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Pycreus cooperi

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Identification
Pycreus cooperi C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clarke, C.B., Pycreus aethiops (Welw. ex Ridl.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Milne-Redhead, G., Cyperus cooperi (C.B.Clarke) Kük. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Kükenthal, G.,
Related name
  • Pycreus oakfortensis
  • Cyperus cooperi
  • Pycreus cooperi
  • Pycreus aethiops
  • Cyperus lanceus

Flora

Entry for PYCREUS Cooperi C. B. Clarke [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
PYCREUS Cooperi C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 535
Cyperus nilagiricus Boeck. ex C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 535.
Cyperus lanceus Thunb. [family CYPERACEAE], ? Drège, Pflanzengeogr. Documente 177.
Information
glabrous, stout; roots fibrous, very thick (probably grew in water); stems densely packed, thickened at the base by large leaf-sheaths, 8–20 in. long.; leaves longer than the stem, trigonous-terete, 1/12 in. in diam., all very close to the base of the stem; umbel 1/2–1 1/2 in. in diam., condensed nearly into 1 compound spike; bracts 3, lowest 3–6 in. long, similar to the leaves; spikelets 1/3– 1/2 by 1/12– 1/10 in., rigid, moderately compressed, shining chestnut-black; glumes ovate, boat-shaped, obtuse, closely imbricate; style-branches 2; nut narrowly-ellipsoid, compressed, half as long as the glume, brown; superficial cells quadrate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Stockenstrom Div.; Kat Berg, 4000–5000 ft., Drège!KALAHARI REGION Orange Free State, Cooper, 912! Transvaal; Houtbosh, Rehmann, 5652!

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