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Kyllinga chlorotropis

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Identification
Isotype of Kyllinga chlorotropis Steud. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cyperus chlorotropis (Steud.) Mattf. & Kuk. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cyperus chlorotropis
  • Kyllinga chlorotropis
  • Anthistiria punctata

Flora

Entry for KYLLINGA chlorotropis Steud. [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
KYLLINGA chlorotropis Steud. [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora, 1842, 598. —Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 70; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 493; Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxv. 404; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 527; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 145 (excl. syn. K. nervosa).
Information
Rhizome 0. Stems subsolitary, 1–2 in. long, slender, thickened and bulb-like at the base. Leaves longer than the stem, 1/16 in. broad. Head of 3–1 spikes; bracts 2–3, lowest up to 1 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikes 1/4 by 1/6 in., dense, blackish. Spikelets 1/12 in. long, perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume ovate, obtuse, with subexcurrent mucro, chestnut-coloured, the keel green, wingless, smooth. Nut 3/4 the length of the glume, broad ellipsoid, dusky-brown.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Samen; mountain sides towards Shoata, Schimper, 1377! Enjedcap, Schimper, 573! Tigre; near Adowa, 6000 ft., Schimper, 238, around Memsah, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 16! Setamuko, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1303! Sholoda Mountain, 7200 ft., Schimper, 859, partly! Without precise locality, Hildebrandt, 358!

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