Scleria pergracilis
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5 miles E of Choma
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
5 miles E of Choma
Record: EA Robinson
Mar 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
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Scleria calcicola E.A.Robinson (confirmation required) Scleria ustulata Ridl. |
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Tufted annual 15─60 cm tall, entirely glabrous except for leaf sheaths sometimes sparsely hairy; stems slender. Inflorescence simply spicate or very shortly branched near the base 2─8(─18) cm long, with many erect or spreading glomerules of 1─3 spikelets, each 4-5 mm long, dark red. |
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India |
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| Derivation of specific name: | pergracilis: very graceful |
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| FZ divisions: | T |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 184. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 395 - 397. (Includes a picture). 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 89. |
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