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Ascolepis dipsacoides

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Identification
Ascolepis dipsacoides (Schumach.) J.Raynal [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by J. Raynal, 1967 Kyllinga dipsacoides Schumach. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Kyllinga squamulata Vahl [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Ascolepis gracilis Turrill [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Ascolepis setigera Hutch. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Scirpus squarrosus
  • Lipocarpha microcephala
  • Kyllinga squamulata
  • Kyllinga dipsacoides
  • Ascolepis dipsacoides
  • Ascolepis pusilla
  • Ascolepis setigera
  • Ascolepis gracilis

Flora

Entry for Ascolepis dipsacoides (Schum.) J. Raynal [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,
Names
Ascolepis dipsacoides (Schum.) J. Raynal [family CYPERACEAE], in Adansonia sér. 2, 8: 99 (1868).
Kyllinga dipsacoides Schumach. [family CYPERACEAE], , Beskr. Guin. Pl. 61 (1827)
Ascolepis setigera Hutch. [family CYPERACEAE], , F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 474 (1936), name only
Information
Resembling A. pusilla but spikelets with spreading tips to the scales; also resembling Scirpus kernii; damp hollows, often in cultivated land.
Habitat
; damp hollows, often in cultivated land.
Distribution
Sen.: Niokolo-Koba (Oct.) Adam 15944a.Iv. C.: Bouaké to Bamoro (Dec.) Pitot. Aboakouamékro (Nov.) Aké Assi 10353!Ghana: Damongo Scarp (Sept.) Hall CC 867! Lumbaga to Tamale (Dec.) Morton GC 6265! Tamale (Dec.) Morton GC 6219! Kintampo (Sept.) Hall CC 925! Nungua, Accra (July) Hall 3249!Dah.: Ouécé (Nov.) Annet 53.N. Nig.: Jebba (Dec.) Hagerup 710! Nupe Barter 761b! Kaduna to Keffi, Zaria Prov. (Aug.) Kershaw 900700! Yola (Nov.) Hepper 1212!S. Nig.: Igbete to Kishi, Oyo Prov. Gledhill 734c, partly!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
Notes
Our plant is subsp. dipsacoides, the other subspecies occurs in Thailand and Vietnam.

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