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Fimbristylis triflora

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Identification
Fimbristylis tristachya R.Br. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Fimbristylis triflora (L.) K.Schum. ex Engl. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Fimbristylis tristachya
  • Cyperus triflorus
  • Abildgaardia lanceolata
  • Fimbristylis triflora

Flora

Entry for Fimbristylis tristachya Thwaites [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
Fimbristylis tristachya Thwaites [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 434, not of R. Br. nor of Nees. —C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 649, and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 610.
Fimbristylis triflora K. Schum. [family CYPERACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 124.
Cyperus triflorus Linn. [family CYPERACEAE], Mant. 180.
Abildgaardia tristachya Vahl [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 297; Kunth, Enum. ii. 248;Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvii. 54.
Abildgaardia lanceolata Schumach. [family CYPERACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl. 33.
Information
Stems 16–28 in. long, with 2–5 (rarely 1) distinct spikelets usually nearly 1 in. long. Nut large, finally black; otherwise as F. monostachya .
Distribution
Guinea Upper Guinea Thonning, 348!Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Boivin! Kuntze, 207!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Mafia Island, Frere! Zanguebar, Kirk! Usambara; Doda, Holst, 2934! Rovuma Bay, Kirk! Rovuma River, Kirk!Portuguese East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Zambesi Delta; Kongoni River, Kirk!
Distribution (external)
South India
Ceylon
Notes
F. monostachya, Hassk., is usually much slenderer (and with smaller spikelets) than the present plant; but large examples of F. monostachya I can only distinguish by the pale nut.

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