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Scleria bulbifera

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Name

Identification
Scleria bulbifera Hochst. ex A.Rich [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C.B.Clarke,
Related name
  • Scleria schliebenii
  • Scleria bulbifera
  • Scleria lacunosa
  • Scleria cenchroides
  • Scleria verdickii
  • Scleria atrosanguinea
  • Scleria buchananii
  • Scleria schweinfurthiana

Flora

Entry for Scleria bulbifera A. Rich. [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
Scleria bulbifera A. Rich. [family CYPERACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 510 (1851); F.T.A. 8: 500; Nelmes in Kew Bull. 10: 438 (1955); E. A. Robinson l.c. 503 (1966).
Scleria schweinfurthiana Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Flora 62: 570 (1879); F.T.A. 8: 500; F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 491
Information
Polymorphic rhizomatous perennial with swollen culm-bases and leaves 1–5 mm. wide, the lower ones reduced almost to bladeless sheaths; spike up to 20 cm. long with 3–17 glomerules; damp places in woodland and savanna.
Habitat
; damp places in woodland and savanna.
Range
Throughout tropical Africa and Madagascar.
Distribution
Sen.: Kanouméri, Kédougou to Bandiafassi (July) Fotius K215a!Mali: Kita (July) Duong 438!Iv. C.: Gouékouma, Upper Sassandra R. (May) Chev. 21668! Niangbo, nr. Tafiré (June) Leeuwenberg 4446! Téhini, Bouna Reserve (Aug.) Oldeman 315!U. Volta: Bandakoro to Sourkotomo (July) Scholz 301!Ghana: Bangmobangmo F.R., Nandom (Sept.) Hall CC 785! Damongo (Sept.) Hall CC 813! Banda (Apr.) Morton A3285! Yeji (July) Vigne 3354! Shiare to Chilinga, Nkwanta Hills (May) Morton A3991!N. Nig.: Patti Reserve, Lokuja (June) Daramola FHI 36933! Kaduna, Zaria Prov.W. Cam.: Mbiami to Mbaw (June) Brunt 734!

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