PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / POALES / CYPERACEAE / CYPEROIDEAE / SCHOENEAE / CARPHA / CAPITELLATA

Carpha capitellata (Nees) Boeckeler
LC Indigenous
Morphological description

Perennial herb, 0.30-0.45 m high, long-rhizomatous. Leaf blades 2.5-5.0 mm wide, flat (3-angled towards apex), margins ± smooth. Culm 3-angled, 1-2 mm in diam. Inflorescence 40-150 mm long, of 1 or 2 long-stalked, partial inflorescences from each of upper 1-4 nodes, of few, ± sessile, semi-globose, head-like clusters 10-15 mm in diam. Bracts subtending partial inflorescences 1 per node, leaf-like; bracts subtending spikelet clusters inconspicuous, narrow. Spikelets lanceolate, 5-6 mm long, 2-flowered. Glumes: fertile lanceolate, 5.5 mm long, keel non-excurrent. Perianth 6, linear, rigid, antrorsely scabrid, slender bristles of unequal lengths. Flowering time July-Dec. Nutlet elliptical, 2.2 mm long, 3-angled, brown, crowned by large, persistent, scabrid style base, surface minutely tuberculate and lacunose. From: Archer, C. 2019. Cyperaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3): 1691-1764. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Perennial to 50 cm. Spikelets straw-coloured. From: Archer, C; Muasya, M. 2012. Cyperaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 84-96. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Perennial herb, up to 400 mm tall. Inflorescence a panicle with 3-8 heads. Secondary bracts lanceolate, narrowed at base, not prominent. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Marshy places. Sub-Escarpment Savanna, Albany Thicket, Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld. From: Archer, C. 2019. Cyperaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3): 1691-1764. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Seepage zones. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

October

Altitude

155 to 1495 m

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Carpha capitellata (Nees) Boeckeler
Synonym(s)

Asterochaete ludwigii Hochst.


Asterochaete angustifolia Nees

Published in: Linnaea 9: 300 (1834)


Asterochaete capitellata Nees

Published in: Linnaea 9: 300 (1834)


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Poales

FAMILY Cyperaceae

SUBFAMILY Cyperoideae

TRIBE Schoeneae

GENUS Carpha

SPECIES capitellata

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Barcode: PRE0813589-0 Collector(s) & number: Reid, C, 1807 | 1992-12-3

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Lydenburg Dist.; Steenkampsberg Pass near laybye.

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Barcode: PRE0855478-0 Collector(s) & number: Sieben, E, ES 5046 | 2005-10-12

South Africa, Western Cape, Alluvial fan, confluence Kruis River - Goukou River.

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Barcode: PRE0101837-0 Collector(s) & number: Flanagan, HG, 920 | 1891-9-

South Africa, Eastern Cape, KOMGA; NEAR KOMGHA.

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Barcode: PRE0107855-0 Collector(s) & number: Wasserfall, E, 965 | 1945-10-8

South Africa, Western Cape, PHILADELPHIA DIST.; MAMRE HILLS.

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Barcode: PRE0810274-0 Collector(s) & number: Venter, S, 11027 | 1985-10-22

South Africa, Limpopo, Wolkberg Wilderness; Forest Reserve Farm.

General notes: Mistbelt montane cliff flora. Grey sandy soil. Aspect: NE. Slope: 90 deg. Tussock plant next to mountain stream in water. Sometimes tinged light green. Brown flowers.

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Barcode: PRE0777748-0 Collector(s) & number: Burrows, JE, 8642 | 2004-12-2

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Lydenburg District. Mokobulaan Plantations. Drosera Valley.

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Barcode: PRE1005460-0 Collector(s) & number: De Castro, A, 1771 | 2020-10-24

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Roosenekal. Farm: De Burg.

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Barcode: PRE0479214-0 Collector(s) & number: Thompson, MF, 2282 | 1975-1-7

South Africa, Western Cape, SWARTBERG; OORLOGSKLOOF; NE. OF BLESBERG.

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Barcode: PRE0107856-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 22796 | 1962-9-25

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; 2 MI. W. BY N. OF PAVIESVLEI POST OFFICE.

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Barcode: PRE0101836-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 21552 | 1960-9-17

South Africa, Western Cape, RIVERSDALE DIV.; AASVOELBERG NEK; ON S. SIDE.

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Barcode: PRE0101839-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 23507 | 1964-10-30

South Africa, Eastern Cape, BATHURST DIV.; HOPEWELL.

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Barcode: PRE1005450-0 Collector(s) & number: De Castro, A, 1765 | 2020-10-24

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Roosenekal. Booysendal Mine property. Farm De Burg.

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Barcode: PRE0101838-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 23912 | 1967-9-19

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Bathurst Div.; Woodlands, near Southwell.

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Barcode: PRE0101835-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 4059 | 1962-9-25

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; PAPIESVLEI; PAARDEBERG FARM NEAR PAVIESVLEI 8.1 MI. E. OF STANFORD.

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Barcode: PRE0107854-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 3601 | 1962-7-25

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; PAARDEBERG; PAVIESVLEI.

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Observation records

Date: 11/29/2016 12:00:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 11/2/2024 2:26:00 PM

Western Cape

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Date: 11/21/2024 3:15:00 PM

Western Cape

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2019

SERIES CHAPTER

Cyperaceae Archer, C

In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3)1691-1764

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2012

SERIES CHAPTER

Cyperaceae Archer, C; Muasya, M

In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 84-96

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

1997

SERIES

Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJ

Strelitzia 6: 1-681

National Botanical Institute, Pretoria

1939

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Kukenthal, G

Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 47: 101-119

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