Isotype of Cyperus pumilus [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Wilson, K.L., Cyperus cuspidatus [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Cyperus pygmaeus
Cyperus uncinulatus
Cyperus cuspidatus
Cyperus pusillus
Cyperus solutus
Cyperus angustifolius
Cyperus pumilus
Cyperus salzmanni
Cyperus contractus
Cyperus uncinatus
Cyperus psammophilus
Cyperus betafensis
Cyperus castaneus
Cyperus setifolius
Cyperus paraguayensis
Cyperus exiguus
Common name
yεngu (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Flora
Entry for CYPERUS cuspidatus H.B.K. [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Slender annual with a minute root system; stems 3–14 cm long and 0.2–0.5 mm thick, triangular, glabrous. Leaf-blades flat or inrolled, slightly scabrid near the apex, 1–8 cm long and 0.2–0.8 mm wide; sheaths reddish brown to purple. Inflorescence a single spikelet-cluster of 4–20 (rarely 1–3) spikelets, or of 1 sessile and 1–3 stalked spikelet-clusters; major involucral bracts 2–8 cm long, leafy to filiform; major inflorescence-branches (when present) 0.5–2 cm long. Anthela 2.5–4 cm in diam. when consisting of several spikelet-clusters; each spikelet-cluster 1–2 cm across. Spikelets 4–10 x 1.7–2 mm, linear, squarrose, reddish brown, 8–25-flowered. Glumes 1.6–2 mm long including the 0.5–0.6 mm long excurrent recurved midrib, strongly 3-nerved, truncate, reddish brown with green midrib. Stamens 1–3. Style 3-branched. Nutlet 0.6–0.8 x 0.3–0.4 mm, obovate, strongly triangular, reddish brown with dark grey angles, densely papillose.
