Fimbristylis dichotoma var. dichotoma [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
Fimbristylis dichotoma var. dichotoma [family CYPERACEAE]
Information
Tufted perennial or annual up to 1 m. high but very variable in stature with wide scarious-margined basal leaf-sheaths and numerous glabrous or sparingly hairy leaves. Inflorescence of numerous light brown to chestnut narrowly ovate or lanceolate spikelets 3·5–6 mm. long, rarely longer, with shallowly convex green-keeled glumes; damp grassland and savanna, stream banks and swamps.
Habitat
; damp grassland and savanna, stream banks and swamps.
Range
In all tropical areas of the world.
Distribution
Sen.: Sangalkam (May) Berhaut 7583! Kolda (Oct.)Gam.: Yundum (Dec.)Mali: (May) Chev. 784! Bamako (May) Duong 2287! Sotuba (Oct.) Raynal 5011! Djenné (July) Chev. 1140! Gao to Bossobougou (July) de Wailly 5090!Guin.: Friguiagbé (Apr., May) Chillou 345! Boismaré 246! Dalaba Monod! Kouroussa (July) Pobéguin 414! Farana (Apr.) Pitot!S. L.: Rokupr (Feb.) Deighton 5362! Njala (Oct.) Deighton 1353! Koinadugu (Aug.) Haswell 240! Perankonko Loma Mts. (Sept.) Jaeger 1768! Kenema (Nov.) Deighton 5877!Lib.: Kailahun, Kolahun Dist. (Nov.) Baldwin 10129! Monrovia (May) Baldwin 5835! Gbanga (Sept.) Linder 512! Ganta, Sanokwele Dist. (Nov.) Harley 1717! Nyaake (Webo), Webo Dist. (June) Baldwin 6154!Iv. C.: Tai to Tabou (Aug.) Boughey GC 14951! Divo Forest, Gagnoa (Aug.) Boughey GC 14659! Mankono (Aug.) Boughey GC 18509! Brafouédi (Apr.) Leeuwenberg 3338! Grand Bassam (Sept.) de Wit 7310!U. Volta: Sikasso to Bobo-Dioulasso (Sept.) Jaeger 5173! Banfora (June) Leeuwenberg 4362! Farakoba (June) Scholz 306! 307! Ouagadougou (Aug.) Nongonierma 93!Ghana: Axim (Mar.) Morton GC 6591! Burufo, nr. Lawra (Apr.) Adams 4058! Bawku (Aug.) Hall 2067! Tamale (Dec.) Adams 8 Akpabla 4178! Accra Morton 6112!N. Nig.: Sokoto (July) Dalz. 473! Katsina to Daura (Apr.) Meikle 1356! Minna, Niger Prov. (Jan.) Keay FHI 37323! Hosa, Jos Plateau (Aug.) Keay FHI 12695! Oturkpo, Benue Prov. (Oct.) Kennedy 8021! nr. Vogel Peak, Sardauna Prov. (Nov.) Hepper 1386!S. Nig.: Ibadan (Feb.) Brenan 8979! Owo F.R., Ondo Prov. (July) Onochie FHI 33246! Ajagbodudu (Aug.) Wright 56! Aboh Barter 131! Abakaliki (Nov.) Tuley 3!W. Cam.: Malende to Muyuka (Mar.) Brenan 9327! Mencham R. (Feb.) Brunt 953! Mbaw Plain (May) Brunt 490! Mamfe (Mar., Dec.) Migeod 261! Onochie et al. FHI 30890!F. Po: (Oct.) T. Vogel 12! S. Isabel Swarbrick 2918! Moka (Sept.) Melville 610!
Fimbristylis dichotoma var. dichotoma [family CYPERACEAE]
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