Afrotrilepis pilosa (Boeck.) J. Raynal [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
Afrotrilepis pilosa (Boeck.) J. Raynal [family CYPERACEAE], l.c. 258 (1963).
Trilepis pilosa Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Linnaea 39; 10 (1876)
Eriospora pilosa (Boeck.) Benth. [family CYPERACEAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl. 14: 30, t. 1342 (1881); F.T.A. 8: 511
E. pilosa var. longipes C.B. Cl. [family ], in F.T.A. 8: 512 (1902)
Catagyna pilosa (Boeck.) Hutch. [family CYPERACEAE], in F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 490
Afrotrilepis pilosa var. trichocarpa J. Raynal [family CYPERACEAE], l.c. 258 (1963)
Information
Stout perennial often with an erect or ascending trunk-like rhizome covered with the remains of old leaves, or with roots, and golden-green to brown and chestnut spikelets in clusters on long or short peduncles; on granite outcrops rooting among rocks, or as a mat on the rock-slab surface.
Habitat
; on granite outcrops rooting among rocks, or as a mat on the rock-slab surface.
Distribution
Mali: Doung 1745! Sibi, 50 km. S. of Bamako (May) Duong 1594!Guin.: Friguiagbé (May) Chiliou 524! Kindia Pobéguin 1363! Mamou (May) Pitot! Macenta (Oct.) Baldwin 9759! Nzérékoré (Apr.) Pitot!S. L.: Binkolo (Aug.) Thomas 1741! Kondembaia to Dalakuru (Apr.) Deighton 5072! Koinadugu Dist. (Aug.) Haswell 230! Bintimani, Loma Mts. (June) Morton SL 3574! Sefadu (Apr.) Deighton 3221! Mandu (July) Deighton 1966!Lib.: Yoma, Gola Forest (Apr.) de Wilde 3856! Palilah, Gbanga Dist.Iv. C.: Nimba Mts., 2,500–5,000 ft. (Aug.) Boughey GC 18086! Séguéla (Apr.) Leeuwenberg 3265! Mankono (July) Aké Assi 4806! Toulépleu Adam 6341! Issia rock (May) Leeuwenberg 4126!U. Volta: Sindou, 50 km. W. of Banfora (June) Leeuwenberg 4327! Toussiana Waterfall, Bobo-Dioulasso (June) Scholz 305!Ghana: Wa to Tumu (Apr.) Addei SLUS 20! 20 miles N. of Sawla (Apr.) Morton A3308! Kwahu Tafo to Mankrong (Apr.) Morton A686! Amedzofe (June) Boughey 13066! Afram Plains (Mar.) W. H. Johnson 708!Dah.: Agouagon (Apr.) Chev. 23528!N. Nig.: Nupe Barter 1560! Kufena, Zaria (May) Kershaw 900340! Anara F.R., Zaria (May) Keay FHI 22877! Lapai to Gawu, Niger Prov. (July) Onochie FHI 35392! Wana, Plateau Prov. (June) Hepburn 116!S. Nig.: Lagos Dawodu 59! Rowland! Ado Rock, Iseyin (Apr.) Onochie FHI 34689! Mt. Orosun, Ondo (Aug.) Jones 20708! Owo F.R. (July) Onochie FHI 33250!W. Cam.: Mamfe (June) Gregory 128! Bum, Bamenda, 4,000 ft. (June) Maitland 1603!
Distribution (external)
Gabon
Notes
[A. pilosa is a very polymorphic species, and as used here the name covers a wide range of forms for which there seems no adequate means of characterization except perhaps in the case of var. trichocarpa J. Raynal from the Ivory Coast. Rather than describe a number of new varieties of doubtful validity it seems preferable to avoid categorizing the infra-specific variation for the time being.]
Afrotrilepis pilosa (Boeck.) J. Raynal [family CYPERACEAE]
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