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Scleria cenchroides

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Name

Identification
Scleria cenchroides Kunth [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by K.S. Kunth,
Related name
  • Scleria distans
  • Scleria bulbifera
  • Scleria cenchroides
  • Scleria hirtella

Flora

Entry for SCLERIA hirtella Swartz [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
SCLERIA hirtella Swartz [family CYPERACEAE], Prod. 19;—Fl. Ind. Occid. i. 93; Kunth, Enum. ii. 353; Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxviii. 439 part of α only.
SCLERIA nutans Kunth [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 351.
SCLERIA cenchroides Kunth [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 352.
Hypoporum hirtellum Nees [family ], in Linnæa, ix. 303.
Information
hairy, sometimes only the inflorescence; rhizome 1/8– 1/5 in. in diam., horizontal, woody; stems 8–20 in. long, slender, very slender at the base, with distant nearly leafless sheaths; leaves 6–10 by 1/10 in., lower gradually shorter; spike 2–5 in. long; clusters of spikelets 1/4–1 in. apart, drooping, at least when ripening; spikelets 1/6– 1/5 in. long, many bisexual; nut 1/16– 1/12 in., ovoid, round-trigonous, white, smooth, shining (but see var. β); gynophore obpyramidal, margin obscurely 3-lobed, confluent with the nut, disc scarcely discernible. null
Range
The typical form is also found in Tropical Africa and America.
Distribution
COAST REGION Komgha Div.; mouth of the Kei River, Flanagan, 2363!EASTERN REGION Pondoland or Natal; between the Umtentu and Umzimkulu Rivers, below 500 ft., Drège!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Zeyher, 1758! Var. β: Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Burke, 62! Zeyher, 2334!

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