489.000 Cladium P. Browne

Description of the genus

Robust leafy perennials with thick rhizomes and (in ours) stolons. Stems hollow except at nodes. Inflorescence a long panicle, sometimes ± corymbose. Spikelets of 4-11 spirally-arranged glumes; 3-5 lowest glumes sterile. Perianth segments 0. Stigmas 3. Nutlet small.

Worldwide: 3 species; one cosmopolitan apart from North America

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük.		Nw,Mc,C,S

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Flora of Botswana: Cladium
Flora of Caprivi: Cladium
Flora of Malawi: Cladium
Flora of Mozambique: Cladium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cladium

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cladium
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cladium
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Wikipedia: Cladium

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

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cladium.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=287, retrieved 23 November 2024

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