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Cyperus locuples

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Identification
Cyperus locuples C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Cyperus sphacelatus Rottb. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Flora

Entry for CYPERUS locuples C. B. Clarke [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 locuples C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 566.
Information
Glabrous. Rhizome creeping. Stem 1 ft. high, rather stout, at the top trigonous and smooth. Leaves 3/4 the length of the stem, 1/6– 1/5 in. broad. Umbel 6–8 in. in diam., very dense; bracts overtopping the umbel, similar to the leaves. Spikelets 40–60 together in dense spikes, dusky straw-coloured, 1 1/2 by 1/12 in., up to 60-flowered, slightly compressed; wings of the rhachilla linear-lanceolate, falcate. Glumes approximate on the rhachilla, scarcely 1/12 in. long, ovate, obtuse. Nut 1/2 the length of the glume, ovoid, chestnut-black; style as long as the nut; branches 3, linear, exserted.
Distribution
Niger Upper Guinea Nupe; Muye on the Niger, Barter, 187!

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