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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial herb, 13-60 cm tall with thick horizontal rhizome, roots rigid, stems many. Leaves cinnamon coloured with sheaths short and acute, the mouth with many long multicellulate hairs up to 2 cm long, often forming tangled woolly masses. Inflorescence pale to dark brown, capitate, mostly with long white hairs at the base but sometimes glabrous; spikelets 2-5 sessile. |
Type location:
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Zambia, Kasama |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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igneotonsa: made bare by fire (?) |
Habitat:
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Miombo woodland, dambo margins, rocky terrain. |
Altitude range: |
1100 - 2100 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Zambia, Malawi; Angola, Tanzania. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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N,Mc |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Monday 28 August 2017 |
Literature:
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Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 71 - 72.
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