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Kyllinga erecta
erecta
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Island 4, Katombora, Zambezi
Picture: Bart Wursten
Island 4, Katombora, Zambezi
Banks of Zambezi above Victoria Falls
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Cyperus erectus (Schum.) Mattf. & Kük. subsp. erecta Cyperus erectus (Schumach.) Mattf. & Kük. Kyllinga intricata (C.B. Clarke) Cherm. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial with creeping rhizome and culms densely arranged in a row. Culms 12-40 cm × 0.8-1.7 mm, triangular, glabrous. Leaf lamina up to 5-20 × 2-4 mm. Inflorescence a solitary ovoid or hemispheric spike. Involucral bracts 3-4. Spikelets 2.5-3 mm, 1-2-flowered. Glumes 2-3.5 mm, very unequal, golden-yellow with green glabrous unwinged midrib. Nutlet c.1.2 × 0.6 mm, ellipsoid. |
| Type location: |
Guinea |
| Notes: | Gordon-Gray recognizes Kyllinga erecta, K. intricata and K. melanosperma as distinct species. FTEA does not recognize subspecific ranks and even doubts that this species is distinct from K. melanosperma.
Red data list status: Not threatened, Least Concern |
| Derivation of specific name: | erecta: erect |
| Habitat: | Seasonally flooded areas |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,C,Lk,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 3 May 2017 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 115. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 525. as Kyllinga erecta (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 322 - 323. Illustration on p. 321. (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 88. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 120. aslo as as Cyperus erectus erectus |
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