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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial with culms crowded in small tussocks, on a thick horizontal, or sometimes erect rhizome, culms rounded, or slightly angled, sometimes twisted. Sheaths ending in a triangular lobe. Nutlet finely ribbed and reticulate between ribs. |
Type location: |
Madagascar |
Notes: | Red data list status: Widespread, least concern |
Derivation of specific name: | variegata: irregularly coloured, blotched |
Habitat: | Swamps, lake shores, in stagnant or flowing water. |
Altitude range: | 750 - 1200 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa, Indian Ocean islands |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lp,N,Mc |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 4 July 2017 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 40 - 41. 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 119. |
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