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Isolepis sepulcralis Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Isolepis

Characteristics

Annual herb, tufted, 0.08-0.15 m high. Leaf blades filiform, 0.1-0.4 mm wide. Culm filiform, 0.1-0.6 mm in diam. Inflorescence a terminal head of 1-5 spikelets. Subtending bracts very short to well developed, if developed, erect(-spreading), filiform. Spikelets ovate, 1.3-4.9 x 0.7-2.0 mm, 7-32-flowered. Glumes boat-shaped, 0.7-1.3 x 0.2-0.6 mm, keel non-excurrent or excurrent into minute point. Style branches 3. Flowering time (July) Oct.-Feb. Nutlet elliptical, 0.5-0.8 x 0.3-0.4 mm, 3-angled, dark brown, surface minutely papillose.
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Tufted annual, up to 80 mm tall. Leaf blades filiform. Stems filiform. Inflorescence a terminal head of 1-few spikelets, basal bract erect (-spreading), filiform. Spikelets ovoid, 1.5-2 x 1 mm, glumes dark red. Nutlets minutely papillose.
Aquatic annual herb, up to 100 mm tall. Spikelets 2 or 3 per inflorescence. Bract shorter than or equalling inflorescence. Nut beaked, ellipsoid, blackish. Glumes with apex shortly recurved, keel narrow, brown.
Annual to 6 cm. Spikelets dark red.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.1
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Soil humidity 6-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Isolepis sepulcralis world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Tanzania, United Republic of, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:309557-1
WFO ID wfo-0000450302
COL ID 3Q9R2
BDTFX ID 36130
INPN ID 103897
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Synonyms

Fimbristylis exigua Isolepis sepulcralis Scirpus griquensium Scirpus antipodus
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