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 Maquet, P. (1988). Cyperaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 468. As Mariscus psilostachys Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 100. |
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