Pycreus flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. ex Rchb.
var. flavescens

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Status: Native
Description:
Plants medium-sized, up to 50 cm high; inflorescence simple, sometimes almost capitate; glumes 1.6-2.8 mm long, golden-yellow to golden-brown; nutlet 0.7-1.1 mm long, transversely wrinkled.
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Derivation of specific name: flavescens: pale yellow, yellowish; flavus = yellow
Habitat: Swamps, seeps, seasonal pools
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Worldwide distribution: Pantropical, Europe
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. As Pycreus flavescens

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 120. as Pycreus flavescens

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Flora of Burundi: Pycreus flavescens var. flavescens
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Flora of Zambia: Pycreus flavescens var. flavescens
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pycreus flavescens var. flavescens

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pycreus flavescens
African Plant Database: Pycreus flavescens
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pycreus flavescens
JSTOR Plant Science: Pycreus flavescens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pycreus flavescens
Plants of the World Online: Pycreus flavescens
Tropicos: Pycreus flavescens
Wikipedia: Pycreus flavescens


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 Botswana: Species information: Pycreus flavescens var. flavescens.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=110010, retrieved 14 December 2024

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