| Scleria melanomphala Kunth |
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Protologue : Enum. Pl. (Kunth) 2: 345 (1837)  |
| Information on the genus : Scleria |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Scleria centralis Cherm. |
| =Scleria longigluma Kük. |
| =Scleria macrantha Boeckeler (1879), non (1858) |
| =Scleria melanomphala var. macrantha (Boeckeler) C.B. Clarke |
| =Scleria melanomphala f. oculo-albo C.B. Clarke |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tussock-forming evergreen perennial herb, 0,6-2,4 m tall from a rhizome 4-6 mm Ø; culms to 1 cm Ø, glabrous, but angles minutely to strongly scabrid; lower leaf sheaths reddish with or without very short densely hairy blades; inflorescence of 1 terminal and 5-9 lateral often drooping lanceolate panicles 2-10 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, borne singly or 2-3 at nodes on pendulous peduncles exserted to 30 cm from sheaths; male spikelets 0,8-1,3 cm long, ± sessile; glumes straw-coloured with usually dark reddish-brown margins and green scabrid midrib; females similar with glumes 1-1,2 cm long, midrib hispidulous or hairy; nutlet white, shining, like alabaster, ovoid, c. 4-5x3 mm, smooth, glabrous. |
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| Ecology : |
On laterite near water holes; wet alluvium; in relict Syzygium evergreen riverine forest, in shade; bog in very thick grass and bushes; swamp or marshy grassland; river and lake edges; permanently wet swamps; ricefields; Raphia formations; fallow sides; sometimes in large floating formations; cataracts of streams; 100-1800 m alt. |
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Variable species. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Emergent hydrophyte, Helophyte, Cyperoid- Ht 0.6 - 1.8 m. Alt: 2 - 1040 m. Distribution: BOT, EC, KN, LP, MP, SWZ |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb; Subhumid; Anthropic, Forest, Freshwater Wetland, Shrubland; 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m, 1500-1999 m; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 116
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 142
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- HUTCHINSON, J. & J.M. DALZIEL (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3[2]: 340
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Fgui |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°36424 modified 2009-09-24 |
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