Cyperus squarrosus L.

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Cyperus squarrosus

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE 13km., Protea Hill Farm.

Cyperus squarrosus

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE 13km., Protea Hill Farm.

Cyperus squarrosus

Photo: Mike Bingham

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Synonyms: Mariscus aristatus (Rottb.) Cherm.
Mariscus squarrosus (L.) C.B. Clarke
Monandrus squarrosus (L.) Vorster subsp. squarrosus
Monandrus squarrosus (L.) Vorster subsp. ovamvoensis Vorster
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Description:
Slender annual up to 40 cm tall, with small root system. Culms not swollen at the base. Leaves with linear blades. Inflorescence a simple anthela.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: squarrosus: rough with scales; tips (of e.g. bracts) projecting outwards usually about 90o.
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Flowering time:Feb
Worldwide distribution: Throughout Africa, India and warmer parts of the Americas, Asia and Australia.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. As Monandrus squarrosus

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. As Monandrus squarrosus ovamvoensis

Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 135.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 542. (Includes a picture).

Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 215 - 217. (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 89. As Mariscus squarrosus and Monandrus squarrosus (2 varieties)

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 119.


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyperus squarrosus
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Cyperus squarrosus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=110530, retrieved 28 March 2024

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