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Cyperus compressus
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Bulozi Plain
Feb 1999
Photocopy by Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Sikwizi (Lozi) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual up to 60 cm tall, slender to robust, culm 10─46 cm long, 1─3 mm wide, 3-angled, glabrous. Leaves up to 49 cm long, leaf sheath pale brown to red to purplish 0.5─6 cm long; leaf blade linear, flat, 10-13 cm long, 2─5 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescence a simple anthela, primary branches 2─7, 0.5─13 cm long; spikelets in digitate clusters, sessile and at the end of primary branches, 4─12 per cluster, linear-oblong; glumes pale green to pale brown. |
| Type location: |
America |
| Notes: | Red data list status: widespread, not threatened. Has been suggested as an ornamental pot plant (Gordon-Gray). |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Temporary pools, riverine sand bars, cultivation. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Regional distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Global distribution: western, eastern and southern Africa, Asia, Americas. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | W |
| 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: | Thursday 2 February 2017 |
| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 54. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 529. (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 209 - 210. (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 87. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 118. |
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