Pycreus flavescens
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Choma, Muckle Neuk
Record: EA Robinson
Feb 1954
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Victoria Falls
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1955
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Namwala, floodplain
Record: HJ van Rensburg
Apr 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, Leopards Hill Rd., Naulungu River
Apr 1993
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kafue Fisheries
Dec 1990
Photo: Mike Bingham
Upper Zambezi, Kaanja
Oct 1990
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka West, Nosarka’s farm
May 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Cyperus flavescens L. subsp. flavescens Pycreus flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. ex Rchb. var. rehmannianus (Boeck.) Kük. Pycreus flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. ex Rchb. subsp. tanäensis (Kük.) Lye |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Plants annual, small to medium-sized, up to 55 cm high; culms tufted, 5-52 cm long, 3-angled to rounded. Leaves up to 28 cm long; leaf blade linear to filiform. Involucral bracts leaf-like 1-4. inflorescence simple, sometimes almost capitate; primary branches 1-5; glumes 1.6-2.8 mm long, golden-yellow to golden-brown; nutlet 0.7-1.1 mm long, transversely wrinkled. |
| Type location: |
Europe |
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| Derivation of specific name: | flavescens: pale yellow, yellowish; flavus = yellow |
| Habitat: | Swamps, stream sides, seepage over rocks and, seasonal pools. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical, Europe |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 142. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 292 - 295. (Includes a picture). 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. as var flavescens and var. rehmannianus Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 101. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 120. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 184. as Pycreus rehmannianus |
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