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Cyperus holostigma

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Identification
Isotype of Cyperus holostigma C.B.Clarke ex Schweinf. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
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Flora

Entry for CYPERUS holostigma Schweinf. [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 holostigma Schweinf. [family CYPERACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. ii. 103.
Information
Glabrous. Rhizome very short. Stems thickened at the base, clustered, 2–4 in. long, very slender. Leaves a little shorter than the stem, almost setaceous. Head 1, of 3–6 subdigitate spikelets; bracts 2–3, lowest up to 1 in. long, setaceous, spreading. Spikelets 1/4 by 1/12 in., narrow lanceolate, black, 10–15-flowered. Glumes 9–11-nerved, muticous. Style long exserted, the tip subentire or very shortly 2–3-lobed.
Distribution
Eritrea Nile Land Plateau of Kohaito, 8500 ft., Schweinfurth, 120!
Notes
Schweinfurth detected this curious species, made a drawing of the style and sent it to me. It may possibly be a mountain reduced chestnut-black state of C. apricus, Ridley (n. 38 below).

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