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Courtoisina cyperoides
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Chiawa Game Management Area
Mar 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Chifwema Road side drain
Feb 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Courtoisia cyperoides (Roxb.) Nees Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Kük. Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Kük. var. africanus C.B.Cl. ex Kük. Mariscus cyperoides (Roxb.) A.Dietr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb, 12-80 cm tall, yellowish-green, with slender rootstock; culms tufted, 11-80 cm long, 3-angled with longitudinal ridges, glabrous. |
| Type location: |
India |
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| Habitat: | Muddy pools, road ditches. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern and Southern Africa, Madagascar, India. Regional distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,E,C,Lk,S,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 3 January 2017 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 298. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 539. (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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