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A new Bulbostylis (Cyperaceae) from Somalia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2010

K. A. Lye
K. A. Lye
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology and Nature Conservation, The Agricultural University of Norway, P.O. Box 5014, N-1432 Aas, Norway.
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Abstract

Bulbostylis somaliensis Lye (Cyperaceae) is described from Somalia. It is closely related to B. hispidula (Vahl) R. Haines, but differs in its smaller achenes as well as in the shape and surface structure of the achenes. The major diagnostic characters are the non-triangular achene and the outermost cells to the pericarp, which have several papillae in each cell. Three subspecies are distinguished, viz. subsp. somaliensis, subsp. confusa Lye and subsp. microcarpa (Chiov.) Lye.

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AcheneBulbostylisCyperaceaepericarpSomalia
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , July 1996 , pp. 223 - 228
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1996

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References

Haines, R. W. & Lye, K. A. (1983).The sedges and rushes of East Africa. Nairobi.Google Scholar