Scleria paupercula
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Nov 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Nov 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial, 20-50 cm tall, from creeping rhizome, straight, 2-3 mm thick, juicy. Inflorescence 1.5-6 cm long, spicate or shortly branched with glomerules of 2-6 spikelets, glumes dark brown. |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
| Notes: |
A difficult habitat to collect in, with most records by a single collector, Edward Robinson, who described the species. Red data list status: Least concern |
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| Habitat: | Boggy grassland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 1500 m |
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| FZ divisions: | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,Mc,Lk |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 4 July 2017 |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 389. 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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