boeckeler) C. Y. Wu; Pycreus flavidus (Retzius) T. Koyama var. nilagiricus (Hochstetter ex Steudel) C. Y. Wu ex S. Karthikeyan; Pycreus globosus Haines; Pycreus globosus (Allioni) Reichenbach; Pycreus globosus (Allioni) Reichenbach var. minimus (Kükenthal) Tang et Wang; Pycreus globosus (Allioni) Reichenbach var. nilagiricus (Hochstetter ex Steudel) C. B. Clarke |
Common name | (Japanese common name) aze gayatsuri [rice paddy path mosquito net] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Algeria, Egypt | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=80 |
Description | Plants culms 20-40cm. Flowers spikelets 10-25mm, flowering in July to October. Annual plants. |
Reference | Pycreus flavidus (Retz.) T. Koyama |
July 2007 at lowland swamp | July 2007 at lowland swamp | July 2007 at lowland swamp |