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Isolepis inclinata

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Identification
Isolepis inclinata Delile [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Raynal, J., Schoenoplectus corymbosus (Roem. & Schult.) J.Raynal [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Raynal, J.,
Related name
  • Schoenoplectus corymbosus
  • Isolepis inclinata

Flora

Entry for SCIRPUS corymbosus Roth [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
SCIRPUS corymbosus Roth [family CYPERACEAE], Nov. Pl. Sp. 28. —Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvi. 706; Aschers. & Schweinf. Ill. Fl. Égypte, 157; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 158; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 657, in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 620, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 229; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 148; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. ii. 49, 104; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 126; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 126.
SCIRPUS brachyceras Hochst. [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora, 1841, i. Intell. 21; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 496.
Isolepis corymbosa Roem. & Schultes. [family CYPERACEAE], Syst. Veg. ii. 110 and Mant. 65; Kunth, Enum. ii. 216.
Isolepis inclinata Delile [family CYPERACEAE], Fl. Ægypt. Ill. 50; Barbey, Levant, t. 8, fig. 9.
Information
Glabrous. Rhizome 2–4 in. long, horizontal. Stems 3 ft. long, stout, terete. Leaves 0. Umbel apparently lateral, simple or compound, 3–6 in. in diam.; lower bract as though a continuation of the stem, 1–4 in. long. Spikelets clustered, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, ellipsoid, dusky brown. Glumes ovate, glabrous; tip subentire, mucronate. Hypogynous bristles 0. Style linear; branches 3. Nut 2/5 the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, black, smooth, slightly transversely wavy.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land near Adowa, Schimper, 288! and without precise locality, Schimper, 84! 253! 687!Angola Lower Guinea Golungo Alto; near Sange, Welwitsch, 7015B! Cazengo; streams near Palmira, Welwitsch, 7015! Ambaca; banks of the River Lucala, Welwitsch, 6846! Pungo Andongo; marshes between Condo and Quisonde, Welwitsch, 6849! Huilla; Lake Ivantala, Welwitsch, 6976! by the River Catumba, Welwitsch, 6977!Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Taylor!British East Africa Nile Land Tana River, Gregory, 78! along the River Kedong, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6511.German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara, Holst, 2552!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Namasi, Cameron, 12! Shire Highlands, Scott-Elliot, 8581! Mount Zomba, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte!Ngamiland Mozamb. Dist. Lake River, Lugard, 11!
Distribution (external)
Egypt
South Africa
Madagascar
India

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