Fimbristylis complanata
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Victoria Falls
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link subsp. complanata Fimbristylis consanguinea Kunth |
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Tufted rhizomatous perennial |
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India |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Pages 90 - 91. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 50 - 51. 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 88. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 97. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 119. |
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