Scleria tessellata Willd.
var. sphaerocarpa E.A.Rob.
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100 km E of Kasama
Record: EA Robinson
Apr 1962
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Native |
Description:
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Densely tufted annual 0.15-1m tall with reddish roots. Leaves plicate, 2-6 mm wide, glabrous or more rarely shortly hairy. Inflorescence of lateral panicles borne singly at the nodes on short erect peduncles. Var.:Nutlets grey, globose, 2.7-3 mm long, 2.3-2.5 mm wide, glabrous or shortly hairy. deeply lacunose-tessellate. |
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Zambia Mungwi |
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Damp grassland |
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1000 - 2100 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Senegal and S. Sudan to Angola and Zambia. |
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Content last updated: |
Thursday 6 April 2017 |
Literature:
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Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 403 - 404.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-21
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2021).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Scleria tessellata var. sphaerocarpa. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=213220, retrieved 16 April 2021
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