Diplacrum africanum C.B. Cl. [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
Diplacrum africanum C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE], in Dur. & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 668 (1895); F.T.A. 8: 510; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 358 (1967); Napper in Kew Bull. 25: 445 (1971).
Diplacrum pygmaeum Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnaea 38: 434 (1874), partly, not of (R. Br.) Nees
Information
Annual, 2·5–12 cm, high, with green clusters of spikelets; in moist grassland and swamps, frequently associated with rice fields.
Habitat
; in moist grassland and swamps, frequently associated with rice fields.
Range
Sporadically throughout tropical Africa.
Distribution
Sen.: Niokolo-Koba (Nov.) Adam 15962!Port. G.: Teixeira Pinto, Cacheu (Dec.) Raimundo 8 Guerra 548! Bissau, Prabis (Nov.) Raimundo 8 Guerra 171!Guin.: Is. Tristao Jac.-Fél. 7328!S. L.: Morea to Fintonia, Kuru Hills Morton 8 Gledhill SL 597! Kitchom (Jan.) Deighton 946! Njala (Oct.) Deighton 1350! Magbema (Nov.) Jordan 699! Mano Salija (Nov.) Deighton 323!Lib.: Duport (Nov.) Linder 1446!Iv. C.: Singrobo (Dec.) Aké Assi 7238!Ghana: Lumbunga, Tamale Dist. (Dec.) Morton 6252! Banda to Menjl, Wenchi Dist. (Dec.) Morton GC 25240! Ejura Scarp (Dec.) Morton GC 9631! Ankobra (Feb.) Morton A1629!N. Nig.: Nupe Barter 1041! Minna (Dec.) Meikle 727! Kainji (Nov.) Hepper 3897! Gurum, Sardauna Prov. (Nov.) Hepper 1239!S. Nig.: Olokemeji to Eruwa, Abeokuta Dist. (Nov.) Daramola FHI 43845!
Diplacrum africanum C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE]
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