Pycreus nitidus (Lam.) J. Raynal |
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Protologue : Kew Bull. 23: 314 (1969) |
Information on the genus : Pycreus |
Basionym : Cyperus nitidus Lam. |
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Status
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Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Cyperus nitidus Lam. |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Pycreus umbrosus C.B. Clarke (1895) |
=Pycreus lanceus (Thunb.) Turrill |
=Cyperus lanceus Thunb. (1794) |
=Pycreus umbrosus Nees (1835) |
=Pycreus lanceus var. melanopus (Boeckeler) Troupin |
=Cyperus lanceus var. melanopus Boeckeler |
=Cyperus fulvus Ridl. (1884) |
=Pycreus umbrosus Clark (1895) |
=*Cyperus lanceus C.B. Clarke (1883) |
=Cyperus brunneoater Boeckeler (1884) |
=Pycreus antisirabensis Cherm. (1919) |
=Pycreus antisirabensis var. densior Cherm. (1925) |
=Cyperus lanceus var. divaricatus Kük. (1913) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Perennial herb with long stolons (to > 40 cm x 3-8 mm Ø) sometimes branching, rooting at nodes, not developing sterile leafy stems; base of plant massive, with scales and (old) leaf bases; culms usually solitary, 15-70 cm long, 1,3-3 mm Ø, trigonous to triquetrous, smooth; leaves several at base of culm; sheath pale yellowish-brown, brown to almost black, 2,5-14 cm long; blade linear, flattish plicate, 18-70 cm x 2,5-8,6 mm, acute to acuminate, apex glabrous to minutely scabrid; inflorescence simple with spikelets in ovoid, digitate clusters, sessile or at end of primary branches; these 4-9, 0-10 cm long; spikelets 5-30 per cluster, ovoid (-oblong), 8-16x3-4,3 mm, flattened, shining brown.- Before commercial salt was available, plants were burnt and the ashes lixivated to obtain a cooking salt. Culms used for mats (Simpson & Inglis, l.c.). |
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Ecology : |
Before commercial salt was available, plants were burnt and the ashes lixivated to obtain a cooking salt. Culms used for mats (Simpson & Inglis, l.c.). |
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Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Sudd hydrophyte, Helophyte, Cyperoid- Ht 0.2 - 0.5 m. Alt: 5 - 2120 m. Distribution: BOT, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, WC |
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Biol./Eco : |
Herb; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 341
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 114
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 127
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- HUTCHINSON, J. & J.M. DALZIEL (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3[2]: 300
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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