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Cyperus sieberianus

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Name

Identification
Cyperus sieberianus (Nees ex Steud.) K.Schum. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Mariscus sieberianus Nees ex Steud. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Mariscus umbellatus Illegible [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Mariscus sieberianus
  • Cyperus cyperoides
  • Cyperus sieberianus
  • Mariscus umbellatus

Flora

Entry for Mariscus sieberianus C. B. Clarke Var. evolutior [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
Mariscus sieberianus C. B. Clarke Var. evolutior [family CYPERACEAE], in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 622. —C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 593, and in Dyer, Fl Cap. vii. 189.
Cyperus sieberianus C. B. Clarke ex K. Schum. var. polyphylla [family CYPERACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122 partly.
Information
Spikelets linear, maturing 2–4 nuts.
Range
Scattered over the area of typical C. sieberianus, and also not rare in Tropical America.
Distribution
Upper Senegal Upper Guinea Lécard, 140!Uganda Nile Land Stuhlmann, 1349!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, at Marangu, 5000 ft., Volkens, 661! 1468!
Notes
This is usually a stouter plant than typical C. sieberianus, with broader leaves. The spikelets being much longer, the spikes often exceed 1/3 in. in breadth; but it is united with the type by a fine series of gradations.

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