Carex petitiana
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Near Dam 2, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Dam 2, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Dam 2, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Dam 2, Nyika National Park
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Carex aethiopica Schkuhr. var. stolonifera Boeck. Carex cuprea (Kuk.) Nelmes Carex fischeri K. Schum. Carex longipedunculata K. Schum. Carex ninagongensis (Kuk.) Robyns & Tournay Carex preussii K. Schum. Carex simensis sensu C.B. Clarke no A. Rich. Carex vallis-rosetto K. Schum. var. heterostachya Kuk. |
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Tufted perennial 40-120 cm high, forming clumps up to 90 cm wide from a creeping rhizome, hairless. Leaves linear, 10-60 cm long, with orange-brown to purplish sheaths; margin often scabrid. Inflorescence with 4-8 erect or drooping greenish or brown spikes, 2-7 cm long and 4-7 mm wide; peduncles up to 4 cm long but usually less than 6 cm; glumes pale brown, coppery or reddish-brown with a broad pale green midrib, 3-6 mm long including arista. Utricles green with dark spots, 3.5-6 mm long, beaked; beak bifid with spiny teeth. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | petitiana: after Antoine Petit (?-1843), French naturalist and botanist who traveled and collected in Ethiopia. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and ?Zimbabwe. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 439 - 442. (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. Maquet, P. (1988). Cyperaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 430. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 94. |
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