Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb.

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Status:	Native
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Type location:	Puerto Rico
Notes:	Several subspp. are sometimes recognized with subsp. chaetaria as the one occurring in Zambia. However, most recent literature, such as Moafo & Reynders in Flore d'Afrique Centrale (2025, 22) no longer consider these distinctions as valid.
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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 59 - 60. as subsp. chaetaria Mofao, C. & Reynders, M. (2025). Cyperaceae Tribu XI. Eleochariteae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 22 - 24. (Includes a picture).

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