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Mariscus radiatus

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Name

Identification
Mariscus radiatus Hochst. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Krauss C. F., 1839 Mariscus radiatus Hochst. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Mariscus radiatus
  • Cyperus macrocarpus
  • Mariscus macer
  • Mariscus macrocarpus
  • Cyperus kraussii

Flora

Entry for MARISCUS radiatus Hochst. ex Krauss [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 radiatus Hochst. ex Krauss [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 757
Cyperus Kraussii Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnæa, xxxvi. 379.
Information
resembling M. sieberianus, but spikelets oblong-obovoid, conspicuously trigonous. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Umlaas River, Krauss, 35! and without precise locality, Buchanan! Delagoa Bay, Junod, 239! Kuntze, 216!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Harvey, 88! Bowie, 7!
Notes
In the type example of this species, Krauss 35, the rays are short, but they are sometimes long and occasionally very long. The spikelets are 2–1-flowered, but generally mature 1 nut; they are greenish when young, white when ripe.

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