Cyperus amabilis
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Photo: Sune Holt
Faiquete, Vilanculos, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Faiquete, Vilanculos, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Faiquete, Vilanculos, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Faiquete, Vilanculos, Inhambane, Mozambique
Mapanza, in maize field
Record: EA Robinson
Feb 1954
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Annual, slender, 7─31 cm tall; culms solitary or more often tufted, 4.7─27 cm long, 3-angled, glabrous. Inflorescence mostly simple, occasionally capitate, or compound anthelate; primary branches 3─10, 1.5─9 cm long, spikelets in digitate, ovoid clusters, sessile and at the end of primary and where present secondary branches; glumes pale orange-brown. |
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Ghana |
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| Derivation of specific name: | amabilis: amiable, lovable, pleasing |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Regional distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique. Global distribution: western, eastern and southern Africa, America, Asia. |
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| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 298. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 158 - 159. (Includes a picture). 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 87. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 94. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 118. |
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