Cyperus mollipes (C.B. Clarke) K. Schum.

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Cyperus mollipes

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Cyperus mollipes

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Synonyms: Cyperus amomodorus K.Schum.
Cyperus circumclusus (C.B.Clarke) Schweinf.
Cyperus globifer (C.B. Clarke) Lye
Cyperus mollipes var. amomodorus (K. Schum.) Kük
Mariscus amomodorus (K.Schum.) Cufod. var. mollipes (C.B.Clarke) Cufod.
Mariscus amomodorus (K.Schum.) Cufod. var. amomodorus
Mariscus amomodorus (K. Schum.) Cufod.
Mariscus circumclusus C.B. Clarke
Mariscus macropus C.B. Clarke
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Status: Native
Description:
Tufted perennial, 8─60 cm tall, with a tuberous culm-base covered by old fibres from leaf sheaths; culms few to many and crowded, 3-anngled, glabrous. Leaf blade linear. Inflorescence capitate, hemispherical or irregular, white or cream, 8─21 mm in diameter; spikelets many per head. Distinguished from C. margaritaceus by the smaller spikelets (2─8 mm long, 0.7─2 mm wide) and smaller nutlets (0.5─1.2 mm in diameter).
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Derivation of specific name: mollipes: soft foot
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Worldwide distribution: East Africa from Sudan to Zambia and Malawi, DR Congo.
Malawi distribution:
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Literature:

Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 180 - 182.

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. As Mariscus circumclusus, M. macropus and M. mollipes

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Flora of Zambia: Cyperus mollipes
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyperus mollipes
African Plant Database: Cyperus mollipes
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyperus mollipes
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyperus mollipes
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyperus mollipes
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iNaturalist: Cyperus mollipes
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyperus mollipes
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyperus mollipes
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyperus mollipes
Plants of the World Online: Cyperus mollipes
Tropicos: Cyperus mollipes
Wikipedia: Cyperus mollipes


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Cyperus mollipes.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=110360, retrieved 29 March 2024

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