Cyperus

  • Filed As

    Cyperaceae
    Cyperus

  • Collector(s)

    P. J. Greenway 13004, 09 Jan 1967

  • Location

    Kenya. Taita Taveta. Voi (Constituency). K. 7, Galana River, M. 0.5, from Sobo Rocks, Tsavo National Park East.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4719883

    Occurrence ID: 0972a069-28a1-4c4d-9107-7682a1675e79

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cyperus

  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Kenya

  • State/Province

    Taita Taveta

  • County/Municipio

    Voi (Constituency)

  • Locality

    K. 7, Galana River, M. 0.5, from Sobo Rocks, Tsavo National Park East

  • Elevation

    Alt. 152 m. (499 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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Cyperus maculatus Boeck.
A slender herb up to 1ft. tall with
thin glaucous stems with a small corm-
likeswelling at the base from which a
thin woody rhizome is produced, leaves
few, bright green slightly channelled,
spikelets pale brown and slightly glos-
sy, long and narrow, clustered in an
umbel at the apex of a 3—angular pedun-
cle. Not common in muddy sand on a
wet sandbank with Cyperus articulatus-
Panicum repens as co—dominants.
K. 7, Galana River, M* 0.5, from Sobo
Rocks, 500ft. alt., Tsavo National Park
East; 9/1/1967.
P. J. GREENWAY & KANURI, 13,004.
04719883