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| Frequency: | Widespread |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted annual 15─60 cm tall, entirely glabrous except for leaf sheaths sometimes sparsely hairy; stems slender. Inflorescence simply spicate or very shortly branched near the base 2─8(─18) cm long, with many erect or spreading glomerules of 1─3 spikelets, each 4-5 mm long, dark red. |
| Type location: |
Zambia, Ndola |
| Notes: | Robinson described a new species from Ndola naming it S. calcicola. The name has not been accepted and the specimens he cited have been assigned by Kew to S. pulchellaRidley or S. pergracilis. More recently specimens from Lusaka have been assigned to the latter by Sosef. The final answer will require further collecting and research, but in the meantime it seems reasonable to use this name. “When fresh whole plant smells strongly of Lemon-scented Verbena,“ Robinson |
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| Habitat: | Seasonally or permanently damp grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 600 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Regional distribution: Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Global distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa, extending to Angola and South Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,C,Lk,S |
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| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 184. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 395 - 397. (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 89. |
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