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Ascolepis capensis
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Harare-Mutare rd near Headlands.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Harare-Mutare rd near Headlands.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mevumodzi River valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mevumodzi River valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mevumodzi River valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted glabrous perennial to 80 cm with a short rhizome; culm with leaf sheaths at the base. Inflorescence a white rounded head, subtended by 1-3 leaf-like bracts; longest 3-5 (-12) cm. Squamellae 3-4 mm, obovate, white, flattened, with the flower in a central hollow (pocket). Style 2-fid. Nutlet 2-2.5 mm, dark, soft and falling enclosed within the protective squamella. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | capensis: of the Cape |
| Habitat: | Seasonally wet grassland and marshes. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa from Mali to Ethiopia and southwards to South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS (other?) |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 1 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 297. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 74. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ascolepis capensisAfrican Plant Database: Ascolepis capensis
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Ascolepis capensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ascolepis capensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ascolepis capensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ascolepis capensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ascolepis capensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ascolepis capensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Ascolepis capensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ascolepis capensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Ascolepis capensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ascolepis capensis
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Ascolepis capensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ascolepis capensis
The Plant List (version 1.1): Ascolepis capensis
Tropicos: Ascolepis capensis
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