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Bulbostylis pusilla
congolensis
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10 km E of Kasama
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1961
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Abildgaardia pusilla (A. Rich.) Lye subsp. congolensis (De Wild.) Lye Bulbostylis congolensis De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender tufted annual 3-40 cm tall. Inflorescence simple or compound, lax with one sessile spikelet and 1-10 stalked spikelets and additional groups of sessile and stalked spikelets, up to 40 spikelets in all, the whole up to 5 cm long. Stems and leaves densely short hairy (cf. subsp. pusilla). |
| Type location: |
D.R. Congo |
| Notes: | Earlier determinations as B. densa by Kew, were re-assigned to B. pusilla by Clare Archer in 2001. Other collections of Robinson at Kew, were named B. congolensis, as have recent collections at Mutinondo Wilderness Area by Kenneth Bauters and Lari Merrett. This name is accepted by WCSP (World Checklist of Selected Plant Families) and FTEA. |
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| Habitat: | Grassland and bushland, rocky outcrops; sand at foot of laterite slope. |
| Altitude range: | 1050 - 1400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Uganda, Central African Republic, D.R. Congo, Tanzania |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Mc,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 22 June 2017 |
| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 35. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 95. |
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