• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  Free State

• Locality

  Under bridge over Modder River just north of Mockes Dam

• Coordinates

  -29.0476, 26.458

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00210939
BOTANICAL
The New York Botanical Garden
and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plants of South Africa
Cyperaceae
I Pseudoschoenus inanis (Thunb.) Oteng-Yeb.
det. H. J. Venter, 2002
South Africa. Free State., Under bridge over Modder River just north of Mockes
Dam: 29° 2.859' S: 26° 27.481' E
River bank and bed in frill sun. In running water and seasonally waterlogged
black turf of sandstone. Native and occasional. Grassland with Cyperus sp. and
Salix mucronata.
Geophytic sedge with subterranean rhizome, robust plant 1.5 m high. Leaves
simple, glabrous, dark green. Cylindrical, leafles culms with terminal panicle.
(Local Name: Reuse biesie - Language: Afrikaans)
HEP0RT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
H. J. Venter 9732
13 March 2002
00210939