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Mariscus myrmecias

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Name

Identification
Cyperus myrmecias Ridl. [family CYPERACEAE ] Mariscus myrmecias (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C.B.Clarke,
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Flora

Entry for Mariscus Myrmecias C. B. Clarke [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
Mariscus Myrmecias C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 590. —Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 120.
Cyperus Myrmecias Ridley [family CYPERACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 144.
Information
Spikes ovoid-subcyliudric, 3/4 by 1/2 in., of about 40 spikelets, sometimes subcompound at the base, when ripe a dusky green. Spikelets in fruit spreading, up to 1/3 by 1/16 in., terete, maturing 3 nuts. Nut 1/2 the length of the glume, broadly oblong.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; between Lopollo and Monino, Welwitsch, 7059! woods of Monino, Welwitsch, 7060!

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