TY -JOUR
AU -Chandrasseril Narayanan Sunil
AU -Matalai Kokkarammath Ratheesh Narayanan
AU -Sidharth Sathyan Nair
AU -Athira Unnikrishnan
AU -Malayil Gopalan Sanilkumar
TI -<i>Fimbristylis prasadii</i> (Cyperaceae), a new species from Karnataka, India
PY -2026
DA -2026-03-27
JO -Taiwania
VL -71
IS -2
SP -273
EP -276
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2169
AB -<i>Fimbristylis prasadii</i>, a new species of Cyperaceae is described from the Bhatkal Lateritic Plateau in Karnataka, India. It morphologically resembles <i>F. pauciflora</i> R.Br., but can be recognised by the well-developed ligulate leaves, membranous or subchartaceous glumes with 1-nerved keel, occurrence of 3 stamens, triquetrous nutlet with its prominent angles almost winged towards apex and subtruncate with a shallow depression at apex. Also, the epidermal cells on nutlet surface are transversely linear–oblong. A detailed description, distribution, phenology, images of the plant and its floral parts, and a comparison with related species are provided.
DO -10.6165/tai.2026.71.273