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Schoenoplectiella roylei
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Schoenopectus roylei (Nees) Ovcz. & Czukav. Scirpus quinquefarius Boeck. Scirpus roylei (Nees) Parker |
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| Status: | Native |
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Shallow rooting annual, stems tufted. Stems dark green and glossy, articulated with transverse septa, sometimes obscure on stem but usually clear on the inflorescence bract. Leaves absent, leaf-sheaths usually without lobes. Inflorescence an apparently lateral cluster of 2-10 sessile spikelets; main inflorescence bract stem-like, 6-20 cm long, flattened, jointed with transverse septa. |
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| Habitat: | Margins of floodplains, lakes and ponds |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa, India |
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| Literature: |
Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Pages 39 - 40. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 30 - 31. 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. 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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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Schoenoplectiella royleiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Schoenoplectiella roylei
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Schoenoplectiella roylei
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iNaturalist: Schoenoplectiella roylei
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Schoenoplectiella roylei
JSTOR Plant Science: Schoenoplectiella roylei
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Schoenoplectiella roylei
Plants of the World Online: Schoenoplectiella roylei
Tropicos: Schoenoplectiella roylei
Wikipedia: Schoenoplectiella roylei
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