Rhynchospora candida
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Dec 2012
Photo: Lari Merret
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| Synonyms: |
Dichromena candida (Nees) Ridl. Pachymitra candida (Nees) Nees ex Boeckeler Psilocarya candida Nees Rhynchospora adscendens C.B.Clarke |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial; culms usually solitary on tough creeping stolons. Involucral bract 1, leaf-like. Inflorescence simple to compound, corymbose, 2-6 primary branches; spikelets solitary at the ends of primary and secondary branches. ovoid, with up to 50 glumes; glumes white. Easily recognized by the solitary white spikelets. |
| Type location: |
Guyana |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | candida: pure glossy white |
| Habitat: | Seasonally wet and permanently flooded grassland |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and South America |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Pages 359 - 360. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 125. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 357. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 102. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 112. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 121. |
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