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Fimbristylis cioniana

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Name

Identification
Fimbristylis cioniana Savi [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Fimbristylis vermoesenii
  • Fimbristylis cioniana
  • Isolepis consocialis
  • Bulbostylis somaliensis
Common name
  • fili-saxei (NWT) saxei (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • Šime (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for BULBOSTYLIS somaliensis (Chiov.) Lye subsp. microcarpa [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
BULBOSTYLIS somaliensis (Chiov.) Lye subsp. microcarpa [family CYPERACEAE], (1996);. type: S1, between “Goriei” and “El-Magu”, Paoli 629 (FT holo.).
Fimbristylis cioniana Chiov. var. microcarpa [family CYPERACEAE], Result. Sci. Miss. Stefanini-Paoli: 180 (1916);. type: S1, between “Goriei” and “El-Magu”, Paoli 629 (FT holo.).
Information
Slender tussocky annual. Stems 10–25 cm long and 0.3–0.5 mm thick, densely short hairy. Leaves with prominent red basal sheaths contrasting brightly with the long white hairs from the orifices of the leaf-sheaths; leaf-blades 2–10 cm long and 0.3–0.5 mm wide, flat or incurved, densely short hairy. Inflorescence a lax anthela of 1 sessile spikelet subtended by 1–8 solitary spikelets or groups of spikelets. Spikelets 4–6 x 1.5–2.5 mm, light brown, ovate to lanceolate. Glumes 1.7–2 mm long, light reddish brown, but often darker near the midrib above and paler near margin, but without prominent pale marginal border, densely short-hairy both on surface and margin. Nutlet 0.6–0.7 x 0.4–0.5 mm, obovate, white to light reddish brown, with 10–15 transverse wrinkles on each of the 3 sides; the angular ribs papillose.
Range
S1 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
c. 150 m.

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