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Cyperus controversus

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Name

Identification
Cyperus controversus (Steud.) Mattf.&Kük. [family CYPERACEAE ] Kyllinga controversa Steud. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by C.B.Clarke, Kyllinga welwitschii Ridl. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Kyllinga welwitschii
  • Kyllinga controversa
  • Kyllinga blepharinota
  • Kyllinga triceps
  • Cyperus controversus

Flora

Entry for Kyllinga welwitschii Ridley [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
Kyllinga welwitschii Ridley [family CYPERACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, 2: 147 (1884).
Kyllinga triceps var. ciliata Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 535 (1864); Kük. l.c. 579 (1936); F.T.A. 8: 281
Kyllinga blepharinota Hochst. ex Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], , nom. illeg.; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 365.
Kyllinga controversa var. subexalata C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE], in F.T.A. 8: 271 (1902).
Kyllinga controversa [family CYPERACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed.1, 2: 487; Aké Assi, Contrib.2: 71.
Cyperus controversus var. subexalatus (C.B. Cl.) Kük. [family CYPERACEAE], l.c. 612 (1936).
Information
Similar to K. tenuifolia in habit but distinguished by the clearly ciliate keel to the glume and the broader achene; sandy ground in savanna, etc.
Habitat
; sandy ground in savanna, etc.
Range
throughout tropical Africa
Distribution
Maur.: Rosso (Oct.) Adam 19299! Tanfott, Tagant (Aug.) Monod 1916!Sen.: Heudelot 399! Naegdé! Dahra-Djolof (Sept.) Fotius 166! Davey 011! Bouta (Feb.) Davey 36!Iv. C.: Séguela, fide Aké Assi l.c.Niger: Filingué, Toukounous Bartha 91! Nord Gouré (Aug.) P. de Fabrègues 683!N. Nig.: Sokoto (Aug.) Dalz. 455! Bindawa F.R., Katsina (July) Grove 3! Damaturu, Bornu Prov. (Aug.) De Leeuw 1101!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
Chad

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