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CYPERUS Ajax C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
CYPERUS Ajax C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Information
Glabrous. Top of the stem stout, triquetrous. Umbel 10–12 in. in diam., decompound; rays and raylets numerous, stout; bracts overtopping the umbel, 3/4–1 in. broad, 3-nerved. Spikes 200–400 to the umbel, red-brown, of 3–5 spikelets each. Spikelets 1/4 by 1/8 in., compressed, 6–10-flowered. Glumes ovate, with a small mucro. Nut 2/3 the length of the glume, ovoid, at the base and apex pyramidal. Otherwise as C. derreilema .
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Zomba, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Malosa, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte!
Notes
The two collections of this each show the umbel only with the bracts cut down. It differs from C. derreilema in the shorter, broader, more compressed spikelets as well as in the very broad bracts.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
CYPERUS Ajax C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Information
Glabrous. Top of the stem stout, triquetrous. Umbel 10–12 in. in diam., decompound; rays and raylets numerous, stout; bracts overtopping the umbel, 3/4–1 in. broad, 3-nerved. Spikes 200–400 to the umbel, red-brown, of 3–5 spikelets each. Spikelets 1/4 by 1/8 in., compressed, 6–10-flowered. Glumes ovate, with a small mucro. Nut 2/3 the length of the glume, ovoid, at the base and apex pyramidal. Otherwise as C. derreilema .
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Zomba, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Malosa, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte!
Notes
The two collections of this each show the umbel only with the bracts cut down. It differs from C. derreilema in the shorter, broader, more compressed spikelets as well as in the very broad bracts.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
CYPERUS Ajax C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Information
Glabrous. Top of the stem stout, triquetrous. Umbel 10–12 in. in diam., decompound; rays and raylets numerous, stout; bracts overtopping the umbel, 3/4–1 in. broad, 3-nerved. Spikes 200–400 to the umbel, red-brown, of 3–5 spikelets each. Spikelets 1/4 by 1/8 in., compressed, 6–10-flowered. Glumes ovate, with a small mucro. Nut 2/3 the length of the glume, ovoid, at the base and apex pyramidal. Otherwise as C. derreilema .
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Zomba, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Malosa, 4000–6000 ft., Whyte!
Notes
The two collections of this each show the umbel only with the bracts cut down. It differs from C. derreilema in the shorter, broader, more compressed spikelets as well as in the very broad bracts.
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