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Scleria pooides
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Chakwenga Headwaters
Record: EA Robinson
Oct 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mkushi District, Fiwila
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1958
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merret
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| Synonyms: |
Scleria multispiculata Boeck. (Type: Malawi) Scleria prophyllata Nelmes (Type: Angola) |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Widespread |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender glabrous tufted perennial 30─80 cm tall, or with short creeping rhizome. Inflorescence a spreading compound panicle 3-15(-20) cm long, the branches slender, compound; spikelets dark red axillary and pedicellate, up to 170 on one stem 3-4(-5) mm long; glumes arranged ± distichously in the spikelet. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | Zambian distribution:"Common in the Northern and Central Provinces of Zambia; also recorded from Mwinilunga . ." |
| Derivation of specific name: | pooides: resembling grass |
| Habitat: | Perennially damp grassland and swamp |
| Altitude range: | 900 - 1750 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Regional distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe. Global distribution: Nigeria, D.R. Congo, Angola, Madagascar |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lp,Mc,C,Lk |
| 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: | 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. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 390. 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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