Derivation of specific name
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angolensis: of Angola
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cyperus angolensis Boeckeler Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=109410
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Description
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Perennial, with a swollen culm base and densely scaly stolons, 1-8 cm × 2-6 mm. Culms 20-60 cm × 0.8-2 mm, triangular, glabrous. Largest leaf lamina 10-30 cm × 4-6 mm, flat, scabrid.
Inflorescence a congested spherical anthela, white turning brown. Involucral bracts 3-4. Spikelets 6-12 × 1.5-4 mm, pinkish-white, 6-15-flowered. Glumes 4-5 mm, lanceolate with shortly excurrent midrib. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Nutlet 2-2.5 × 1.2-1.4 mm, obovoid, triangular, yellowish-brown to
olive, minutely papillose.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cyperus angolensis Boeckeler Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=109410
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cyperus angolensis Boeckeler Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=109410
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Cyperus angolensis: Brief Summary
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Cyperus angolensis is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa.
The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1880.
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