Scleria iostephana Nelmes

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Description:	Robust perennial 0.6-2.1 m tall, the base swollen, forming an irregularly shaped knot. Leaves 30-60 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, scabrid on margins and ribs, sparsely to densely hairy beneath; sheaths hairy. Inflorescence of a terminal and 2-3 lateral panicles placed singly at thenodes. Nutlets more than 1.5 mm wide, glabrous, white or greyish with blackish-blue apex.
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Derivation of specific name:	iostephana: the name of a person?
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Worldwide distribution:	Regional: Zambia; Global: tropical west and east Africa, D.R. Congo, Tanzania
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Literature:	Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 409.

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