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Cyperus lanceus

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Name

Identification
Cyperus lanceus Thunb. [family CYPERACEAE ] Pycreus nitidus (Lam.) J.Raynal [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cyperus nitidus
  • Pycreus oakfortensis
  • Cyperus esculentus
  • Pycreus monocephalus
  • Pycreus cooperi
  • Cyperus pumilus
  • Cyperus chrysanthus
  • Pycreus chrysanthus
  • Cyperus lanceus
  • Cyperus eragrostis
  • Cyperus permutatus
  • Pycreus nitidus
  • Cyperus atropurpureus
  • Pycreus antsirabensis
  • Cyperus brunneo-ater
  • Pycreus macranthus
  • Pycreus propinquus
  • Cyperus monocephalus
  • Pycreus fluminalis
  • Cyperus flavescens

Flora

Entry for PYCREUS macranthus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 149, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
PYCREUS macranthus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 538
Cyperus macranthus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnæa, xxxv. 462.
Cyperus lanceus Kunth var. β macrostachya [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 8.
Information
glabrous; roots fibrous, tough; stems tufted, 1–2 ft. long; leaves 12 by 1/8– 1/6 in. (rarely 1/4 in.) broad; umbel 3–1 in. in diam., contracted often into 1 head of 6–30 spikelets; bracts 3, lowest 3–8 in. long, similar to the leaves; spikes of 3–8 somewhat loosely spicate spikelets, ebracteate; spikelets often up to 1 by 1/4 in., compressed, linear-oblong, chestnut-brown, 28-nutted; glumes ovate, boat-shaped, obtuse, inflated; style-branches 2; nut small, obovoid, turgidly biconvex, black, scarcely 1/4 as long as the glume, obscurely transversely lineolate by reason of the small longitudinally-oblong superficial cells. null
Range
Also in South Tropical Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 1362! 1365!COAST REGION Komgha Div.; near Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 930! 1261! Drège, 4394! King Williamstown Div.; Toise River Station, Kuntze, 224!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 307! Natal; Mohlamba Range, 5000–6000 ft., Sutherland! Inanda, Wood, 302!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal, Houtbosh, Rehmann, 5653! Magalies Berg, Burke! Johannesburg, Barber.SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher, 1745!

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