Scleria foliosa
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Lusaka east
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1958
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
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Annual 0.2─2 m tall, loosely or densely tufted, with brown or reddish roots. Leaves and bracts ligulate, the sheath mouth extended into a tongue with dark brown margins. Leaves glabrous but scabrid on margins and veins beneath. Inflorescence of a terminal and 1─3 lateral panicles, always single at the nodes of the upper leaves. Peduncles stiffly erect but may become ± pendulous after maturity. Nutlets white or grey, ovoid 3.5─4 mm long, 2─2.4 mm wide, glabrous, lightly to moderately verrucose. |
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Ethiopia |
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| Derivation of specific name: | foliosa: leafy |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Regional: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; Global: west, east and southern Africa, Madagascar and India. |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 400. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 103. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 121. |
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