Taxonomic notes on Cyperaceae of Nepal: new records of a genus, six species and other noteworthy species Author Bhandari, Prabin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0199-8656 State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China Author Chaudhary, Satyam Central Department of Environmental Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal Author Neupane, Ajay Mechi Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Bhadrapur, Jhapa, Nepal Author Zhou, Shi-Liang State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China slzhou@ibcas.ac.cn Author Zhang, Shu-Ren State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China srzhang@ibcas.ac.cn text PhytoKeys 2021 2021-08-09 180 141 156 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.180.67634 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.180.67634 1314-2003-180-141 14A44A7698BB5CE2975CAB8663D02E16 Actinoscirpus grossus (L.f.) Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson, Kew Bull. 46(1): 171. 1991. Scirpus grossus L.f., Suppl. Pl. 104. 1782. Schoenoplectus grossus (L.f.) Palla, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 3. 1911. Type . India , collector unknown s.n. [ lectotype , designated by Goetghebeur and Simpson 1991 , pg. 171: LINN (Herb no. 71/32 image!)]. Description. Perennial herbs, stolon bearing. Culm up to 2 m high, acutely 3-angled, smooth or scabrid. Leaves linear, 8-19 mm wide, margin entire to scabrid. Involucral bracts leaf-like exceeding inflorescence to 60 cm. Inflorescence in terminal anthela bearing many spikelets. Spikelets ovoid-ellipsoid, 2-4 x 2-3 mm. Glumes broadly ovate or elliptic to oblong, brownish, 2-3 x 1.5-2.5 mm, membranous, abaxially pubescent, margin ciliate, apex apiculate or mucronate, single-veined. Perianth bristles 6, retrorsely scabrous or plumose, slightly shorter to slightly longer than achene. Stamens 3, longer than achene. Anthers 1.5 mm. Style 1 mm long. Stigmas 3, 1 mm long. Achene 3-sided, obovoid, 1.5 x 1-1.3 mm, brownish, smooth.