Volume 26, Issue 78, July - December, 2025

Achene morphology of some genera of Cyperaceae Juss. in Karnataka

Spoorthi Deshi¹, Shreyas Betageri^1♦, Vanaja G Patgar¹, Kotresha K¹

¹Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG and Research in Botany, Karnatak University’s, Karnataka Science College, Dharwad-580001, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Shreyas Betageri, Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG and Research in Botany, Karnatak University’s, Karnataka Science College, Dharwad-580001, India

ABSTRACT

Achene morphology of some genera of Cyperaceae Juss. in Karnataka has been conducted using a Scanning electron microscope with beautiful ornamentation of the achene surface. Surface shows smooth, verrecose, trabeculate, punticulate. 12 species and six genera are given easy key up to genera based on seed shape and ornamentation.

Keywords: Bulbostylis, Cyperus, Eleocharis, Fimbristylis, Hypolatrum, Schenoplectiella, Seed morphometry

Species, 2025, 26(78), e41s3181

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v26i78.e41s3181

Published: 29 August 2025