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Mariscus leptophyllus

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Identification
Mariscus leptophyllus (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Cyperus leptophyllus unrecorded [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Mariscus amauropus (Steud.) Cufod. [family CYPERACEAE ] Cyperus bulbosus Vahl [family CYPERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cyperus ibeensis
  • Cyperus amauropus
  • Mariscus leptophyllus
  • Cyperus bulbosus
  • Mariscus amauropus
  • Cyperus leptophyllus

Flora

Entry for Mariscus leptophyllus 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 leptophyllus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 589.
Cyperus leptophyllus Hochst. [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora, 1844, 101; Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvi. 299; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 143; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. ii. 48, 103.
Cyperus amauropus Steud. [family CYPERACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 33; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 182; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 120.
Cyperus bulbosus Steud. var. [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora, 1842, 594; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 483; not of Vahl.
Information
Glabrous. Stolons 0. Stems closely approximate, 8–16 in. long, slender, at the top trigonous and smooth, at the base oblong-thickened by scarious withering leaf-sheaths. Leaves 2/3 the length of the stem, 1/12 in. broad, weak. Umbel-rays 2–3, up to 1/4–1 1/2 in. long, each with 3–1 spikes; bracts 4, similar to the leaves, lowest up to 4–6 in. long. Spikes ovoid or ellipsoid in outline, reddish varying from nearly white to a rich brown, of 6–16 spikelets. Spikelets 1/3 by 1/12 in., moderately compressed, ripening 6–8 nuts; rhachilla winged, disarticulating above the two lowest empty glumes and leaving a little cushion. Glumes ovate-oblong, obtuse, with 7 ribs; rather distantly placed on the rhachilla. Nut 1/2– 2/3 the length of the glume, ellipsoid, trigonous, brown. Style shorter than the nut; branches 3, linear, exserted.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land Hor Tamanib, Lord!Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Taylor!Eritrea Nile Land Keren, Beccari, 160! Steudner, 906! Valley of Haddas, 3200 ft., Schweinfurth, 112!Abyssinia Nile Land Samen; mountains at Shoata, Schimper, 1391! and without precise locality, Schimper, 183!British East Africa Nile Land Athi, Gregory, 30! Kikumbuliyu; Ngomeni, Scott-Elliot, 6255!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usmawo; Kageyi, Fischer, 632! Karagwe; Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 1046!
Distribution (external)
Egypt
Arabia

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