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Cyperus digitatus
auricomus
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Sable Farm (David Gordon), Chisamba
Jan 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
Chinyunyu hotspring
Feb 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mapanza, sandy edge of river
Record: EA Robinson
Oct 1953
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Cyperus auricomus Sieber ex Spreng. |
| Common names: | Manyanja (Ila) Manyanja () Manyanja (Tonga: Zambia) Mikaanga () Minyanja (Lenje) |
| Frequency: | locally dominant |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust perennial, up to 2 m tall; rhizome creeping, woody 1─1.5 cm diameter; culm 77─153 cm long, 3-angled; leaves few, leaf blade 7─19 mm wide. Inflorescence simple to compound, primary branches 3─8, 2.7─12 cm long. Spikelet less than 1 mm across, in crowded clusters on elongated axis, sessile and at the end of primary and secondary branches. |
| Type location: |
Egypt |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | digitatus: divided into lobes or leaflets like the fingers on a hand |
| Habitat: | Swamp, seasonally wet grassland on alluvial soil. |
| Altitude range: | 350 - 2250 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,C,Lk,W |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 28 February 2017 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 244. 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 87. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 118. |
Other sources of information about Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus:
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Flora of Botswana: Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomusFlora of Burundi: Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cyperus digitatus subsp. auricomus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyperus digitatusAfrican Plant Database: Cyperus digitatus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyperus digitatus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyperus digitatus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyperus digitatus
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iNaturalist: Cyperus digitatus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyperus digitatus
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyperus digitatus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyperus digitatus
Plants of the World Online: Cyperus digitatus
Tropicos: Cyperus digitatus
Wikipedia: Cyperus digitatus
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