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Cyperus mollipes
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Choma E, 8 km
Record: EA Robinson
Dec 1956
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Kalomo
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1958
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Cyperus amomodorus K.Schum. Cyperus circumclusus (C.B.Clarke) Schweinf. Cyperus globifer (C.B. Clarke) Lye Cyperus mollipes var. amomodorus (K. Schum.) Kük Mariscus amomodorus (K.Schum.) Cufod. var. mollipes (C.B.Clarke) Cufod. Mariscus amomodorus (K.Schum.) Cufod. var. amomodorus Mariscus amomodorus (K. Schum.) Cufod. Mariscus circumclusus C.B. Clarke Mariscus macropus C.B. Clarke |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | May be locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted perennial, 8─60 cm tall, with a tuberous culm-base covered by old fibres from leaf sheaths; culms few to many and crowded, 3-anngled, glabrous. Leaf blade linear. Inflorescence capitate, hemispherical or irregular, white or cream, 8─21 mm in diameter; spikelets many per head. Distinguished from C. margaritaceus by the smaller spikelets (2─8 mm long, 0.7─2 mm wide) and smaller nutlets (0.5─1.2 mm in diameter). |
| Type location: |
Sudan, Djur |
| Notes: | Goetghebeur does not assign these specimens to any described species, labelling them simply as Cyperus sp. |
| Derivation of specific name: | mollipes: soft foot |
| Habitat: | Open woodland, wooded grassland, rock pavements; may be locally common |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 0 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | East Africa from Sudan to Zambia and Malawi, DR Congo. |
| National distribution: | S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 17 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 180 - 182. 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. As Mariscus circumclusus, M. macropus and M. mollipes |
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Flora of Malawi: Cyperus mollipesFlora of Zimbabwe: Cyperus mollipes
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyperus mollipesAfrican Plant Database: Cyperus mollipes
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyperus mollipes
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyperus mollipes
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyperus mollipes
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iNaturalist: Cyperus mollipes
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyperus mollipes
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyperus mollipes
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyperus mollipes
Plants of the World Online: Cyperus mollipes
Tropicos: Cyperus mollipes
Wikipedia: Cyperus mollipes
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