Cyperus trigonellus
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Cyperus pluribracteatus (Kük.) Govaerts Cyperus psilostachys (C.B. Clarke) Kük. Mariscus psilostachys C.B. Clarke |
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| Status: | Native |
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Robust hairy perennial with swollen fleshy densely crowded culm bases. Culms 15-70 cm × 0.8-3 mm, triangular, hairy at least above. Leaves: lamina 10-30 cm × 2-5 mm, hairy; leaf sheaths fleshy. Involucral bracts 3-5, hairy. Inflorescence of one sessile and 2-7 stalked spikes; spikes 1-2.5 cm. Spikelets falling as a unit when mature. Glumes light brown, densely hairy; apex ± recurved. |
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Zimbabwe, Marondera |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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| Literature: |
Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Pages 234 - 235. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25. As Mariscus psilostachys Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 89. As Mariscus psilostachys and M. trigonellus Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 100. |
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