Carex spicato-paniculata C.B.Clarke

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Misty Manor, Vumba

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Description:	Tufted leafy perennial with a thick rhizome. Culms 60-100 cm, triangular, glabrous. Leaf lamina plicate or flat. Inflorescence consisting of 1-2 pyramidal panicles from each of the upper leaf sheaths; each panicle to c.8 × 3-5 cm. Spikes 5-11 mm × 2-4 mm. Glumes 3.5-4 mm, reddish-brown. Utricles beaked, greenish to reddish-brown, ribbed, usually somewhat curved. Stigmas 3.
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Derivation of specific name:	spicato-paniculata: a spike-like panicle
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Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia southwards through East Africa to South Africa
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 298. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. As Carex spicatopaniculata Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. As Carex spicatopaniculata 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 87. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 82.

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