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Cyperus mannii

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Name

Identification
Cyperus mannii C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kükenthal, G.,
Related name
  • Cyperus baronii
  • Cyperus mannii

Flora

Entry for CYPERUS Baroni 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 Baroni C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 289. —C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 550.
CYPERUS Mannii K. Schum. [family CYPERACEAE], in Holst, Exsicc. 3385.
Information
Stem up to 3 ft. high, at the top trigonous. Leaves 3/4 the length of the stem, up to 1/2 in. broad, somewhat 3-nerved. Umbel decompound, 8–14 in. in diam., with innumerable spikes; bracts overtopping the umbel, similar to the leaves. Spikelets 3–5 together, 1/5– 1/4 by 1/16 in., compressed, brown, 6–12-flowered. Glume ovate, green, 5-nerved on the back, usually very minutely pubescent near the excurrent mucro. Nut 1/2– 3/5 the length of the glume, small, ellipsoid. Style short; branches 3, longish.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Lutindi, Holst, 3385Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Kondowe to Karonga, 2000–6000 ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 647!
Distribution (external)
Common in Madagascar
Notes
This species differs from C. Deckenii by the smaller spikelets. Buchanan, 647, and Whyte's example are identical with the typical C. Baroni from Madagascar. As to Holst, 3385, it is nearer C. Deckenii than C. Mannii, but the bracts attain 7/8 in. in width, so that it does not exactly match anything else; the spikelets are too long with too distant glumes to match C. Ajax .

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