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Cyperus diphyllus

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Name

Identification
Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clarke, C.B., Cyperus tegetum Roxb. [family CYPERACEAE ] Cyperus diphyllus Retz. [family CYPERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cyperus aphyllus
  • Cyperus tegetum
  • Cyperus corymbosus
  • Cyperus haspan
  • Cyperus diphyllus
  • Cyperus articulatus

Flora

Entry for CYPERUS corymbosus Rottb. [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 corymbosus Rottb. [family CYPERACEAE], Descr. et Ic. 42, t. 7, fig. 4. —C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 612, in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 554, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 181; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 116.
CYPERUS diphyllus Retz. [family CYPERACEAE], Obs. v. 11; Kunth, Enum. ii. 54; Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvi. 272, var. β, not of Benth.
CYPERUS articulatus Ridley [family CYPERACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 141 partly.
Information
Stem at the top round, or round trigonous, not (or very obscurely) transversely septate when dry. Leaves (i.e. the green portion) attaining sometimes 5 in. in length, but usually very short or hardly any. Bracts usually 1/4– 3/4 the height of the umbel, but sometimes overtopping it. Spikes less clustered; otherwise as C. articulatus.
Range
Also in Natal and Madagascar, extending to India, and in the warm parts of America.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; banks of the River Lombe Welwitsch, 6937!

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