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Hypolytrum nemorum

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Identification
Hypolytrum nemorum (Vahl) Sprengel [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by (Vahl) Spreng., 1825 Hypolytrum scabrum Uittien [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Uittien, 1939
Related name
  • Hypolytrum longiscaposum
  • Hypolytrum elegans
  • Hypolytrum vitiense
  • Hypolytrum heterophyllum
  • Mapania elegans
  • Hypolytrum nemorum
  • Hypolytrum scabrum
  • Hypolytrum giganteum
  • Hypolytrum wightianum
  • Hypolytrum congense
  • Hypolytrum purpurascens
  • Schoenus nemorum
  • Hypolytrum latifolium
  • Hypolytrum africanum

Flora

Entry for Hypolytrum purpurascens Cherm. [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
Hypolytrum purpurascens Cherm. [family CYPERACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 80: 508 (1933); Nelmes l.c. 69.
Hypolytrum nemorum [family CYPERACEAE], of F.T.A. 8: 487, not Schoenus nemorum Vahl.
Hypolytrum heterophyllum [family CYPERACEAE], of F.W.T.A. ed. 1, 2: 472.
Information
Robust plant with spreading rhizomes and spherical or hemispherical fruiting heads;stream sides and other damp places in forest.
Habitat
stream sides and other damp places in forest.
Range
through the Congo basin to Angola
Distribution
S. L.: Konta, Kambia Dist.Lib.: Marshall, Montserrado Dist. (Feb.) Baldwin 11047! Kakatown, Salala Dist. Whyte! Loffa R., nr. Kondessu, Boporo Dist. (Dec.) Baldwin 10658! Gbanga (Sept.) Linder 797! Kitoma, Sanokwele Dist. (Mar.) Adam 16767!Iv. C.: Tabou (July) Lorougnon 1273HL! Mt. Orumbo-Boka, nr. Toumodi (Dec.) Boughey 14426! Adiopodoumé (Oct., Nov., Jan.) Lorougnon 1274HL! Aké Assi 7296! de Wilde 1008!Ghana: Beyin, Cape Coast (Feb.)S. Nig.: Lagos (Feb.) Millen 193! Ikoyi Plains (Jan.) Dalz. 1304! Sapoba (Feb.) Onochie FHI 31939! Okomu F.R., Benin (Feb.)W. Cam.: Rio del Rey Johnston! Lake Ejagham, Mamfe (Mar.) Onochie FHI 30899!F. Po: (Nov., Dec.) T. Vogel 206!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun

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