A new species of Fimbristylis (Cyperaceae) from India

Fimbristylis pokkudaniana, a new species of Cyperaceae from the laterite hillocks of Kannur District, Kerala, India is described and illustrated. It closely resembles Fimbristylis bispicula, but differs in having larger spikelets with 13-17 flowers, three yellow coloured stamens, larger style and stigma, and regularly tuberculate white nuts with epidermal cells in 18-26 rows on each face.