Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Plantae
- - phylum: Tracheophyta
- -- class: Liliopsida
- --- order: Poales
- ---- family: Cyperaceae
- ----- species: Schoenoplectus muricinux
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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
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Ecoregions: | - AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
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References: | Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 114 |