Carex macrophyllidion
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Mwinilunga District, Wanyizenzi
Jan 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Ikelenge, Kavunga PFA
Record: B.Luwiika
Feb 1995
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender perennial to 60 cm tall forming large tufts from a short woody rhizome. Leaves V-shaped in cross-section or more-or-less flat, the longest overtopping the inflorescence. Inflorescence a much-branched panicle with many sessile or shortly stalked spikes. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: |
Chinsali, 14.i.1959, Robinson 3202, cited as Carex angolensis by Podlech, but identified as C.macrophyllidion by Clare Archer, and as C. echinochloe by Goetghebeur. Altitude range: 1650-2800 m (FTEA); 1200- |
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| Habitat: | Miombo woodland, montane grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1650 - 2800 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe; Angola, Tanzania |
| FZ divisions: | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,N,Mc |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 4 September 2017 |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 434. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 94. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 75. |
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