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MARISCUS MERRILLII C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 87, 

 Luzon (Cavite), Merrill 4170. On wet banks in ravines, altitude about 

 300 m. Endemic. 



MARISCUS NIVEUS (Murr.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 369. 

 Schoenus niveus Murr. in Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 (1774) 81. 

 Scirpus glomeratus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 52, excl. syn. Gronov., non 



Mariscus glomeratus Barton. 

 Schoenus coloratus Linn. var. /5 Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 64. 

 Cyperus kyllingiaeoides Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 312. 

 Mariscus dregeanus Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 120; C. B. Clarke in Hook. 



f. FL Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 620. * 

 Cyperus irroratus Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 28. 

 Luzon (Hocos Norte), 32826 Ramos. On dry open rocky slopes at low 

 altitudes. India to tropical Africa, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and 

 Borneo. 



MARISCUS PENNATUS (Lam.) comb. nov. 



Cyperus penrmtus Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 (1791) 144; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 281; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 304; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 283. 

 Cyperus stuppeus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 89, nomen nudum. 

 Mariscus stuppeus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 398, 



Fl. Manila (1912) 113, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 80. 

 Cyperus canescens Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 355; Nees in Hook. Journ. 



Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 27; Boeck. in Linnaea 36 (1869) 340; 



Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 34 (1874) 51. 

 Mariscus albescens Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 415; C. B. 



Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 88. 

 Cyperus holciflorus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 173; Steud. Syn. PI. 



Glum. 2 (1855) 43; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 282; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus bracteolatus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 49; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 286; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus bracteatus Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155. 

 Cyperus ovatus Naves Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 15; F.-Vill. & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 3 (1880) 10. 

 Cyperus nitidulus Boeck. in Linnaea 36 (1869) 363; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 305; Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 34 (1874) 



51; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 283. 

 Cyperus anomalus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 37; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 277; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus stigmatosus Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. (1854) 96, Syn. 



PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 38; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305. 



Along shores of tidal streams, inner borders of mangrove swamps, etc., 

 within the influence of salt or brackish water throughout the Philippines. 

 Tropical Africa to southeastern Asia, Malaya, and Polynesia. 



Local names: Kai-kai (Mbo.) ; obod-obod (Ibn.) ; tuhog-dalag (Tag.). 



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