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Scientific Name: Schoenoplectiella juncoides
Synonym: Scirpus juncoides, Schoenoplectus juncoides (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Bulrush
Local/Bangla Name: Chechra (চেচরা)
Photo: iNaturalist
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Description:
This perennial sedge forms tufted stems that are light green and subterete. The leaves lack blades, with brownish sheaths. Its inflorescence is pseudolateral and capitate, with oblong to ovoid-oblong spikelets that are straw-colored and densely many-flowered. Glumes are ovate-oval and pale brown, while nutlets are broadly obovate, unequally biconvex, and contracted at the base, with a rounded to mucronate apex, appearing shiny dark brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It typically inhabits rice fields, riverbanks, and the margins of lakes, ponds, and swamps. This species is widely distributed across Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater.
Comments:
It is an emergent aquatic weed.
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