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Bulbostylis buchanani

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Identification
Bulbostylis buchanani C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clarke, C.B., Bulbostylis barbata Kunth [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Bulbostylis rehmanni C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B.,
Related name
  • Bulbostylis rehmanni
  • Bulbostylis barbata
  • Bulbostylis buchanani

Flora

Entry for BULBOSTYLIS Buchanani C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
BULBOSTYLIS Buchanani C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Information
Hairy nearly all over. Rhizome 0. Stems tufted, 4–10 in. long, slender. Leaves 1/2 the length of the stem, setaceous or almost capillary; sheaths with long white hairs in the throat. Head 1, 1/5– 2/5 in. in diam., dense, of about 10 spikelets, a dusky green; bracts 3–5, lowest up to 1–1 1/2 in. long, setaceous, flexuose. Spikelets 1/6 in. long, oblong, 3–5-flowered. Glumes ovate, acute. Style with 3 branches. Nut nearly 1/2 the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, truncate, pallid, with conspicuous transverse wavy lines; style-base remaining behind on the nut, small, black-purple.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Buchanan, 1329!

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