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Pakistan | Family List | Poaceae | Psilurus

Psilurus incurvus (Gouan) Schinz & Thell. in Vjschr. naturf. Ges. Zurich. 58: 40. 1913. Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 561.1960; Bor in Towns., Guest & Al-Rawi, Fl. Iraq 9:102. 1968; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 70:97. 1970; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 432. 1976; Tutin in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 5:173.1980.

  • Nardus aristatus Linn.
  • Nardus incurvus Gouan
  • Psilurus aristatus (Linn.) Duval-Jouve
  • Psilurus nardoides Trin.
  • Psilurus rottboelloides Griff.

    Tufted annual; culms 10-35 cm high, erect or geniculately ascending, slender. Leaf-blades 1-5 cm long, c.0.5 mm wide. Inflorescence 5-20 cm long, usually flexuous, often curved into a circle or spiral; glume 0.5-1.8 mm long; lemma 4-5.5 mm long; awn 3-5 mm long; anther 0.4 mm long.

    Type locality: France.

    Distribution: Pakistan (N. W. F. P.); Mediterranean region eastwards through southern USSR and the Middle East to Pakistan.


     

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