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Scleria welwitschii
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Chishimba Falls
Record: WL Astle
Dec 1961
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett
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| Synonyms: |
Scleria junciformis Ridl. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender perennial 0.3-1 m tall, with a straight woody rhizome, bearing weakly erect stems. Inflorescences sparingly branched, lax and drooping at maturity with glomerules of 2-6 spikelets. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | EA Robinson: "the Nyika Plateau, and the Northern and Central Provinces of Zambia where it is not uncommon in suitable localities." Red data list status: Widespread, least concern |
| Derivation of specific name: | welwitschii: named after the Austrian botanist, Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806-1872) |
| Habitat: | Perennial bogs and seasonally wet grasslands. |
| Altitude range: | 1500 - 2400 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Regional distribution: Zambia, Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,Mc,S |
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| 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 305. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 186. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 388. 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 90. |
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