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Eleocharis acutangula
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Lake Nyamungaya (Nyamukaya), Chiota (Chihota) CL
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Lake Nyamungaya (Nyamukaya), Chiota (Chihota) CL
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Lake Nyamungaya (Nyamukaya), Chiota (Chihota) CL
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Lake Nyamungaya (Nyamukaya), Chiota (Chihota) CL
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Eleocharis acutangula subsp. breviseta D.J. Rosen Eleocharis fistulosa (Poir.) Schult. Scirpus fistulosus Poir. |
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Perennial herb, stoloniferous, with 5-10 culms clumped together from a short vertical or horizontal base; culms sharply triangular, sometimes twisted. Inflorescence a cylindrical green spikelet. Nutlets pale brown, obovoid, longitudinally ridged with transvers bars. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, Central and South America |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 77. 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 88. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 119. |
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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Eleocharis acutangula
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Eleocharis acutangula
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eleocharis acutangula
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