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Lipocarpha rehmannii
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| Synonyms: |
Rikliella rehmannii (Ridl.) J. Raynal Scirpus hystrix auct. Scirpus rehmannii Ridl. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender annual sedge, 2-30 cm tall, with minute reddish-brown roots. Culms triangular, hairless. Leaves 1-6 cm long, scabrid on the margins and midrib; sheaths dark purple. Inflorescence a dense head of 3-12 crowded spikes, green variegated with reddish-brown. Involucral bracts 2-10, leaf-like, largest 1.5-6 cm long. Glumes 2-3 mm long, reddish-brown with a green mucro, giving the flowerheads a spiny appearance. Nutlet obovate, obscurely triangular, c. 0.6-0.3 mm, with 8-15 rows of tubercles on each side. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | rehmannii: named for Anton Rehmann, 1840-1917, Polish botanist and collector |
| Habitat: | In seasonally wet grassland and seepage areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Madagascar. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 4 September 2009 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 123. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 352 - 353. 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 88. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 120. |
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