| Pycreus capillifolius (A. Rich.) C.B. Clarke |
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| Protologue : Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 535 (1895) |
| Information on the genus : Pycreus |
| Basionym : Cyperus capillifolius A. Rich. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Cyperus capillifolius A. Rich. (1850) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Cyperus afzelii Boeckeler (1867) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual herb; culms tufted, 5-31,5 cm long, 0,4-1 mm Ø, trigonous, smooth; leaves to 20 cm long; sheath 2-4,5 cm long, brown; blade narrowly linear to filiform, 5-17 cm x0,6-1,2 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate (glabrous to minutely scabrid); inflorescence appearing lateral, capitate, 1-3 cm Ø, with 8-30 sessile spikelets per head, linear-oblong, 0,6-2 cm x 1,3-2 mm; glumes golden yellowish-brown. |
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| Ecology : |
Deep soils of hollows; humid places on quartzite; Loudetia arundinacea grassland with scattered trees, on rocky outcrop with wet flushes and thin soil with Selaginella njamnjamensis, Aeollanthus spp., Aloe sp. and many annuals; shallow wet soils on rock; damp grassland; swampy areas; often on rock outcrops; stream edges; rice nurseries, ricefileds; roadsides; bare sands; slightly salt-tolerant; near sea-level to 2040 m alt. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb; distribution: Africa. New World, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 362
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:54 (2012)
- 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 : 128
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- HUTCHINSON, J. & J.M. DALZIEL (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3[2]: 301
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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 |
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