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Mariscus gueinzii

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Name

Identification
Mariscus gueinzii C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cyperus solidus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cyperus dactyliformis
  • Mariscus solidus
  • Cyperus biradiatus
  • Cyperus solidus
  • Mariscus gueinzii

Flora

Entry for MARISCUS Gueinzii C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 149, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
MARISCUS Gueinzii C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 588
Cyperus dactyliformis Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnæa, xxxvi. 329 partly.
Information
large; umbel compound, rays 8–12 up to 8 in. long; spikes dense, mostly short-peduncled; spikelets 1/2 in. long, maturing often 10 nuts; otherwise as M. tabularis, Schrad. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; by the Zwartkops River, Burchell, 4431! Zeyher, 15! Komgha Div.; Flanagan, 977!EASTERN REGION Natal; near Durban, Wood, 4098! Buchanan, 130! and without precise locality, Gueinzius!
Notes
The umbel of this species much resembles large umbels of M. congestus; but M. Gueinzii (and the preceding species) have spongy leaves with transverse reticulations—remote from those of M. congestus.

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