| Home | > | List of families | > | Cyperaceae | > | Scleria | > | griegifolia |
Scleria griegifolia
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (1)
Photo: Mike Bingham
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Acriulus griegiifolius Ridl. Acriulus madagascariensis Ridl. Scleria friesii Kük. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial, densely tufted, forming clumps 0.9─1.5 m tall, with long creeping rhizome loosely covered with brownish scales. Stems 3-angles, glabrous but scabrid on the angles. Leaves 8─12 mm wide, the margins coarsely serrate. Inflorescence of one terminal and many lax lateral panicles borne 4─7 at each node on slender pendulous peduncles up to 20 cm long; male spikelets much more numerous than the female. Nutlet white with pink or dark violet blotches, broadly ovate 4─5 mm long, strongly apiculate, glabrous. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Regional:Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe Global: Angola, D.R. Congo, South Africa, Madagascar |
| Mozambique distribution: | |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Pages 183 - 184. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 412 - 413. 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 89. As Scleria greigiifolia Robinson, E.A. (1961-62). Notes of Scleria: 1. The African Species of Sect. Tessellatae Kirkia 2 Page 172. Robinson, E.A. (1962). Scleria in Central Africa: Descriptions and Notes: II Kirkia 3 Pages 8 - 14. Robinson, E.A. (1963-64). Notes on Scleria: III Scleria hirtella Sw. and Some Allied Species: A Transatlantic Group. Kirkia 4 Pages 175 - 184. |
Other sources of information about Scleria griegifolia:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: Scleria griegifoliaFlora of Zambia: Scleria griegifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Scleria griegifolia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Scleria griegifoliaAfrican Plant Database: Scleria griegifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Scleria griegifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Scleria griegifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Scleria griegifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Scleria griegifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Scleria griegifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Scleria griegifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Scleria griegifolia
Plants of the World Online: Scleria griegifolia
Tropicos: Scleria griegifolia
Wikipedia: Scleria griegifolia
| Home | > | List of families | > | Cyperaceae | > | Scleria | > | griegifolia |