Scleria pergracilis (Nees) Kunth

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Scleria pergracilis

5 miles E of Choma
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham

Scleria pergracilis

5 miles E of Choma
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham

Scleria pergracilis

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret

Scleria pergracilis

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret

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Synonyms: Scleria calcicola E.A.Robinson (confirmation required)
Scleria ustulata Ridl.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Tufted annual 15─60 cm tall, entirely glabrous except for leaf sheaths sometimes sparsely hairy; stems slender. Inflorescence simply spicate or very shortly branched near the base 2─8(─18) cm long, with many erect or spreading glomerules of 1─3 spikelets, each 4-5 mm long, dark red.
Type location:
India
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: pergracilis: very graceful
Habitat: Seasonally or permanently damp grassland
Altitude range: 600 - 1700 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Mc,Lk,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Tuesday 4 July 2017
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32.

Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 184.

Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 395 - 397. (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 89.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Scleria pergracilis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=111720, retrieved 28 March 2024

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