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Details for: Luzula africana |
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Search restricted to Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. Check for other Sources using this name
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Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. [IOPI preferred view]
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| Name: |
Luzula africana Drège ex Steud. |
| Nomencl. ref. |
Syn. Pl. Glumac. vol. 2, 294. 1855. |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED |
| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Familia - Juncaceae
Genus - Luzula DC.
Subgenus - Luzula subgen. Luzula DC.
Sectio - Luzula sect. Luzula
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| Description: |
Perennials, c. 20–50 cm tall, densely caespitose; rhizome short, vertical; stolons absent. Basal leaves up to 10–15 cm long, 2.5–5.0 mm wide, ciliate; cauline leaves 2–3; upper leaves 2.5–6.0 cm long, 2–3 mm wide; all leaves with obtuse swollen tip, margins papillose-serrulate. Lower bracts 1–2, usually 1.0–2.5 cm long, obtuse to subacute, usually ±overtopping inflorescence. Inflorescence congested in a dense many-flowered head c. 1–2 × 1.0–1.2 cm. Bracteoles 1.5–2.0 mm long, ±ovate, ciliate-fimbriate. Tepals subequal, glabrous, straw-brown to brown with darker middle stripe and pale border, lanceolate, acuminate, 2.8–3.5 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers 0.8–1.1 mm long; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long; style 0.7–0.8 mm long; stigmas 2.0–2.4 mm long. Capsule pale brown, obovate, indistinctly apicate-submucronate; capsule segments usually 2.2–2.4 × 1.6–1.7 mm. Seeds oblong-ovoid, pale brown, 0.7–0.9 (–1.0) mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide; appendage 0.2–0.3 mm long. |
| Geography: |
Endemic to South Africa. In moist grasslands in the mountains. Map 100., 27. Cape Province: top of Katberg, J.Hutchinson 1617 (BOL); Ladysmith Div., Toverkop, Swartberg, E.Esterhuysen 26785 (BOL, K); Doornbosch, Kondeveldberge, E.G.H.Oliver 5214 (NBG). Lesotho: Mont aux Sources, 9500 ft. Flanagan 2008 (BOL, K); Leribe, 1600–1900 m, A.Dieterlen 734 (K, SAM); Sani, Hodgson’s Peaks, 3000 m, O.Hilliard & B.L.Burtt 9676 (E, S). NATAL: Drakensberg, 2450 m, Phillipson 661 (K). TRANSVAAL: Dullstroom, Verlorenvallei Farm, 2550 m, Drews 36 (K); Mooi R., 2000 m, F.R.Schlechter 3336 (BM). |
| Note in illustration: |
Map: H.Weimarck, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 40: 173, fig. 14 (1946). |
| Notes: |
Superficially similar to L. congesta but seeds much smaller and appendage substantially shorter. Reported from a single site in Namibia but material was not seen, and the record is doubtful. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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62. |
| TDWG Distribution Code: |
27: CPP, LES, NAT, OFS, TVL. |
| Type: | T: [South Africa] Katberg, J.F.Drège 3963; syn: BOL, K, PR, PRC, S. |
| Distribution table: |
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Southern Africa |
Cape Provinces |
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Free State |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Lesotho |
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Northern Provinces |
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