Scleria racemosa Poir.

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Moribane Forest

Chakwenga Headwaters
Record: EA Robinson
Aug 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham

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Synonyms:	Scleria ciliolata Boeck. Scleria palmifolia Ridl. Scleria verrucosa sensu C.B. Clarke p.p.
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Frequency:	Widespread
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial 1-3.5(-4) m with razor-sharp basal sheaths and leaf-margins; rhizome creeping horizontal; stems glabrous. Inflorescence of one terminal and 3─6 lateral panicles, single or double at the nodes. Hypogynium margin conspicuously ciliate, the lobes forming a cup holding the base of the nutlet.
Type location:	Madagascar
Notes:	Zambian distribution: "Widespread in the wetter parts of Zambia having been recorded from all Provinces except the Southern and Barotseland" EAR
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Habitat:	Swampy ground, stream sides, swamp forest.
Altitude range:	Up to 1750 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N,Mc,Lk
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Content last updated:	Thursday 23 March 2017
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 303. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 125. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 413 - 414. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 113. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 78.

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