| Pycreus micropelophilus (Lye) J.-P. Lebrun & Stork |
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Protologue : Candollea 74(2): 149 (2019)  |
| Information on the genus : Pycreus |
| Basionym : Cyperus micropelophilus Lye |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Cyperus micropelophilus Lye (1996) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tufted annual herb; culms few to numerous, 5-20 cm long, c. 1 mm Ø, trigonous, glabrous, with 2-3 leaves in lower half; sheaths grey to purple; blade 5-15 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, scabrid at least on margin; inflorescence lax, 2-5 cm wide, with 1 central sessile spikelet-cluster and 2-8 stalked spikelet-clusters; largest penduncle 2-5 cm long; spikelets linear, 0,2-1 cm x 1-2 mm, reddish-brown with 10-25 closely overlapping glumes. |
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| Ecology : |
Damp spots where water trickles over rock (inselberg) after rain; 200-350 m alt. |
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Somewhat intermediate between P. pelophilus and P. hildebrandtii but nutlet obovate to squarish, flattened, 0,6-0,5 mm (not 1x0,8 mm for P. pelophilus, 0,9-0,4 mm for P. hildebrandtii), and glumes reddish-brown.
Only known from the type collected in 1983 |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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| Record n°234847 created 2016-03-29 - modified 2016-03-29 |
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