Kyllinga intricata Cherm.

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Kyllinga intricata

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Synonyms: Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb) Hassk. subsp. intricatus (Cherm.) Lye
Kyllinga erecta Schumach. var. intricata C.B. Clarke
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“Distinguished from K. erecta by more slender rhizomes with culms that are never contiguous (separated by distances of 10─30 mm); mucros of glume apices shorter by 0.1─0.2 mm.” (Gordon-Gray)
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Worldwide distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,S
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23.

Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 115.

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 118. as Cyperus brevifolius intricatus


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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: Kyllinga intricata.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=110590, retrieved 29 March 2024

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