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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Annual, sparingly hairy, 0.5─1 m tall. Inflorescence of a terminal panicle and 2─3 lateral panicles occurring singly at the nodes on long flexuous hairy peduncles. Nutlet hairy, white or rusty-red, nearly globose, approximately 3x2.5 mm. |
Type location: |
Sudan (South Sudan?) |
Notes: | Misidentification as this or similar species confuses the status of the species. Red data list status: Probably not threatened. Zambia distribution: Common in Zambia in areas of more than 40 ins. [c. 1000 mm] annual rainfall, and frequently recorded in the Northern and Western Provinces. |
Derivation of specific name: | globonux: nut globose |
Habitat: | Swamp margins |
Altitude range: | 1000 - 1200 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Regional:Zambia Global: tropical West and East Africa. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Friday 10 March 2017 |
Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 402 - 403. |
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