Schoenoplectiella articulata
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Namwala
Record: HJ van Rensburg
Apr 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mapanza
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mapanza
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Schoenoplectus articulatus (L.) Palla Scirpus articulatus L. |
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Annual or short-lived perennial; roots shallow, white and brown; stems 3-10, tufted, terete, hollow or filled with pith, articulate with clear transverse septa, up to 80 cm long; or 120 cm including the inflorescence bract. Leaves reduced to sheaths. Inflorescence a dense head of up to 25 spikelets. |
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India, Malabar |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa, Mascarene Islands, India |
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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 36 - 37. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 156. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 30. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 102. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 121. |
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