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Bulbostylis contexta
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Chakwenga Headwaters
Record: EA Robinson
Nov 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
10 km E of Choma
Record: EA Robinson
Dec 1956
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
10 km E of Choma
Record: EA Robinson
Dec 1956
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Abildgaardia contexta (Nees) Lye Bulbostylis burkei C.B.Clarke |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Widespread and common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust perennial tussock plant, 15─50 cm tall with a short woody rhizome with crowded culms. Leaves basal with sheaths pale reddish-brown, and blades up to 10 cm long. Inflorescence of 1 sessile and (0-)2-5 stalked spikelets. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | contexta: woven together |
| Habitat: | Rocky hillsides |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1650 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | FZ distribution:Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Global: Angola and Tanzania to South Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,Mc,C,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 19 June 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 297. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 31. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 79 - 80. 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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