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Cyperus auricomus Sieber ex Spreng. |
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Robust perennial, up to 2 m tall; rhizome creeping, woody 1─1.5 cm diameter; culm 77─153 cm long, 3-angled; leaves few, leaf blade 7─19 mm wide. Inflorescence simple to compound, primary branches 3─8, 2.7─12 cm long. Spikelet less than 1 mm across, in crowded clusters on elongated axis, sessile and at the end of primary and secondary branches. |
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Derivation of specific name: | digitatus: divided into lobes or leaflets like the fingers on a hand |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 244. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 118. |
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