Pycreus sanguinolentus
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Choma, Muckle Neuk
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1954
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl |
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Annual or short-lived perennial, culms tufted, 3-angled, smooth, lower parts with several nodes. Involucral bracts 3-5, leaf-like, spreading. Inflorescence ± capitate or simple; spikelets 3-20 per cluster. |
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India |
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| Derivation of specific name: | sanguinolentus: sanguineus = blood red; lentus = pliant, flexible |
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| Worldwide distribution: | East Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea to Zambia; Mediterranean , Asia, Australia |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 287 - 288. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 102. |
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