Bulbostylis igneotonsa
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Kasama E 10 km
Record: EA Robinson
Dec 1960
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, 13-60 cm tall with thick horizontal rhizome, roots rigid, stems many. Leaves cinnamon coloured with sheaths short and acute, the mouth with many long multicellulate hairs up to 2 cm long, often forming tangled woolly masses. Inflorescence pale to dark brown, capitate, mostly with long white hairs at the base but sometimes glabrous; spikelets 2-5 sessile. |
| Type location: |
Zambia, Kasama |
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| Derivation of specific name: | igneotonsa: made bare by fire (?) |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland, dambo margins, rocky terrain. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 2100 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Malawi; Angola, Tanzania. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,Mc |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 28 August 2017 |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 71 - 72. |
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