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Cyperus matagoroensis
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Habit
Upland hill miombo woodland
Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Spikelets
Upland hill miombo woodland
Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Spikelets
Upland hill miombo woodland
Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial up to 55 cm tall, with short rhizome; culms moderately to densely tufted, 30–50 cm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide, trigonous, smooth, densely covered at base by fibrous, dark reddish- brown to blackish leaf sheath remains. Leaves up to 32 cm long; leaf sheath brownish, 1.5–2 cm long; leaf blade narrowly linear, v-shaped in cross-section, 17–30 cm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, scabrid on the margins, apex acute. Involucral bracts leaf – like, spreading, 3–4, lowermost 1.5–2.2 cm long. Inflorescence simple, primary branches 3–4, 0.5–3 cm long; spikelets in digitate clusters, at the end of primary branches, 2–4 per cluster, elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate, 8–10 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, rachilla straight; glumes dark reddish-brown with pale brown margins, ovate, 2.3–2.7 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, sides membraneous, 1-veined on each side, keel green, apex acute. Nutlet dark reddish, ellipsoid, trigonous, 1.3– 1.6 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm wide, minutely papillose. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | Cyperus matagoroensis was regarded by its describers as being close to C. nyererei, from which it differs in its narrower leaves, longer inflorescence branches, reddish brown spikelets and shorter glumes. |
| Derivation of specific name: | matagoroensis: of the Matagoro Hills in Tanzania where the type specimen was collected |
| Habitat: | Dry open grassland, dry stream banks, on and between large rocks on sandy soil |
| Altitude range: | 1400 - 2150 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania and Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,E |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 25 July 2023 |
| Literature: |
Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Pages 215 - 216. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyperus matagoroensisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyperus matagoroensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyperus matagoroensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyperus matagoroensis
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iNaturalist: Cyperus matagoroensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyperus matagoroensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyperus matagoroensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyperus matagoroensis
Plants of the World Online: Cyperus matagoroensis
Tropicos: Cyperus matagoroensis
Wikipedia: Cyperus matagoroensis
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