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Scleria hilsenbergii

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Name

Identification
Scleria hilsenbergii Ridl. [family CYPERACEAE ] Scleria distans Poir. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Scleria distans
  • Scleria hilsenbergii

Flora

Entry for SCLERIA pulchella Ridley [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
SCLERIA pulchella Ridley [family CYPERACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 168. —C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 674; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 151; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 134.
SCLERIA Hilsenbergii Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], Cyp. Novæ, i. 34, not of Ridley.
Information
A glabrous, slender annual. Stems 3–8 in. long, setaceous. Leaves as long as the stem (or half as long) setaceous. Inflorescence 1/2–1 by 1/4– 1/3 in., denser than in S. pergracilis, and more or less branched, sub-panicled. Spikelets nearly 1/6 in. long, chestnut-brown, 3–8 on one branch of the inflorescence. Nut 1/20 in. long, obovoid, trigonous, white, transversely muricate-verrucose; on each face of the trigonous stalk 4 or 5 minute pores are excavated.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Huilla; in the lofty pastures of Empalaca, Welwitsch, 7141! River Callanca, Newton, 7!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 19! and D!

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