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| Status: | Native |
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Plants medium-sized, up to 50 cm high; inflorescence simple, sometimes almost capitate; glumes 1.6-2.8 mm long, golden-yellow to golden-brown; nutlet 0.7-1.1 mm long, transversely wrinkled. |
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| Notes: | Zimbabwean records of Pycreus flavescens have been placed under subsp. flavescens and rehmannianus. The subspecies of the Zambian plants is not known but we have provisionally also placed them under subsp. flavescens. Subsp. tanäensis occurs in Zambia per FTEA. |
| Derivation of specific name: | flavescens: pale yellow, yellowish; flavus = yellow |
| Habitat: | Swamps, seeps, seasonal pools |
| Altitude range: | 800 - 1850 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical, Europe |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. As Pycreus flavescens 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 89. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 120. as Pycreus flavescens |
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