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Bulbostylis pusilla

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Identification
Fimbristylis pusilla Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family CYPERACEAE ] Bulbostylis pusilla (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Bulbostylis capillaris
  • Bulbostylis polytricha
  • Scirpus gracillimus
  • Isolepis trifida
  • Scirpus hochstetteri
  • Isolepis gracillima
  • Abildgaardia pusilla
  • Abildgaardia microelegans
  • Fimbristylis parva
  • Bulbostylis moggii
  • Bulbostylis congolensis
  • Bulbostylis pusilla
  • Bulbostylis microelegans
  • Bulbostylis yalingensis
  • Fimbristylis pusilla
  • Fimbristylis oligostachya
Common name
  • fawu (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Bulbostylis pusilla (A. .Rich.) C.B. Cl. [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
Bulbostylis pusilla (A. .Rich.) C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE], in Dur. et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 615 (1895); F.T.A. 8: 440; Bodard l.c. 72.
Fimbristylis pusilla Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family CYPERACEAE], , Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 506 (1851)
Scirpus hochstetteri Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnaea 36: 739 (1870)
Bulbostylis capillaris [family CYPERACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 477, partly
Information
Slender annual with capillary leaves and few, narrow, brown spikelets; moist grassy places often on rock outcrops.
Habitat
; moist grassy places often on rock outcrops.
Distribution
Mali: Kita (July-Sept.) Duong 430! Jaeger 4! 17!Guin.: Friguiagbé (July) Chillou 1635!S. L.: Pendembu (July) Thomas 775b!U. Volta: Sindoukorony Adam 15191!Ghana: Nakpanduri (Aug.) Hall CC 519!N. Nig.: Nupe Barter 1579! Kufena, Zaria Prov. (Sept.) Clayton 1324! Naraguta F.R., Jos (July) Lawlor 8 Hall 143! Panahanu, Bauchi Prov. (Aug.) Lawlor 8 Hall 241! 551!
Distribution (external)
Chad
C. African Rep.
Ethiopia

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