Bulbostylis oritrephes
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Mkushi District, Fiwila
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1958
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Bulbostylis caespitosa Peter Bulbostylis trichobasis (Baker) C.B. Clarke var. caespitosa (Peter) Kük. Fimbristylis oritrephes Ridl. |
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Slender perennial, 3‒40 cm tall with rhizome composed of characteristic confluent swollen stem bases; stems with many white spreading hairs below but almost glabrous above. Leaf blades fine, short, dark green. Inflorescence with 3 spikelets, one sessile surrounded by 1‒2 or more stalked ones. Glumes dark reddish-brown or blackish, with paler midrib. |
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Angola |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Regional FZ: Zambia (not confirmed), Malawi, Angola; Global:Tropical and South Africa |
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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 297. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 34. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 77 - 78. 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. Maquet, P. (1988). Cyperaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 425. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 93. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 82. |
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