CYPERUS pulcher Thunb. [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
CYPERUS pulcher Thunb. [family CYPERACEAE], Prod. 18, not of D. Don;—Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 100; Nees in Linnæa, x. 133, excluding syn.; Kunth, Enum. ii. 114; Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxv. 583.
CYPERUS ingratus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 31.
CYPERUS dregeanus Kunth [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. ii. 31.
Information
glabrous, stout; rhizome (seen) short; stems approximate, 1–2 1/2 ft. long, acutely triquetrous at the top; leaves often 2/3 the length of the stem, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad; umbel compound or decompound, 2–5 in. in diam.; bracts 3–6, similar to the leaves, lowest overtopping the umbel; spikelets 3–5, digitate, rose-red, 1/5 by 1/12 in., moderately compressed, 8–12-flowered; glumes boat-shaped, ovate, shortly acute, nearly nerveless; stamens 3; anthers linear, not crested; nut nearly 1/2 the length of the glume, triquetrous, pyramidal at either end; style not 1/2 the length of the nut; branches 3, linear, exserted a little from the glume. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 652! Atherston, 176!COAST REGION Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 1000–2200 ft., Drège! MacOwan, 652! Glenfilling, 1000 ft., Drège! King Williamstown Div.; near Toise River Station, 3600 ft., Kuntze, 273! 274! Komgha Div., Flanagan, 901! Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, 3500 ft., Baur, 884! 899!EASTERN REGION Transkei; Bashee River, 1000 ft., Drège! Tembuland; Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 361! between Bashee River and Morley, Drège!KALAHARI REGION Orange Free State, Buchanan, 79! Transvaal; Pretoria, at Wonderboom Poort, Rehmann, 4482! and without precise locality! Rehmann, 4833!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg, Ecklon and Zeyher, 10!
CYPERUS pulcher Thunb. [family CYPERACEAE]
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