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Cyperus maculatus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

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 maculatus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 2: 539 (1864); F.T.A. 8: 363, partly; Kük. l.c. 103; Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 385 (1967). Cyperus heudelotii C.B. Cl. [family CYPERACEAE], in F.T.A. 8: 364 (1901) Cyperus maculatus var. contractus Cherm. [family CYPERACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 85: 368 (1938).
Information
Rhizomatous perennial with slender, leafy stems from hard, round tubers; leaves glaucous, slender; spikelets neat, pale, sometimes dark-spotted;sand banks and sandy ground near rivers.
Habitat
sand banks and sandy ground near rivers.
Range
throughout tropical Africa
Distribution
Maur.: L. Rkiz (Oct., Nov.) Adam 21825! Sadio 300!Sen.: M’boro, Cayor (May) Leprieur! Taouee, L. Guiers (June) Adam 1403! Podor (June) Adam 1424! Tambacounda (Apr., June) Berhaut 1506! Adam 14299!Mali: Sotuba (Feb.) J. & A. Raynal 5462! Macina (May) Lean 20! Diafarabé (May) Lean 29! Timbuktu (Aug.) Lean 70! Gao to Bossobougou (July) de Wailly 5094!Guin.: Dabola (Apr.) Pitot! Dabola to Faranah (Apr.) Adam 4533! Faranah (Apr.) Pitot!S. L.: Makump (May) Deighton 1710! 1719! 1720! Njala (Feb.) Deighton 1573!Iv. C.: Abiati, lower Comoé R. (Mar.)U. Volta: Namenda, Tenkodogo (June) Scholz 316!Ghana: Saboba, Dagomba Dist. (Mar.) Hepper 8 Morton A 3125! Damongo to Tamale (Mar.) Morton GC 8766! Yeji (Apr.) Hall VBS 1238! Chindiri, Daka R. (Apr.) Hall VBS 1273!Dah.: Savé to Agouagon (May) Chev. 23592!Niger: Tillabery Rogeon 515!N. Nig.: Sokoto (July) Dalz. 474! Shagunu (July) Cook 308!S. Nig.: Etemi, Omo R. (Mar.) Jones 8 Onochie FHI 16691!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun Madagascar
Cyperus maculatus Boeck. [family CYPERACEAE]
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