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Cyperus melanospermus

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Name

Identification
Cyperus melanospermus (Nees) Valck.sur. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lye KA, 1983 Kyllinga melanosperma Nees [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Lye KA, 1983
Related name
  • Cyperus melanospermus
  • Kyllinga bifolia
  • Kyllinga melanosperma

Flora

Entry for Kyllinga melanosperma Nees [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,
Names
Kyllinga melanosperma Nees [family CYPERACEAE], in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. 91 (1834); F.T.A. 8: 277.
Cyperus melanospermus (Nees) Valck.-Sur. [family CYPERACEAE], , Het Gesl. Cyp. in Mal. Archip. 50 (1898).
Information
Rhizome thick, creeping; spike large cylindrical, golden; damp places.
Habitat
; damp places.
Range
From Nigeria throughout tropical and S. Africa
Distribution
N. Nig.: Kuna, Pankshin Dist. (June) Okafor FHI 59252! Jos Plateau (Apr.) Lely P227!
Distribution (external)
Madagascar
Old World tropics
Notes
[This species is recorded from the flora area by Kükenthal and the above cited specimens agree with Indian specimens in inflorescence characters; however, both are incomplete and might represent large specimens of the closely allied K. elatior.]

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