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黑莎草Gahnia tristis Nees

黑莎草Gahnia tristis Nees

别名:散穗黑莎草;虾公须;瘦狗草;茅草;大头茅草;甘尼草;黑皮草;红头草;猴公西;镬扫把;硷草茅草;山鸡草;山鸡腿;瘦狗母;油草;双公须;猴公须;

科名:莎草科 Cyperaceae

属名:黑莎草属 Gahnia

《中国植物志》第11卷121页
  1.黑莎草 大头茅草、硷草茅草、瘦狗母。图版XXXIX,1-14
  Gahnia tristis Nees in Linnaea IX (1834) 301, nom. nud. et in Hook. etArn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1836) 228: Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 398: C. B. Clarkein Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXXVI (1903) 263: Ohwi, Cyper. Jap. II (1944) 14: 侯宽昭等, 广州植物志 (1956) 762.
  丛生,须根粗,具根状茎。稈粗壮,高0.5-1.5米,圆柱状,坚实,空心,有节。叶基生和稈生,具鞘,鞘红棕色,长10-20厘米,叶片狭长,极硬,硬纸质或几革质,长40-60厘米,宽0.7-1.2厘米,从下而上叶渐狭,顶端成钻形,边缘通常内捲,边缘及背面具刺状细齿。苞片叶状,具长鞘,愈上则鞘愈短,边缘及背面亦具刺状细齿;圆锥花序紧缩成穗状,长14-35厘米,由7-15个卵形或矩形穗状枝花序所组成,下面的穗状枝花序较长,相距较远,渐上则渐短而相距渐紧密;小苞片鳞片状,卵状披针形小穗排列紧密,纺锤形,具8片鳞片,罕10片;鳞片螺旋状排列,基部6片鳞片中空无花,初期为黄棕色,后期为暗褐色,卵状披针形,具1条脉,坚硬,最上面的2片鳞片最小,宽卵形,顶端微凹并微具缘毛,其中上面1片具两性花,下面1片具雄蕊或无花;无下位刚毛;雄蕊3,花丝细长,花药线状长圆形或线形,药隔顶端突出于药外;花柱细长,柱头3,细长。小坚果倒卵状长圆形,三稜形,长约4毫米,平滑,具光泽,骨质,未成熟时为白色或淡棕色,成熟时为黑色。花果期3-12月。
  产于福建、海南岛、广东、广西和湖南;生长于干燥的荒山坡或山脚灌木丛中,海拔130-730米。分布于日本琉球羣岛。
  全株植物在产地常用作小茅屋顶的盖草和墙壁材料,小坚果可用以榨油。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 23 (2010)
Gahnia tristis  Nees in Hooker & Arnott Bot. Beechey Voy. 228. 1837.
黑莎草   hei suo cao
Roots stout, rigid. Rhizomes short, woody. Culms 0.5-1.5 m tall, robust, hollow, noded. Leaves basal and cauline; sheath brown to reddish brown, 10-20 cm; leaf blade 0.4-1.8 m × 0.7-1.2 cm, papery to leathery, margin scabrous, apex acuminate. Inflorescence a contracted panicle, spikelike, 14-40 × 2-3 cm, bearing 7-20 fascicles of partial panicles; partial panicles ovoid to ellipsoid, 2-5 cm; peduncles short, rigid, enclosed by inflorescence bract sheath. Spikelets numerous, densely congested, fusiform, 8-10 mm, 1-flowered. Glumes 8-10, initially yellowish brown but maturing to dark brown; basal 4-6 glumes ovate-lanceolate, papery, rigid, 1-veined, apex acuminate; apical 2 or 3 glumes broadly ovate, much shorter, margin apically ciliolate, apex emarginate to rounded; apicalmost glume bearing a bisexual flower. Perianth bristles absent. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Nutlet pale brown when young but maturing black, obovoid-oblong, 4-4.5 × 1.7-2 mm, 3-sided, smooth, shiny. Fl. and fr. Mar-Dec.
Dry grassy slopes, thickets, forests; 100-3000 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [India, Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam].

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