Rhynchospora candida
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Dec 2012
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Perennial; culms usually solitary on tough creeping stolons. Involucral bract 1, leaf-like. Inflorescence simple to compound, corymbose, 2-6 primary branches; spikelets solitary at the ends of primary and secondary branches. ovoid, with up to 50 glumes; glumes white. Easily recognized by the solitary white spikelets. |
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Guyana |
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| Derivation of specific name: | candida: pure glossy white |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and S. America |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 357. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 102. 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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