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Scleria striatinux

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Filed as Scleria striatinux De Wild. [family CYPERACEAE]

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Identification

Scleria striatinux De Wild. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Daramola, B.O, 1978

Flora

Entry for Scleria striatinux De Wild. [family CYPERACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,

Scleria striatinux De Wild. [family CYPERACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 14, Suppl. Bot.: 22, fig. 5 (1926), as striatonux; Nelmes in Kew Bull. 10: 429 (1955); Napper in Kew Bull. 25: 442 (1971).

Scleria lelyi Hutch. & Dalz. [family CYPERACEAE], , F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 493, name only

Scleria rehmannii var. ornata [family CYPERACEAE], Cherm. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 13: 283 (1935).

Rhizomatous perennial 45–60 cm. high with leaves 1–3 mm. wide; panicle 3·5–10 cm. long with 6–9 sessile glomerules on the axis and 2–4 simple branches from basal glomerules; in seasonally damp or swampy grassland.

; in seasonally damp or swampy grassland.

Throughout tropical Africa.

Ghana: Wuropong (May) Morton A3928! Amedzofe (May, June) Morton A3426! GC 7213!N. Nig.: Maska, Katsina Prov. (June) Keay FHI 25900! Anara F.R. (May) Keay FHI 22936! Kurni, Kaduna to Keffi (June) Kenshaw 900612! Jos Plateau (May) Lely P292! Naraguta (June) Lely P299!S. Nig.: Obudu Plateau, 5,500 ft. Tuley 970!W. Cam.: Mbaw Plain (Apr.) Brunt 387! Bali (Apr.) Brunt 1102! Bambulue, Bamenda (May) Daramola FHI 41058! Bali-Ngemba F.R. (May) Ujor FHI 30321! Bum, Bamenda (May) Maitland 1527!