Entry for CYPERUS Zollingeri C. B. Clarke Var. parva [family CYPERACEAE]
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea Lutete, 1800–2000 ft., Hens, A, 220!Congo South Central Bussindi, 950 ft., Hens, C, 159! Equatorville, Hens, C, 178! Lusambo, on the River Sankuru, Duchesne, 16!
Notes
In Hens, 159, 178, the stems are sometimes reduced to 4 in. long, and the umbel to a single head of 3–5 spikelets. In the variety robusta, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 120 (i.e. Holst, 2026), the umbel is more than 2 ft. in diam. The species varies greatly in development in India; it can generally be recognised by the distant glumes and subquadrangular spikelets.