Schoenoplectiella microglumis
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Kafue Fisheries
Aug 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kafue Fisheries
Aug 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Schoenoplectus microglumis Lye Scirpus tenerrimus Peter |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tufted annual, or sometimes perennial. Stems up to 40 cm long, without transverse septa. Spikelets bristly with glume mucros. The small glumes are distinctive. |
| Type location: |
Uganda |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | Microglumis: with small glumes |
| Habitat: | Seasonal swampy grasslands; shallow seepage soil over rock. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 Page 43. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 33. Maquet, P. (1988). Cyperaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 479. As Schoenoplectus microglumis (Includes a picture). |
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