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Cyperus submicrolepis

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Name

Identification
Cyperus submicrolepis K�k. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lowe, J., 1971
Related name
  • Cyperus microlepis
  • Cyperus submicrolepis

Flora

Entry for Cyperus submicrolepis Kük. [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
Cyperus submicrolepis Kük. [family CYPERACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. Cyper. 241 (1936).
Cyperus microlepis Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora 62: 551 (1879); F.T.A. 8: 330; F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 483; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 380 (1967); not of Baker
Information
Tufted annual with purple roots close to C. difformis Linn. but with narrower glumes and more flattened achene;edge of pools chiefly on laterite.
Habitat
edge of pools chiefly on laterite.
Range
Throughout tropical Africa.
Distribution
Sen.: Naegelé! Tambacounda (Sept.) Berhaut 3286! Tambacounda to Gouloumbo (Oct.) Pitot!Mali: Kita (Sept.) Jaeger 52! Bamako Adam 14951! Koulikoro Chev. 2469!Guin.: Thianguel-Bori (Oct.) Pitot! Ditinn (Oct.) Pitot!Iv. C.: Bouna Reserve, Kakpin (June) Aké Assi 10229!U. Volta: Sikasso to Ouagadougou Adam 15442!Ghana: Burufo (Sept.) Hall CC 744!N. Nig.: Jebba Barter! Shagunu (July) C. D. K. Cook 322! 323! Idon, Kaduna to Keffi (Aug.) Kershaw 900710! Anara F.R., Zaria (July) Keay FHI 25965!

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