Scleria glabra Boeck.
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Mbala District, Uninji Pans
Record: EA Robinson
Jun 1956
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Widespread |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Entirely glabrous annual with erect stems 0.25─1.2 m tall, and minute root system. Leaves 1.4─4(─6) mm wide. Inflorescence paniculate, with branches up to 10 cm of more long. |
Type location:
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Malawi |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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glabra: smooth, lacking hairs, scales or other protuberances |
Habitat:
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Boggy grassland |
Altitude range: |
700 - 1800 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Regional: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique Global: D.R. Congo, Burundi, Tanzania |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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N,W,C,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw,Cb,N,E,Lk |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Friday 10 March 2017 |
Literature:
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Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 397.
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(2022).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Scleria glabra. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=213000, retrieved 25 June 2022
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