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Ascolepis densa
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Choma, Siamambo
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1968
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Mar 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Mar 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender perennial herb, 10-40 cm tall. Stem base bulbous, with the dark brown or purple remnants of leaf-sheaths. Involucral bracts few, up to 6 cm long. Inflorescence white or cream, globose, 5-8 mm in diameter; spikelets densely spirally imbricate. Apex of glumes acute. |
| Type location: |
Zambia, Choma |
| Notes: | Red data list status: Lower Risk, Least Concern |
| Derivation of specific name: | densa: dense |
| Habitat: | Seasonally waterlogged depressions; miombo woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Angola, D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe |
| National distribution: | N,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 26 June 2017 |
| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa 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 87. |
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