Pycreus flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.[Agg]
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Choma, Muckle Neuk
Record: EA Robinson
Feb 1954
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Victoria Falls
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Namwala, floodplain
Record: HJ van Rensburg
Apr 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, Leopards Hill Rd., Naulungu River
Apr 1993
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kafue Fisheries
Dec 1990
Photo: Mike Bingham
Upper Zambezi, Kaanja
Oct 1990
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka West, Nosarka’s farm
May 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
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Cyperus flavescens L. subsp. flavescens
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Description:
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Annual, small to medium-sized, up to 55 cm high; culms tufted, 5-52 cm long, 3-angled to rounded. Leaves up to 28 cm long; leaf blade linear to filiform. Involucral bracts leaf-like 1-4. Inflorescence capitate or simple, primary branches 1-5. |
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flavescens: pale yellow, yellowish; flavus = yellow |
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Pantropical, Europe |
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Literature:
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Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 142.
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 292 - 295. (Includes a picture).
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The Burundi flora team
(2025).
Flora of Burundi: Species information: Pycreus flavescens. https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=228620, retrieved 1 May 2025
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