Bulbostylis buchananii
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Lusaka W 13km Nosarka's farm
May 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
Solwezi District, Jiwundu
Record: B. Luwiika
Feb 1995
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Solwezi District, Jiwundu
Record: B. Luwiika
Feb 1995
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Abildgaardia buchananii (C.B. Clarke) Lye |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Densely tufted annual or short-lived perennial, 5-35 cm tall. Culms glabrous or shortly hairy. Leaves filiform, 2-20 cm long. Inflorescence a solitary terminal head of few to many spikelets. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | buchananii: after John Buchanan (1855 – 1896), Scottish horticulturist, missionary, farmer and plant collector in Malawi, who became Acting British Consul to Central Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchanan_(settler). |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, D.R. Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 92. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 92. |
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