Cyperus nduru
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Main road from Thazima Gate before connection with Zambia border, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Main road from Thazima Gate before connection with Zambia border, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Main road from Thazima Gate before connection with Zambia border, Nyika National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Main road from Thazima Gate before connection with Zambia border, Nyika National Park.
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Cyperus margaritaceus Vahl var. nduru (Cherm.) Kük. |
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Perennial sedge with tufted culms up to 29 cm tall, growing from a swollen bulb-like base. Leaves few, linear, up to 12 cm long; leaf sheath brown, often black when burnt; margin hairless to scabrid. Involucral bracts 1-3, spreading, lowermost upto 1.5 cm long, not or only slightly exceeding the inflorescence. Inflorescence with 1-6 ovoid, spikelets in a dense head, white or brownish; stamens 3. Nutlet ovoid, 2.4-2.9 mm long, pale brown to olive, smooth. |
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CAR |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, CAR, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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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 300. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 123. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 179. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 96. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 110. As Cyperus margaritaceus var.nduru |
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