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Pycreus atronervatus

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Identification
Isotype of Pycreus atronervatus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cyperus atronervatus
  • Cyperus compressus
  • Pycreus atronervatus

Flora

Entry for PYCREUS atronervatus 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
PYCREUS atronervatus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 535.
Cyperus atronervatus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnæa, xxxviii. 358; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 139.
Information
Stem clothed 1/4– 3/4 its length by leaf-sheaths, at the base decumbent, creeping and rooting 3–6 in., but there are seedlings coming into flower also. Leaves 4–7 by 1/8 in. Spike solitary, of 3–8 spikelets; bracts 3, lowest 2–4 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikelets 1/2 by 1/6– 1/5 in., 10–18-flowered, compressed. Glumes ovate, obtuse, green with 4 black nerves on each side. Nut 1/2 the length of the glume, obovoid, biconvex, black.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Begemeder; Gafat, 9000 ft., Schimper, 1287! Gerra, 8000 ft., Schimper, 1244!

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