Isotype of Cyperus adoensisHochst. ex A.Rich. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cyperus rigidifoliusSteud. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Cyperus tenuiflorus
Cyperus adoensis
Cyperus rigidifolius
Flora
Entry for CYPERUS atroviridis 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
CYPERUS atroviridisC. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 549.
CYPERUS adoensisHook. f. [family CYPERACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 225, not of Hochst.
Information
Stems 6–9 in. long. Umbel congested into a compound head, 3/4–1 1/4 in. in diam., of 15–25 spikelets. Glumes chestnut, with a broad striated green band down the back; otherwise as C. aterrimus .
Distribution
Fernando Po Upper Guinea 9000 ft., Mann, 1466!
Notes
It may possibly be a subalpine depauperated state of C. aterrimus .