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Cyperus adansonii

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Name

Identification
Cyperus adansonii C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Cyperus jeminicus Rottb. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cyperus jeminicus
  • Cyperus conglomeratus
  • Cyperus adansonii

Flora

Entry for Cyperus conglomeratus Rottb. [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
Cyperus conglomeratus Rottb. [family CYPERACEAE], Descr. Pl. Nov. Programm. 16 (1772), and Descr. et Icon. 21, t. 15 f. 7 (1773); F.T.A. 8: 324, partly; F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 482, partly; Kük. l.c. 272, t. 30.
Cyperus adansonii C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE], (1895)—F.T.A. 8: 335
Information
Tufted plant with woolly roots, pale, papery leaf sheaths, stiff leaves and bracts and spherical clusters of generally pale spikelets; sandy places.
Habitat
; sandy places.
Range
Extending through north-east Africa, and the Near East to India.
Distribution
Maur.: Rosso (Oct.) Adam 19375! Oujat, E. of Aratane (Aug.) Rossetti 61/229!Sen.: Adanson! L. Tanma (Jan.) Pitot! Dakar Adam 14889!Mali: Timbuktu (July) Chev. 1235! Kabarah to Day (Aug.) Chev. 1346! Hombori (Feb.) Aké Assi 11476!

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