Cyperus matagoroensis Muasya & D.A. Simpson

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Cyperus matagoroensis

Habit
Upland hill miombo woodland
Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Cyperus matagoroensis

Spikelets
Upland hill miombo woodland
Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Cyperus matagoroensis

Spikelets
Upland hill miombo woodland
Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Frequency: Local
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial up to 55 cm tall, with short rhizome; culms moderately to densely tufted, 30–50 cm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide, trigonous, smooth, densely covered at base by fibrous, dark reddish- brown to blackish leaf sheath remains. Leaves up to 32 cm long; leaf sheath brownish, 1.5–2 cm long; leaf blade narrowly linear, v-shaped in cross-section, 17–30 cm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, scabrid on the margins, apex acute. Involucral bracts leaf – like, spreading, 3–4, lowermost 1.5–2.2 cm long. Inflorescence simple, primary branches 3–4, 0.5–3 cm long; spikelets in digitate clusters, at the end of primary branches, 2–4 per cluster, elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate, 8–10 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, rachilla straight; glumes dark reddish-brown with pale brown margins, ovate, 2.3–2.7 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, sides membraneous, 1-veined on each side, keel green, apex acute. Nutlet dark reddish, ellipsoid, trigonous, 1.3– 1.6 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm wide, minutely papillose.
Type location:
Tanzania
Notes: Cyperus matagoroensis was regarded by its describers as being close to C. nyererei, from which it differs in its narrower leaves, longer inflorescence branches, reddish brown spikelets and shorter glumes.
Derivation of specific name: matagoroensis: of the Matagoro Hills in Tanzania where the type specimen was collected
Habitat: Dry open grassland, dry stream banks, on and between large rocks on sandy soil
Altitude range: 1400 - 2150 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania and Zambia
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
Zambian distribution (Provinces): N,E
Growth form(s): Perennial.
Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Content last updated: Tuesday 25 July 2023
Literature:

Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Pages 215 - 216.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyperus matagoroensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyperus matagoroensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyperus matagoroensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyperus matagoroensis
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iNaturalist: Cyperus matagoroensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyperus matagoroensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyperus matagoroensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyperus matagoroensis
Plants of the World Online: Cyperus matagoroensis
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Wikipedia: Cyperus matagoroensis


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Cyperus matagoroensis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=238560, retrieved 12 November 2024

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