Species Schoenoplectus muricinux (C.B.Clarke) J.Raynal (Schoenoplectus sp.)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Cyperaceae
  • ----- species: Schoenoplectus muricinux
Characteristics:perennial sedge; up to 1,5 m tall; woody rhizome; reduced leaves; inflorescence is a cluster of congested, straw-coloured spikelets with brownish markings; the fruit is shining black when mature
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
Ecoregions:
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 114
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