Cyperus tenuispica Steud. [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
Cyperus tenuispica Steud. [family CYPERACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 2: 11 (1855); Kük. l.c. 245; Cherm. in Arch. Bot. Caen 7, Mém. 4: 8 (1936); Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 381 (1967).
Cyperus flavidus [family CYPERACEAE], of F.T.A. 8: 333, not of Retz. (1789)
Information
Weak annual 10–60 cm. high with flaccid leaves, a diffuse inflorescence with rays often as long as the weak angular stems, and neat elliptical spikelets often 2 or 8 together;rice fields, marshy savanna and other damp places.
Habitat
rice fields, marshy savanna and other damp places.
Distribution
Maur.: L. Rkiz (Sept.) Sadio 298!Sen.: Fatick Maymard! Richard-Toll (Feb.)Mali: Kita Mts. (Oct.) Jaeger 89! Kara (Dec.)Port. G.: Buruntuma (Dec.)Guin.: Sambaïlo (Oct.) Pitot! Kiffaya to Seriba (Oct.) Pitot! Koba (Nov.) Jac.-Fél. 7241! Thiangeul bori (Oct.) Pitot! Mamou to Senegal frontier Adam 7937!S. L.: Lumley Beach, Freetown (Sept.) Harvey 136! Rokupr (Sept.) Jordan 316! Ribi R. (Feb.) Morton 8 Gledhill SL 1719! Njala (Nov.)Lib.: nr. Monrovia (Aug.)Iv. C.: N’Douci to Toumodi (Aug.) de Wit 7345! Aboakouamékro (Nov.) Aké Assi 10350! Adiopodoumé (July) Boughey GC 14507!Ghana: Tumu (Dec.) Adams & Akpabla 4371! Sakogu, Gambaga Scarp (Dec.) Adams 4245! Tamale (Aug.) Irvine 4583! Tafo (July) Irvine 4973! Accra to Aburi (Oct.) Johnson 1003!Togo Rep.: Lilikopé Mahoux 110! Atakpamé to Lomé Mahoux 2005!N. Nig.: Rofia, nr. Yelwa C. D. K. Cook! Badeggi, nr. Bida (Jan.) Vaillant 2778! Kaduna to Keffi, Zaria Prov. (Aug.) Kershaw 900703! Panshanu, Bauchi Prov. (Aug.) Lawlor 8 Hall 619! Damaturu, W. Bornu (Sept.) De Leeuw 1212!
Distribution (external)
Old world tropics.
Notes
[The typical form of this species from India, Australia and elsewhere in the Far East has spikelets less than 1 mm. wide. Many of the West African collections have larger spikelets (1·5 mm. wide) [and may represent a distinct taxon but the position requires further investigation,]
Cyperus tenuispica Steud. [family CYPERACEAE]
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