Synonyms: |
Courtoisia cyperoides (Roxb.) Nees Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Kük. Cyperus pseudokyllingioides Kük. var. africanus C.B.Cl. ex Kük. Mariscus cyperoides (Roxb.) A.Dietr. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Annual herb, 12-80 cm tall, yellowish-green, with slender rootstock; culms tufted, 11-80 cm long, 3-angled with longitudinal ridges, glabrous. |
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India |
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Worldwide distribution: | Eastern and Southern Africa, Madagascar, India. Regional distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 539. (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 209 - 210. (Includes a picture). 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 87. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 94. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 118. |