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Synonyms: |
Carex aethiopica Schkuhr. var. stolonifera Boeck. Carex cuprea (Kuk.) Nelmes Carex fischeri K. Schum. Carex longipedunculata K. Schum. Carex ninagongensis (Kuk.) Robyns & Tournay Carex preussii K. Schum. Carex simensis sensu C.B. Clarke no A. Rich. Carex vallis-rosetto K. Schum. var. heterostachya Kuk. |
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Description: | Tufted perennial 40-120 cm high, forming clumps up to 90 cm wide from a creeping rhizome, hairless. Leaves linear, 10-60 cm long, with orange-brown to purplish sheaths; margin often scabrid. Inflorescence with 4-8 erect or drooping greenish or brown spikes, 2-7 cm long and 4-7 mm wide; peduncles up to 4 cm long but usually less than 6 cm; glumes pale brown, coppery or reddish-brown with a broad pale green midrib, 3-6 mm long including arista. Utricles green with dark spots, 3.5-6 mm long, beaked; beak bifid with spiny teeth. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | petitiana: after Antoine Petit (?-1843), French naturalist and botanist who traveled and collected in Ethiopia. | |
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Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and ?Zimbabwe. | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
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 298. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 439 - 442. (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 87. |
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