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Scleria tricholepis

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Name

Identification
Scleria schweinfurthiana Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Scleria tricholepis Nelmes [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by J. Raynal, 1960
Related name
  • Scleria melanotricha
  • Scleria hirtella
  • Scleria tricholepis
  • Scleria schweinfurthiana
  • Scleria interrupta

Flora

Entry for Scleria hirtella Swartz [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 hirtella Swartz [family CYPERACEAE], Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 19 (1788); E. A. Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 499 (1966).
Scleria melanotricha [family CYPERACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 491, partly
Scleria tricholepis Nelmes [family CYPERACEAE], in Kew Bull. 10: 447 (1955)
Scleria melanotricha var. glabrior C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE], in F.T.A. 8: 496 (1902)
Information
Glabrous or villous slender annual up to 60 cm. high with leaves 1–3 mm. wide; inflorescence up to 13 cm. long with 4–15 glomerules, more widely spaced than in S. pergracilis; seasonally swampy or damp places.
Habitat
; seasonally swampy or damp places.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa and tropical America.
Distribution
Sen.: Niokolo-Koba (Dec.) J. & A. Raynal 6803! Gouloumbo to Tambacounda (Oct.) Pitot! Niassia (Nov.) Berhaut 6654!Guin.: Friguiagbé Chillou 598! Timbo (Oct.) Pobéguin 1790a! Dalaba (Sept.) Adames 335! Conakry (Oct.) Adams 12604! Macenta (Oct.) Baldwin 9791!S. L.: Morson! Regent (Dec.) Sc. Elliot 4187! Picket Hill (Nov.) T. S. Jones 194! Brookfields (Oct.) Deighton 2141! Kambia (Nov.) Morton 8 Gledhill SL 71!Lib.: Grand Bassa (Nov.) Dinklage 2300! Monrovia (Aug.) Baldwin 92041 Genne-Loffa, Kolahun Dist. (Nov.) Baldwin 10101! Palilah, Gbanga Dist. (Aug.) Baldwin 9152! Nimba Mts. (Dec.) Adam 16465!Iv. C.: Momi Mt. (Oct.) Aké Assi 9213!Ghana: Nyinahin Hills (Nov.) Morton A2790!N. Nig.: Idon, Kaduna to Keffi (Aug.) Kershaw 900712! Kufena Hill, Zaria Dist. (Sept.) Clayton 1315! Farin Rua, Plateau Prov. (Aug.) J. Hall 658! Panshanu, Bauchi Prov. (Aug.) Lawlor 8 Hall 621!W. Cam.: Mamfe (Mar.) Richards 5246!

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