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Mariscus aristatus

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Name

Identification
Mariscus aristatus (Rottb.) Cherm. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Cyperus aristatus Rottb. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Vontes, P.,
Related name
  • Cyperus uncinatus
  • Mariscus aristatus
  • Cyperus crinitus
  • Cyperus aristatus

Flora

Entry for Mariscus squarrosus (Linn.) C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,
Names
Mariscus squarrosus (Linn.) C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE], in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 623 (1893), as to name only.
Cypefus squarrosus Linn. [family ], , Cent. Pl. 2, 6 (1756); Kern in Blumea 10: 642 (1960)
Mariscus aristatus (Rottb.) Cherm. [family CYPERACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 85: 366 (1938)
Cyperus aristatus Rottb. [family CYPERACEAE], , Descr. et Icon. 23, t. 6 fig. 1 (1773); F.T.A. 8: 348; F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 483; Kük. in Kngl., Pflanzenr. Cyper. 502 (1936)
C. aristatus var. semiglobosus Kük. [family ], l.c. 504; Cherm. in Arch. Bot. Caen 7, Mém. 4: 12 (1936)
Information
Annual weed with golden or reddish hemispherical or ovoid spikes and soft leaves;widespread in open ground.
Habitat
widespread in open ground
Range
Widespread in tropical regions, extending in the New World to Canada and Chile.
Distribution
Maur.: Traya (Jan.) Naegelé!Sen.: Leprieur! Heudelot 328! Hann (Aug.) Berhaut 2655! Diouloulou (Sept.) Adam 18219! Wallo (Dec., Jan.) Roger 68!Gam.: Kuntaur (Aug.) Ruxton 163! Kaiaaf, Genieri (July) Fox 169! Yundum Ashrif 36!Mali: Fodébougou, Kita (Oct.) Jaeger 59! 65! Sotuha (Oct.) Raynal 5033! Bore (Aug.) Demange 29/1957!Guin.: Conakry (Aug.) Martine 51! Tamba to Sambaïlo (Sept.) Pitot!Iv. C.: Garango Prost! Téhini, Bouna Reserve (Aug.) de Wilde 770!U. Volta: Koupéla to Ouagadougou (July, Aug.) Chev. 24583! Ouagadougou (Oct.) Nongonierma 205!Ghana: Tumu (May) Morton GC 7546! Yendi (Dec.) Adams 4091! Nsawkaw (Aug.) Hall 1955! Labadi (Mar.) Morton GC 6658! Achimota (May) Morton A879!Niger: Filingué, Toukounous Bartha 89b!N. Nig.: Sokoto Dalz. 452! Samaru, Zaria (Aug.) Clayton 1326! Nupe Barter 1570! Yola (Sept.) Dalz. 268! Gurum, Vogel Peat area (Nov.) Hepper 1232!S. Nig.: Ado Rock (Oct.) Savory & Keay FHI 25441! Lagos W. MacGregor! Igboora (Oct.) Haines 216!

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