Pycreus flavidus




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



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