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Carex chlorosaccus
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Photo: Petra Ballings
Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Carex echinochloe Kunze var. chlorosaccus (C.B. Clarke) Kük Carex ramosa K. Schum. Carex wahlenbergiana Boott |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial sedge up to 1 m high, forming tussocks from a woody rhizome. Leaves 50-90 cm long and 5-9 mm wide with basal sheaths dark red, scabrid on veins and margin. Inflorescence a slender, much-branched panicle, 8-50 cm long, green; axis and branches pubescent; upper bracts 2 mm long with awn 3-8 mm long; lower bracts leaf-like. Spikelets 6-20 mm long and 3-5 mm wide. Glumes pale green to pale brownish or greyish. |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | In montane evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: | 2000 - 2250 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Bioko, Eastern DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia (Nyika only) |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 1 July 2019 |
| 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 298. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 432 - 433. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Carex chlorosaccusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Carex chlorosaccus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Carex chlorosaccus
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