Bulbostylis boeckeleriana
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Chakwenga Headwaters
Record: EA Robinson
Aug 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett
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Abildgaardia boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Lye Abildgaardia boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Lye var. boeckeleriana Haines & Lye Bulbostylis cinnamomea sensu C.B.Clarke Scirpus boeckelerianus Schweinf. Scirpus collinus (Kunth) Boeckeler var. boeckelerianus (Schweinf.) Schweinf. |
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| Description: |
Tufted perennial (15─)20─70 cm tall with a short creeping rhizome. |
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Eritrea |
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| Derivation of specific name: | boeckeleriana: In honour of Johann Otto Boeckeler (1803-1899) who contributed to sedge taxonomy. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical eastern Africa from Eritrea to South Africa |
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| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 30. Illustration on p.28 (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 73 - 75. (Includes a picture). Maquet, P. (1988). Cyperaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 424. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 92. |
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