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Cyperus blysmoides

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Name

Identification
Hemichlaena bulbosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cyperus blysmoides Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cyperus blysmoides
  • Hemichlaena bulbosa
  • Cyperus bulbosus

Flora

Entry for CYPERUS blysmoides Hochst. [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 blysmoides Hochst. [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora, 1844, 102. —C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 550.
CYPERUS bulbosus Boeck. var. spicatus [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnæa, xxxvi. 301; Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 90; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 143.
Hemichlæna bulbosa Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 509.
Information
Stem, basal bulb, and leaves, exactly as in depauperated examples of C. bulbosus. Inflorescence not at all umbel-like, a simple narrow-oblong spike of 6 spikelets; bracts hardly any. Spikelets 1/4 by 1/16 in., 3–5-flowered, chestnut-red; otherwise as C. bulbosus .
Distribution
Eritrea Nile Land Bogos, Steudner, 932!Abyssinia Nile Land near Enderdert in the district of Shoata, Schimper, 580! Gondar, Héricourt! Adowa, Quartin-Dillon & Petit! and without precise locality, Schimper, 17! 188!British East Africa Nile Land Gilgil River, 6000–7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6650!

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