Abildgaardia ovata
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
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| image = Abildgaardia ovata flowerhead2 DC - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Abildgaardia ovata
| authority = (Burm.f.) Kral
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{{Species list
|Abildgaardia compressa|J.Presl & C.Presl
|Abildgaardia indica|(Rich.) Nees
|Abildgaardia javanensis|Gand.
|Abildgaardia monostachya|(L.) Vahl
|Abildgaardia rottboelliana|Nees
|Carex ovata|Burm.f.
|Cyperus caribaeus|Pers., nom. illeg.
|Cyperus indicus|Rich.
|Cyperus monostachyos|L.
|Fimbristylis compressa|Fern.-Vill.
|Fimbristylis monostachya|(L.) Hassk.
|Fimbristylis ovata|(Burm.f.) J.Kern
|Iria caribea|Steud.
|Iria indica|(Rich.) Schult.
|Iria monostachya|(L.) Kuntze
|Scirpus monostachyus|(L.) Kuntze
|Scirpus schoenoides|Roxb., nom. illeg.
|Xyris brasiliensis|Spreng.
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| synonyms_ref = {{Cite POWO|title=Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral|id=1025064-2|access-date=2024-02-19|mode=cs1}}
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Abildgaardia ovata, synonyms including Abildgaardia monostachya and Fimbristylis ovata, is a perennial herb of the family Cyperaceae.{{Cite thesis |last=Clarke |first=Kerri |year=2006 |title=Systematic Studies in Abildgaardieae (Cyperaceae) (Thesis part 1) |type=PhD Thesis |publisher=University of New England |url=https://www.academia.edu/27988166}} It is a widespread species that can be found in West, Southern and East Africa, Florida, Mexico, the Caribbean and in some countries of Latin America.
Description
Abildgaardia ovata are perennial plants that grow up to {{cvt|40|-|70|cm}} long.{{Cite journal|last=KRAL|first=ROBERT|title=A Treatment of Abildgaardia, Bulbostylis and Fimbristylis (Cyperaceae) for North America|date=1971|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41967336|journal=SIDA, Contributions to Botany|volume=4|issue=2|pages=57–227|jstor=41967336 }} It is common to find species with one spikelet at the tip of its scapes but can reach up to three spikelets that are laterally compressed and of length between {{cvt|7|-|12|mm}}.{{Cite journal|last1=Goetghebeur|first1=P.|last2=Coudijzer|first2=J.|date=1984-06-30|title=Studies in Cyperaceae 3. Fimbristylis and Abildgaardia in Central Africa|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3667865|journal=Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België|volume=54|issue=1/2|pages=65|doi=10.2307/3667865|jstor=3667865|url-access=subscription}} A short rhizome with hardened and leafy bas, it grows in wooded and wet grasslands and as a weed in Asia and in Florida.{{Cite book|last=Lebrun|first=J.-P.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52979147|title=Tropical African flowering plants : ecology and distribution|date=2020|publisher=Éditions Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genéve|others=Adélaïde L. Stork|isbn=978-2-8277-0114-8|location=Genève|oclc=52979147}}
References
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Category:Taxa named by Nicolaas Laurens Burman
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