Schoenoplectus mucronatus
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Chakwenga Headwaters
Record: EA Robinson
Nov 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Scirpus mucronatus L. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial with a vertical or horizontal rhizome; stems 3-10, tufted, 40-80 cm tall, sharply 3-angled. Leaves absent, leaf-sheaths pale brown, 4-15 cm long, ending in a triangular apex or a minute mucro. Inflorescence an apparently lateral cluster of 4-25 sessile spikelets; main inflorescence bract similar to stem, usually erect but sometimes at an angle. |
| Type location: |
Unknown |
| Notes: | “possibly introduced into Africa as a weed of rice fields.”(FTEA) |
| Derivation of specific name: | mucronatus: the presence of a small mucro at the tip of the leaf-sheath. |
| Habitat: | Stream-beds |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in temperate and tropical areas. |
| FZ divisions: | N,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,Lk |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 27 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Page 30. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 26 - 28. 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 89. |
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