Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B. Clarke

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Bulbostylis filamentosa

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Bulbostylis filamentosa

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Bulbostylis filamentosa

Photo: Mike Bingham

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Synonyms: Abildgaardia filamentosa (Vahl) Lye var. metralis (Cherm.) Lye
Bulbostylis filamentosa var. metralis (Cherm.) Haines
Bulbostylis metralis Cherm.
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Fairly robust perennial 20-100 cm tall, stems crowded. Leaves 10-15 cm long; leaf sheaths brownish, the throat with long hairs. Inflorescence a dense crowded head of many spikelets. Spikelets acute. Mature nutlets minutely papillose.
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Worldwide distribution: Western and eastern Africa, D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Angola, South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,E
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 297.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11.

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7.

Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Pages 35 - 36.

Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 101 - 102. (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.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 75.


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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: Bulbostylis filamentosa.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=111300, retrieved 28 March 2024

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