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Kyllinga squamulata
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Protea Hill farm, Lusaka
Mar 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Cyperus metzii (Steud.) Mattf. & Kük. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial 6-37 cm tall, with slender root-system, lacking rhizomes or stolons. Culms 3-angled or terete near base. Inflorescence a small sessile irregular head of a single spike; spikelets many, broadly ovoid. Glumes with conspicuous winged and toothed keel. |
| Type location: |
Guinea |
| Notes: | Red data list status: Not threatened |
| Derivation of specific name: | squamulata: scaled (referring to?) |
| Habitat: | Stream banks, lake shores, open grasslands and as a weed of cultivation. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa from Senegal and Ethiopia to Mozambique and Zimbabwe; Madagascar, India |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lp,Lk,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 22 May 2017 |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 326. Illustration on page 314 (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. |
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