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Cyperus tanyphyllus

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Name

Identification
Cyperus tanyphyllus Ridl. [family CYPERACEAE ] Mariscus tanyphyllus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Mariscus tanyphyllus
  • Cyperus tanyphyllus

Flora

Entry for Mariscus tanyphyllus 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
Mariscus tanyphyllus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 594. —Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 120.
Cyperus tanyphyllus Ridley [family CYPERACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 143.
Information
Spikelets in fruit oblong, subtetragonous, 1/3 by 1/16 in., standing separately, spreading at right angles, dusky ferruginous, maturing 3 nuts. Nut ellipsoid-obovoid; otherwise as M. sieberianus .
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Golungo Alto; woods of Quibanga, Welwitsch, 7006B! wooded places near Banza de Quilombo, Welwitsch, 7010! woods of Sobato Quilombo-Quiacatubia, Welwitsch, 7171!
Notes
The leaves are not longer than the leaves of M. sieberianus frequently are; but they are much more flaccid. The spikes are much less dense than commonly in M. sieberianus; they have about 25 spikelets. The species resembles a good deal the American Cyperus tetragonus, Elliot.

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