| Pycreus smithianus (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke |
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| Information on the genus : Pycreus |
| Basionym : Cyperus smithianus Ridl. |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Cyperus smithianus Ridl. (1884) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Cyperus cuanzensis Ridl. (1884) |
| =Pycreus cuanzensis (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke (1894) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Culms triquetrous c. 23 cm long, base bulbous; leaves numerous, stiff, linear, c. 18 cm long, acuminate; sheath membranous, striate; involucral bracts 4, spreading, 10 cm long; inflorescence a loose head of crowded linear spikelets, these white, 1 cm long; glumes c. 2 mm long, rather broad, 3-ribbed; style 3-fid; nutlet small, ± trigonous (not quite ripe). |
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| Ecology : |
Ammophilus plant. |
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Said to be near Cyperus proteinolepis [sin. auct.; Cyp. proteinolepis Steud. 1854 (= Cyp. jeminicus) = Cyp. conglomeratus; Cyp. proteinolepis Boeckeler 1879 = Cyp. rotundus]; probably meant C. conglomeratus (inflorescence a congested head). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:55 (2012)
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°36265 modified 2007-04-03 |
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