Scleria erythrorrhiza
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Kawambwa
Record: EA Robinson
Jun 1957
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Shiwa Ngandu
Record: EA Robinson
Jun 1956
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Frequency: | Widespread, habitat abundant |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial, 0.3─1 m tall, rhizome woody, producing stems at short intervals, usually reddish with reddish roots. Leaves 2─6 mm wide. Inflorescences simply spicate with many glomerules, glumes densely hairy. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: |
Drummond & Cookson collected a specimen after crossing the border into Angola from Liuwa Plains National Park, where it is thus likely to occur. Red data list status: Widespread, habitat abundant and not under threat: Least concern. |
| Derivation of specific name: | erythrorrhiza: red root |
| Habitat: | Boggy grassland near termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Angola, Tanzania. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lp,N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 7 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. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 387 - 388. |
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