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Bijay Khadka

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Oct 12, 2020, 4:27:02 AM10/12/20

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Grass

Location: Kathmandu

Elevation: 1340m asl

Date: 19 Sep 2020

Habit photo

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Bijay Khadka

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Oct 12, 2020, 4:41:27 AM10/12/20

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Inflorescence

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Saroj Kasaju

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Oct 12, 2020, 5:09:29 AM10/12/20

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Eleocharis congesta D.Don ???

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Saroj Kasaju

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Bijay Khadka

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Oct 12, 2020, 5:46:08 AM10/12/20

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Looks alike but the spikelet not matching...

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 12, 2020, 5:52:55 AM10/12/20

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Pl. check with Eriocaulon species

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Bijay Khadka

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Oct 12, 2020, 6:21:41 AM10/12/20

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Thank you Garg Ji!

Close to Eriocaulon cinereum R.Br.

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 14, 2020, 5:05:34 AM10/14/20

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Hi, Bijay ji,

Eriocaulon species are very confusing.

What are the species reported from your area?

You have check with details at GBIF, Checklist of Nepal, Flora of China, FoC illustration, POWO etc.

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 16, 2020, 3:03:32 AM10/16/20

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Hi, Bijay ji,

Any further scrutiny ?

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Bijay khadka

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Oct 16, 2020, 11:24:48 AM10/16/20

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Thank You Garg Ji! I found it in a semi-aquatic habitat. The inflorescence heads are black and the leaf 4-6mm wide, has 3 distinct midribs. It might need further observation.

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Oct 16, 2020, 11:49:46 AM10/16/20

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Hi, Bijay ji,

I just want you to eliminate other species found in your area.

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Bijay Khadka

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Oct 16, 2020, 12:42:15 PM10/16/20

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Other possible species in Kathmandu valley are

1) Eriocaulon nepalense J.D.Prescott ex Bong.

2) Eriocaulon nepalense var. luzulifolium (Mart.) Praj. & J.Parn.

3) Eriocaulon staintonii Satake

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 18, 2020, 6:35:53 AM10/18/20

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On checking in GBIF, I found two specimens of Eriocaulon nepalense J.D.Prescott ex Bong. (one of them having the earlier name of Eriocaulon staintonii Satake). Pl. see

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhm.ac.uk%2Fservices%2Fmedia-store%2Fasset%2F469bf2269a5165bf95cd6f42039c98911259d023%2Fcontents%2Fpreview

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fpictures.bgbm.org%2Fdigilib%2FScaler%2FIIIF%2FB!10!00!86!99!B_10_0086999.jpg%2Ffull%2F2048%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg

For Eriocaulon staintonii Satake, GBIF does not have any specimen.

Also GBIF does not show any specimen of Eriocaulon cinereum R.Br. However, there are many specimens from India. Two of them given below:

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FU.1270926%2Fformat%2Flarge

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FL.1430695%2Fformat%2Flarge

From the above, I am also leaning more towards Eriocaulon cinereum R.Br. as a layman.

Pl. have a look again.