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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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Species
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CYPERUS GIGANTEUS Vahl
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PlaceOfPublication
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Enum. 2:364.- 1806
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Description
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Plants large and stout, the culms 1-2 m. high; leaves reduced to basal sheaths; bracts long and leaf-like, 1-2 cm. wide; inflorescence very large, the spikes elon- gate, lax; spikelets slender, 4-1Q mm. long, 8- to 14-flowered, rachilla winged; scales obtuse, stramineous; achene oblong-ellipsoid, trigonous, 1 mm. long, the axial face concave, oblong, yellowish, densely papillose.
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Distribution
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The plant, similar in general appearance to the papyrus of the Nile, often forms extensive and dense colonies in open swamps near the coast. Mexico to Argentina.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Monte Lirio, Maxon 6855. PANAMA: Rio Mamoni, below La Capitana, Pittier 4577.
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