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Eleocharis acutangula
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Kasama N 8 km
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1961
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Eleocharis acutangula subsp. breviseta D.J. Rosen Eleocharis fistulosa (Poir.) Schult. Scirpus fistulosus Poir. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, stoloniferous, with 5-10 culms clumped together from a short vertical or horizontal base; culms sharply triangular, sometimes twisted. Inflorescence a cylindrical green spikelet. Nutlets pale brown, obovoid, longitudinally ridged with transvers bars. |
| Type location: |
India |
| Notes: | FTEA accepts E. fistulosa (Poir.) Schult., without subspecific ranks. WCSP and Gordon-Gray treat E. fistulosa as a synonym of E. acutangula; WCSP recognizes three subspecies of the latter, two in our area. Red data list status: Least concern. |
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| Habitat: | Swamps, flooded grassland, “Swiftly flowing stream” |
| Altitude range: | 950 - 2150 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, Central and South America |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,Mc,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 3 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 77. 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 88. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 119. |
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