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Rhynchospora brownii

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Rhynchospora brownii Roemer & Schultes [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Rhynchospora brownii

Flora

Entry for Rhynchospora rugosa (Vahl) Gale [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,
Names
Rhynchospora rugosa (Vahl) Gale [family CYPERACEAE], in Rhodora 46: 275 (1944).
Schoenus rugosus Vahl [family CYPERACEAE], , Ecl. Amer. 2: 5 (1798).
Rhynchospora glauca Vahl [family CYPERACEAE], , Enum. 2: 233 (1806); F.T.A. 8: 482
Rhynchospora brownii Roem. & Schult. [family CYPERACEAE], , Syst. Veg. 2: 86 (1817); Robinson in Kirkia 1: 36 (1961)
Rhynchospora africana Cherm. [family CYPERACEAE], in Arch. Bot. Caen 4, Mém. 7: 44 (1931)
Rhynchospora glauca var. juncea (Kunth) Cherm. [family CYPERACEAE], of Aké Assi, Contrib. 257 (1964)
Information
Erect plant, up to 80 cm. high, with elliptical, brown spikelets about 4 mm. long; marshes or near streams.
Habitat
; marshes or near streams.
Range
Pantropical
Distribution
Guin.: Labé Adam 14563!Iv. C.: Moossou (Jan.) Aké Assi 6881! Grand Bassam (Sept.) de Wit 7376!N. Nig.: Kakara, Mambila Dist. 4,800 ft. (Jan.) Hepper 1792!S. Nig.: Obudu, 5,000 ft. (Apr.) Haines 231!W. Cam.: Nkambe, 5,000 ft. (Feb.) Brunt 992! Mbiami, 6,000 ft. (June) Brunt. 752!
Notes
[The pattern of variation within this aggregate species must be further studied before the West African taxa can be properly delineated. From the material cited above Adam 14563 stands out as having a dark achene with bristles as long as both achene and style-base together and shows other features of R. africana Cherm. The highland specimens from Nigeria and the W. Cameroon have 5–6 bristles shorter than the achene and may belong to the Australian taxon R. brownii Roem. & Schult.]

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