| Pycreus cuanzensis (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke |
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| Protologue : Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 536 (1894) |
| Information on the genus : Pycreus |
| Basionym : Cyperus cuanzensis Ridl. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Cyperus cuanzensis Ridl. (1884) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Pycreus smithianus (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke |
| =Cyperus smithianus Ridl. (1884) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial herb with short rhizome; culms 37-60 cm tall, decumbent at base but not bulbous; leaves nearly as long as culms, linear, flaccid, 3-4 mm wide; sheaths membraneous, lax, brown, entire; inflorescence a simple anthela with 1-2 rays, these ± sessile to 2 cm long; spikelets ± condensed into a head 3,3 cm high, linear-oblong, 8-15x2-4 mm, flattened, many-flowered; glumes lanceolate, whitish, with greenish keel. |
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| Ecology : |
Marshy meadows by river; 1050 m alt. |
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? Known only from the type (Welwitsch 6899) collected in 1857. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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