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Mariscus hamulosus

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Name

Identification
Mariscus hamulosus (M.Bieb.) S.S.Hooper [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Stanfield, D.P, 1971
Related name
  • Cyperus hamulosus
  • Mariscus hamulosus
  • Scirpus lugardii

Flora

Entry for Mariscus hamulosus (M. Bieb.) Hooper [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 hamulosus (M. Bieb.) Hooper [family CYPERACEAE], in Kew Bull. 26: 578 (1972).
Cyperus hamulosus M. Bieb. [family CYPERACEAE], , Fl. Taur.-cauc. 1: 35 (1808); J. Raynal in Adansonia sér. 2, 6: 581–588 (1967)
Scirpus hamulosus (M. Bieb.) Stev. [family CYPERACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Nat. Moscou 5: 356 (1817)
S. lugardii C.B. Cl. [family ], in F.T.A. 8: 458 (1902)
Information
Slender annual 3–15 cm. high with few, purple sheathed leaves and up to 8 sessile or stalked, ovate, starry spikes; distinguished from the previous (pecies by the shorter-pointed, sub-spiral glumes and disk at the base of the achene; sandy soil subject to occasional flooding.
Habitat
; sandy soil subject to occasional flooding.
Range
In subdesert zones in Africa, Europe and western Asia.
Distribution
Sen.: Kayar, Cape Verde (Oct.) J. 8 A. Raynal 6430!Mali: Gao to Berra (Mar.) de Wailly 5012!N. Nig.: Maiduguri, Bornu (Dec.) McClintock 117!

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