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Name

Identification
Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl [family CYPERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cladium mariscus
Common name
  • saw grass., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for CLADIUM Mariscus R. Br. [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 149, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
CLADIUM Mariscus R. Br. [family CYPERACEAE], Prod. 236
CLADIUM jamaicense Crantz [family CYPERACEAE], Inst. i. 362.
CLADIUM germanicum Schrad. [family CYPERACEAE], Fl. Germ. i. 75, t. 5, fig. 7**.
CLADIUM Mariscus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 303; Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxviii. 232.
Schœnus Mariscus Linn. [family ], Sp. Plant. ed. ii. 62; Sowerby, Engl. Bot. t. 950.
Information
glabrous, stoloniferous; stem 3–8 ft. long, stout, roundish, with nodes (bearing leaves or bracts) throughout its length; leaves 2–4 ft. by 1/4– 1/2 in., tough, scabrous (cutting the hand) on the margins and keel; panicle 1–2 ft. by 3–5 in., of numerous axillary compound (often dense) corymbs; bracts like the leaves but shorter; spikelets numerous (sometimes 1200–1500), mostly in clusters of 2–8, 1/5 in. long, ellipsoid, acute, brown, usually 2-flowered; glumes 6–7, very close together, 3–4 lowest empty, ovate, subacute; hypogynous bristles 0; stamens 2 (or according to authors sometimes 3); nut sessile, 1/16 in. long, cavity extending upwards into the ovoid beak (style-base). null
Range
Widely dispersed in warm and temperate regions.
Distribution
COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens River, below 200 ft., Drège, 3964! Port Elizabeth Div.; banks of the Krakakama River, 200 ft., MacOwan!EASTERN REGION Natal; Umlaas River, Krauss, 162! Clairmont, 150 ft., Wood, 3846!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West: Herbert Div.; at Lower Campbell, Burchell, 1811! Bechuanaland, Marloth, 1000! Transvaal, Rehmann, 4040! 4484!

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