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Scleria interrupta

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Identification
Scleria interrupta Rich. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Scleria distans
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  • Scleria schweinfurthiana
  • Scleria interrupta

Flora

Entry for SCLERIA hispidula A. Rich. [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 hispidula A. Rich. [family CYPERACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 511. —Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxviii. 443; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 672; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 150.
SCLERIA interrupta Schlechtend. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnæa, xx. 544, not of A. Rich.
Information
Annual, thinly hairy. Stems 4–12 in. long, slender. Leaves 4–8 by 1/3 in., thinly hairy or glabrous. Panicle 2–4 by 1/2–1 in., the lower branches up to 3/4 in. long; bracts 1/2 in. long, setaceous. Clusters of 3–8 spikelets, erect, shortly hispid with black-red or white hairs. Spikelets 1/8– 1/6 in. long, ovoid-lanceolate, chestnut marked with green. Nut 1/20 in. long, obovoid, trigonous, white, reticulated, scarcely muricate or tubercled.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Gafta, Schimper, 1277! Tacazze River, Quartin-Dillon & Petit! Begemeder; mountains near Senka Berr, Schimper, 1266, and without precise locality, Schimper, 538!

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