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| Family : JUNCACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Luzula |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =*Luzula campestris var. mannii auct. sensu Robyns & Tournay; Hedberg p.p. quoad Humbert 8598 |
| =Luzula spicata var. erecta E. Mey. |
| =Luzula volkensii Buchenau (1895) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tufted rhizomatous perennial herb, rarely with stolons; stem 15-60x0,06-0,3 cm, angular; leaves many, particularly near base; blade 5-30x0,3-1,2 cm, margins with few to many white hairs; inflorescence consisting of 2-3 erect branches to 6 cm long, bearing to 10 subsessile contiguous spicate heads, each of 10-20 flowers, giving the appearance of a single, lobed spike; if the heads are separated then the branches are all erect (not in an umbel). |
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| Ecology : |
Swamps and damp places in rain-forest and grassland; moor and moor grassland, sheltered or in the open among rocks; wet soil and paths; wet, grassy clearings in rain-forest; Senecio and Ericaceae forest; 2000-4550 m alt. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°41701 |
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