Scleria iostephana
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Luapula Province, Chipili
Record: EA Robinson
Jun 1956
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Kawambwa
Record: EA Robinson
Jun 1957
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Robust perennial 0.6-2.1 m tall, the base swollen, forming an irregularly shaped knot. Leaves 30-60 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, scabrid on margins and ribs, sparsely to densely hairy beneath; sheaths hairy. Inflorescence of a terminal and 2-3 lateral panicles placed singly at thenodes. Nutlets more than 1.5 mm wide, glabrous, white or greyish with blackish-blue apex. |
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Uganda |
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| Derivation of specific name: | iostephana: the name of a person? |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Regional: Zambia; Global: tropical west and east Africa, D.R. Congo, Tanzania |
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| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 409. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 103. |
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