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Rhynchospora candida
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Dec 2012
Photo: Lari Merret
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial; culms usually solitary on tough creeping stolons. Involucral bract 1, leaf-like. Inflorescence simple to compound, corymbose, 2-6 primary branches; spikelets solitary at the ends of primary and secondary branches. ovoid, with up to 50 glumes; glumes white. Easily recognized by the solitary white spikelets. |
| Type location: |
Guyana |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | candida: pure glossy white |
| Habitat: | Seasonally wet and permanently flooded grassland |
| Altitude range: | 0 - 1830 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and S. America |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,Lp,N,Mc,C,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 7 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 357. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 121. |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Rhynchospora candida
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rhynchospora candidaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rhynchospora candida
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rhynchospora candida
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