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Scleria bulbifera
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Lusaka N Park (NW)
Dec 2016
Photo: Nick Wightman
Protea Hill Farm
Jan 2017
Photo: Mike Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
Jan 2017
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Mar 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
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| Synonyms: |
Scleria buchananii Boeck. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Stoloniferous perennial. Culms 30-70 cm × 0.7-1.5 mm, triangular, glabrous; base woody, thickened into bulb-like swellings 4-10 mm in diameter. Leaves: lamina up to 15-30 cm × 2-5 mm; leaf sheath with a rim of dense long whitish hairs; ligule indistinct or 0. Inflorescence 5-20 cm, usually simply spicate, consisting of 6-20 sessile clusters of bisexual spikelets, with the lower clusters sometimes stalked; bracts of lower clusters sometimes ± leaf-like. Spikelets 4-6.5 mm. Glumes 3-4 mm, reddish-brown, glabrous or hairy on the midrib. Nutlet 1.6-2 × 1.2-1.5 mm, obovoid to subspherical, white, grey or pale brown, smooth to lightly or strongly tuberculate; hypogynium c.0.4 mm. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | The rhizomes are eaten by the Toka people, and by guineafowl and springhare (B.L. Mitchell). |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Common in open woodland, grassland which is dry, seasonally wet or permanently boggy. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Senegal and Ethiopia to South Africa |
| National distribution: | B,N,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Mc,C,Lk,S,W |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 4 July 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 303. as Scleria bulbifera bulbifera ( ? beeldnaam) (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Pages 181 - 182. (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 386. 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. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 82. |
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