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Pycreus minimus

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Name

Identification
Pycreus minimus (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] Pycreus hildebrandtii (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Pycreus hildebrandtii
  • Cyperus minimus
  • Pycreus minimus

Flora

Entry for Pycreus minimus 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 minimus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Cyperus minimus K. Schumann [family CYPERACEAE], MS., non Thunb.
Information
Roots fibrous. Stems 1 1/3 in. long, weak. Leaves 1 by 1/16– 1/12 in., weak. Umbel 1/2 in. in diam., of 6–9 spikelets; rays 2–3, 0– 1/4 in. long; bracts 2–3, lowest 1/2 in. long and similar to the leaves. Spikes of 2–4 spikelets. Spikelets 1/5 by 1/25 in., chestnut, 6–12-flowered. Glumes ovate, not acute, rather distant, keel green. Style slender; branches 2, long, linear. Nut 3/5 the length of the glume, ellipsoid, compressed laterally, brown; superficial cells minute square.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor!Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Stuhlmann, i. 65!

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