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Cyperus denudatus
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Jellis' farm (Lazy J Ranch
Feb 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham
Karubwe Dambo.
Feb 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham
Photo: Bart Wursten
Twentydales Ext. Epworth, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Twentydales Ext. Epworth, Harare
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial, culms up to 95 cm tall, densely tufted, arising from scale-covered creeping rhizomes. Culm 3-angled. Leaves with leaf-sheath reddish-brown to purple, 2-18 cm long, leaf blade absent or reduced to 1 cm long, then reddish-brown. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
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| Derivation of specific name: | denudatus: denuded, without leaf-blades. |
| Habitat: | Floodplains. permanently damp grassland, occasionally in shallow depressions in woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in west, central and southern tropical Africa. |
| National distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 161 - 162. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Pages 55 - 56. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 530. as Cyperus denudatus (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 209 - 210. illustrations on page 190 (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 87. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 118. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 82. |
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