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Scleria lagoensis
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Chakwenga Headwaters
Record: EA Robinson
Feb 1964
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Scleria canaliculato-triquetra Boeck. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Widespread |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust rhizomatous perennial 0.5-1.8 m tall, stem bases swollen, up to 5 mm wide, forming a shapeless knotty mass. Leaves 5-12 mm wide, usually sharply scabrid on margins and ribs. Inflorescence of one terminal and 3-6 lateral panicles, mostly 2-3 to each node on erect or pendulous peduncles up to 6 cm long. Nutlets smooth, hairy more so towards the base. |
| Type location: |
Brazil |
| Notes: | Zambian distribution: "Recorded from all parts of Zambia except from Barotseland and the Western Province (where no doubt it occurs) . . (Robinson, 1966)” |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Grassland, open woodland (munga & miombo) |
| Altitude range: | 750 - 1650 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Regional: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe. Global: tropical Africa to South Africa, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, tropical South America |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk,S,W |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 14 March 2017 |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 407 - 408. 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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