Cyperus angolensis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Lusaka SE 20km., Jellis' farm (Lazy J Ranch).
Lusaka SE 20km., Jellis' farm (Lazy J Ranch).
Mkushi District, Fiwila
Jan 1958
Record: E.A. Robinson
Photocopy by Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett
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Perennial, with a swollen culm base and densely scaly stolons, 1-8 cm × 2-6 mm. Culms 20-60 cm × 0.8-2 mm, triangular, glabrous. Largest leaf lamina 10-30 cm × 4-6 mm, flat, scabrid. Inflorescence a congested spherical anthela, white turning brown. Involucral bracts 3-4. Spikelets 6-12 × 1.5-4 mm, pinkish-white, 6-15-flowered. Glumes 4-5 mm, lanceolate with shortly excurrent midrib. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Nutlet 2-2.5 × 1.2-1.4 mm, obovoid, triangular, yellowish-brown to olive, minutely papillose. |
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Angola |
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| Derivation of specific name: | angolensis: of Angola |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ghana, D.R. Congo, Uganda, Tanzania to South Africa and Angola. Regional:Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
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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. (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 209 - 210. (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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 76. |
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