| Sample ID | 12-35-32 |
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| Species | cyperoides |
| Genus | Cyperus |
| Family | CYPERACEAE |
| Common name | pacific island flatsedge |
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| Pollen / Spore | pollen |
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| Morphologic type | inaperturate |
| Surface pattern | psilate |
| Equatorial size | min 30, mean 34, max 38 |
| Polar size | mean 25 |
| Grain arrangement | monocot |
| Aperture count | 4 |
| Pore colpuses | 4 |
| Exine type | tectate |
| Morphology notes | Periporate. Pore aperture irregular,often broken and poorly defined. Tectate/psilate. Exine 1.5um thick. Ovoid to pear shaped. Lacunae length more than 20% of grain. |
| Plant type | angiosperm |
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| Floristic region(s) | Australia (south coast) , Northwest Pacific , Central Pacific , East Pacific Islands , Other outside Australasia , Maritime Southeast Asia , Australia (tropical) , Australia (east coast) |
| Habitat notes | Common in wet patches. Can be found in woodland and forest cover as well as open grassy slopes and river banks. Uncommon in disturbed places. Common from sea level to 2000m. Madagascar, the Comoro and Mascarene islands, Africa, Australasia/Pacific and Asia. North slope of Rano Kao, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)found by Skottsberg 1920. Also found in the fossil pollen record of KAO3 Rano Kao. (Gossen,2010). |
| Collection country | Eritrea |
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| Collection notes | Ref slide at Univ. of Minnesota #DL6331 (EJ Cushing). |
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