Cyperus hemisphaericus
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| Internal ID | UUID643ff5b130664312087695 |
| Scientific name | Cyperus hemisphaericus |
| Authority | Boeckeler |
| First published in | Flora 42: 436 (1859) |
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Cyperus hemisphaericus is a species of sedge that is endemic to eastern parts of Africa. It is a perennial plant with a creeping but short rhizome that has a tufted grass-like habit and grows to a height of approximately 130 cm (51 in). It has many crowded basal leaves and stems that are 15 to 90 cm (5.9 to 35.4 in) in length and 2 to 4 mm (0.079 to 0.157 in) wide with a triangular cross section. The range of the plant extends from Somalia in the north down to Mozambique in the south along eastern Africa including the island of Madagascar. It grows from sea level to an altitude of approximately 100 m (330 ft) and is often situated as a part of open grassland, wooded grassland and Brachystegia woodland communities as well as savannah and seasonally wet grassland communities. It was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1859.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Cyperus hemisphaericus var. gregorii | (C.B.Clarke) Kük. | Pflanzenr. IV, 20(101): 407. 1936 |
| Cyperus hemisphaericus var. longibracteus | A.Peter ex Kük. | Pflanzenr. IV, 20(101): 407 1936 |
| Cyperus hildebrandtii | Boeckeler | Flora 63: 436 (1880) |
| Mariscus gregorii | C.B.Clarke | J. Bot. 34: 225 (1896) |
| Mariscus hemisphaericus | C.B.Clarke | Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 589 (1894) |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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East Tropical Africa
- Kenya
- Tanzania
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Northeast Tropical Africa
- Somalia
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South Tropical Africa
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Zimbabwe
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Western Indian Ocean
- Madagascar
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East Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000374488 |
| Tropicos | 9902505 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304717-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-236908 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 3959635 |
| IPNI | 304717-1 |
| iNaturalist | 939340 |
| GBIF | 2714206 |
| EOL | 1121920 |
| Wikipedia | Cyperus_hemisphaericus |
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| In public collections | 0 |