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Mariscus macrocarpus

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Identification
Mariscus macrocarpus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Vorster, P. ?, Cyperus macrocarpus (Kunth) Boeckeler [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Mariscus polyphyllus
  • Mariscus radiatus
  • Cyperus macrocarpus
  • Mariscus macer
  • Mariscus macrocarpus
  • Mariscus angularis
  • Cyperus kraussii
  • Cyperus chersinus
  • Cyperus paniceus

Flora

Entry for MARISCUS macrocarpus Kunth [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 macrocarpus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 120
Cyperus macrocarpus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnæa, xxxvi. 380.
Cyperus flavus Ridley [family CYPERACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ii. 144.
Information
resembling M. sieberianus, but spikelets maturing 2–3 broad-oblong nuts. null
Range
Frequent in South Tropical Africa.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; between the Umtentu River and Umsamculo River, Drège, 4421! Buchanan, 153 partly!
Notes
This form (as the two preceding) differs from M. sieberianus by the much broader nuts, giving the ripe spikelets a conspicuously triangular section. M. macrocarpus is exceedingly like M. flavus, Vahl, var. humilis, Benth. (which var. has 2–3 nuts to the spikelet), differing only by the less bract-like basal glume; it is less surprising that Ridley unites them than that Bentham separates them.

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