''Abildgaardia ovata'',

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including ''Abildgaardia monostachya'' and ''Fimbristylis ovata'', is a perennial herb of the genus '' Abildgaardia'' and the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

. 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 long. 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 . A short rhizome with hardened and leafy bas, It grows in wooded and wet grasslands and as a weed in Asia and in Florida.

References

Cyperaceae Flora of Zimbabwe Flora of Florida Taxa named by Nicolaas Laurens Burman {{Cyperaceae-stub