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Description: | Erect perennial 0.8─1.5 m tall with short reddish-brown rhizome. Culms crowded, with swollen bases, usually joined to form an irregular woody mass up to a meter across. Leaves 2─5 mm wide, glabrous or hairy, with margins and veins sharply scabrid. Inflorescence25-50(-100) cm long overall; lateral panicles usually 3-5 at 2-5 nodes, on slender pendulous glabrous or hairy peduncles exerted up to 20 (30) cm from the sheaths. Nutlets 2.5-3.2 mm long; male spikelets 5-8 mm long. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | nyasensis: from Nyasaland (Malawi) | |
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Worldwide distribution: | Regional distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe Global distribution: D.R. Congo, Burundi |
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Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 303. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 406. 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. |
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