Cyperus niveus
leucocephalus
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Feb 2009
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Dec 2007
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Mar 2013
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| Synonyms: |
Cyperus ledermannii (Kük.) Hooper Cyperus niveus var. ledermannii (Kük.) Lye |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial up to 118 cm tall, culms crowded, bases swollen and fused into a horizontal rhizome. Leaf blade1.4-8 mm wide, spikelets many per head (cf. var. tisserentii) |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: |
Namwala, open grassland above dambo. Erect tufted perennial; spikelet pure white and not twisted as in all the examples of C. margaritaceus around here. 9.i.1957,Robinson 2098 (MRSC). Red data list status: Least concern |
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| Habitat: | Miombo woodland, dry grassland, stony slopes, shallow soil over rock, dry river-beds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 0 - 2000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and extending to South African Western Cape Province. |
| FZ divisions: | N,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc,E,Lk,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 27 June 2017 |
| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 168 - 171. Maquet, P. (1988). Cyperaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 447. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 96. |
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