| Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B. Clarke |
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| Protologue : Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 613 (1894) |
| Information on the genus : Bulbostylis |
| Basionym : Scirpus filamentosus Vahl |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | 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) Homotypic |
 Scirpus filamentosus Vahl (1805) |
| Abildgaardia filamentosa (Vahl) Lye |
| Fimbristylis filamentosa (Vahl) K. Schum. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Abildgaardia filamentosa var. metralis (Cherm.) Lye |
| =Bulbostylis filamentosa var. metralis (Cherm.) R.W. Haines |
| =Bulbostylis metralis Cherm. (1931) |
| =*Fimbristylis cardiocarpa Ridl. |
| =Bulbostylis cardiocarpa C.B. Clarke (1894) |
| =*Bulbostylis rehmanni C.B. Clarke (1894) |
| =Isolepis filamentosa Roem. & Schult. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Bulbostylis filamentosa var. barbata C.B. Clarke |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial caespitose herb 0,2-1 m tall; stems crowded on a short rhizome 0,6-1 mm Ø; stems and leaves glabrous or minutely hairy; leafy sheaths brownish, throat with long hairs, old sheaths often fibrillose; blades 10-15 cm long, 0,3-0,5 mm wide, strongly scabrid; inflorescence a dense crowded head of 6-20 spikelets 0,5-1,5 cm Ø; spikelets 5-8 mm long. The plant resembling Juncus jacquinii. |
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| Ecology : |
Seasonally wet habitats; grassland; Terminalia, Lannea, Pappea and Brachystegia woodland; crevices in rock faces; poor soils on laterite; savanna; rather dry grassland; wooded savannas; mostly on sandy soil or shallow soil overlying outcropping rocks; copper rocky sites; also a weed (Naczi & Ford, Sedges: uses…: 77, 2008); c. 0-2700 m alt. |
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Very close to B. scabricaulis |
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S. Africa, Botswana, Swaziland. Record from Namibia erroneous (Sabonet News 9/1: 18, 2004). – Also in Equat. Guinea ? |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Cyperoid, Mesophyte- Ht up to 0.46 m. Alt: 1300 m. Distribution: LP |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb; distribution: Africa. Australasia/Pacific, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 371
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:42 (2012)
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 130
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- HUTCHINSON, J. & J.M. DALZIEL (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3[2]: 317
Bibliography for North Africa :
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. : 485
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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