Cyperus digitatus
auricomus
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Sable Farm (David Gordon), Chisamba
Jan 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
Chinyunyu hotspring
Feb 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mapanza, sandy edge of river
Record: EA Robinson
Oct 1953
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Cyperus auricomus Sieber ex Spreng. |
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| Description: |
Robust perennial, up to 2 m tall; rhizome creeping, woody 1─1.5 cm diameter; culm 77─153 cm long, 3-angled; leaves few, leaf blade 7─19 mm wide. Inflorescence simple to compound, primary branches 3─8, 2.7─12 cm long. Spikelet less than 1 mm across, in crowded clusters on elongated axis, sessile and at the end of primary and secondary branches. |
| Type location: |
Egypt |
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| Derivation of specific name: | digitatus: divided into lobes or leaflets like the fingers on a hand |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 244. 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 95. 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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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyperus digitatusAfrican Plant Database: Cyperus digitatus
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