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Cyperus angolensis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
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Cleveland Dam
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| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial, with a swollen culm base and densely scaly stolons, 1-8 cm × 2-6 mm. Culms 20-60 cm × 0.8-2 mm, triangular, glabrous. Largest leaf lamina 10-30 cm × 4-6 mm, flat, scabrid. Inflorescence a congested spherical anthela, white turning brown. Involucral bracts 3-4. Spikelets 6-12 × 1.5-4 mm, pinkish-white, 6-15-flowered. Glumes 4-5 mm, lanceolate with shortly excurrent midrib. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Nutlet 2-2.5 × 1.2-1.4 mm, obovoid, triangular, yellowish-brown to olive, minutely papillose. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | angolensis: of Angola |
| Habitat: | In dry grassland, often in burnt areas |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
| Growth form: | P |
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African Plant Database: Cyperus angolensisBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cyperus angolensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyperus angolensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cyperus angolensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cyperus angolensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cyperus angolensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyperus angolensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyperus angolensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cyperus angolensis
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Cyperus angolensis
Tropicos: Cyperus angolensis
West African Plants database: Cyperus angolensis
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