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Common names:
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Frequency:
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few records only |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Densely tufted perennial, 50-80 cm tall, from a creeping rhizome. Leaf sheaths reddish to dark purple, glabrous, ending in a leaf-like tip up to 2 cm long, but no proper leaf blades. Inflorescence a solitary terminal spikelet or with 1-2 additional spikelets. |
Type location:
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Guinea |
Notes:
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Red data list status: Few records globally and nationally: Lower risk, Near threatened
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Derivation of specific name:
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clarkeana: commemorating Charles Baron Clarke (1832-1906) |
Habitat:
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Peat bog |
Altitude range: |
1200 - 2000 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution:
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Regional: Zambia, Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,C |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Lp,N,C |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Lower Risk - near threatened |
Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Tuesday 20 June 2017 |
Literature:
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Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 78.
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