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Lipocarpha hemisphaerica
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Lusaka East, dambo
Record: EA Robinson
May 1958
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Namwala, Baambwe
Record: HJ van Rensburg
Apr 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Lipocarpha isolepis (Nees) R.W. Haines Lipocarpha monocephala Turrill Scirpus isolepis (Nees) Boeck. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Widespread |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted annual; roots thin, reddish; stems 2─15(─25) cm tall, 0.2─0.5 mm across. Leaves usually 1 per stem, pale green, filiform. Involucral bract 1, erect, to 10(─16) cm long. Inflorescence pseudolateral with a single globose to ovoid spikelet; spikelet bracts dark brown to red-brown. |
| Type location: |
India |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | hemi means "half" and sphaer means "a ball" or "globular." (from Greek) |
| Habitat: | Shallow soil over rock pavements, swamp margins, seasonally inundated grassland, rice fields. Occurs in small colonies. |
| Altitude range: | 450 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Senegal and Ethiopia to South Africa; India, Thailand |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 22 May 2017 |
| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 122. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 348. Illustration on page 349 (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 88. As Lipocarpha isolepis Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 120. |
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