Fimbristylis pandeyana

Shaikh, Mujaffar, Khan, M. A. Wadood & Tiwari, Arjun Prasad, 2017, A new species of Fimbristylis (Cyperaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India, Phytotaxa 314 (2), pp. 297-300 : 300

Key to Fimbristylis pandeyana and its related taxa

1. Spikelets clustered, digitately disposed; glumes 3–3.5 mm long; nutlets tuberculate from transversely oblong epidermal cells ...... ................................................................................................................................................................................................ F. poklei

1. Spikelets all solitary, not digitate, glumes 1.0– 2.5 mm long; nutlets smooth or reticulate from rounded or hexagonal epidermal cells, etuberculate..............................................................................................................................................................................2.

2. Anthela rays speciform consist of 2–3 narrow branches with appressed spikelets on axis. Leaves enrolled thread like slender glumes 2–2.5 mm long ...................................................................................................................................................... F. spicigera

2. Anthela rays more than 3; spikes with all spreading spikelets. Leaves flat; glumes 1–1.25 mm long.............................................3.

3. Leaf margins smooth at least in upper half; involucral bracts 5–7, stamen one; styles hairy only at top with much dilated more or less ciliate base covering almost entire nutlets apex ................................................................................................... F. pandeyana

3. Leaf margins scabrulous at least in upper half; involucral bracts 3–4; stamens 3; styles hairy, base not ciliate as above .................. .................................................................................................................................................................................... F. psammophila