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Schoenoplectus muricinux
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Chilanga
Record: EA Robinson
Jun 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mapanza
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1954
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Scirpus muricinux C.B. Clarke |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial with short rhizome bearing closely spaced leaf-bases. Ligule of uppermost leaf sheath 1.0-1.8 mm. Perianth segments absent or rudimentary. Glumes 1.9-2.6 mm, pale straw-coloured or pale green. Achenes markedly transversely ridged. |
| Type location: |
Zimbabwe, Bulawayo |
| Notes: | Red data list status: Widespread: Least concern |
| Derivation of specific name: | muricinux: unlike the shell of the sea snail Murex, presumably referring to the nutlet. |
| Habitat: | Wet grassland, often on black clay soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 27 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Page 34. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 125. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Pages 158 - 160. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 112. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 121. |
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