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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 SIMPLEX HBK.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:207. 1816
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Description
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Perennial from weak short rhizomes; culms 4-15 cm. long, slender; leaves long, 3-6 mm. wide; bracts very long and leaf-like; inflorescence simple, the rays mostly 10-20 cm. long; spikelets 1-3 at the end of each ray, 1-2 cm. long, 15- to 40-flowered, strongly compressed, pale; scales viscid, the apex acuminate and in- curved;-stamen 1; achene obovoid, truncate, obtusely trigonous, 1 mm. long, dull brown, with a whitened waxy covering, densely papillose.
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Distribution
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Open forests and r6adsides, below 100 m. altitude. Southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia.
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Elevation
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below 100 m.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Rio Indio, 70-80 m., Dodge d Allen 17295; Barro Colorado Island, Kenoyer i42; Gamboa, Standley 28435. PANAMA: Arraijain, ca. 15 m., Woodson, Allen d Seibert I344; Rio Tecuimen, Standley 29379; Rio Tapia, Standley 28209; Matias Her- nandez, Standley 28976; Punta Paitilla, Piper 5407.
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