Bulbostylis pusilla (A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke
subsp. congolensis (De Wild.) R.W. Haines

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Synonyms:	Abildgaardia pusilla (A. Rich.) Lye subsp. congolensis (De Wild.) Lye Bulbostylis congolensis De Wild.
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Description:	Slender tufted annual 3-40 cm tall. Inflorescence simple or compound, lax with one sessile spikelet and 1-10 stalked spikelets and additional groups of sessile and stalked spikelets, up to 40 spikelets in all, the whole up to 5 cm long. Stems and leaves densely short hairy (cf. subsp. pusilla).
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Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia, Uganda, Central African Republic, D.R. Congo, Tanzania
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Literature:	Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 35. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 95.

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