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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Robust perennial 0.6-2.1 m tall, the base swollen, forming an irregularly shaped knot. Leaves 30-60 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, scabrid on margins and ribs, sparsely to densely hairy beneath; sheaths hairy. Inflorescence of a terminal and 2-3 lateral panicles placed singly at thenodes. Nutlets more than 1.5 mm wide, glabrous, white or greyish with blackish-blue apex. |
Type location:
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Uganda |
Notes:
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Zambian distribution: "Not uncommon . . in the Northern, Central and Western Provinces of Zambia " EAR |
Derivation of specific name:
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iostephana: the name of a person? |
Habitat:
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Evergreen forest, dense or open woodland |
Altitude range: |
950 m (approx) |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Regional: Zambia; Global: tropical west and east Africa, D.R. Congo, Tanzania |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,C |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Lp,C |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Friday 10 March 2017 |
Literature:
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Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 409.
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