Distribution Map

Cyperus nitidus

                   
                   
           
Tiger sedge
(Pycreus nitidus)

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Cyperoideae 

As at April 2024, 7 herbarium specimens, 10 photo records
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Pycreus sp. - Sturdy tufted plant with erect flat long-pointed leaves c 3—4 mm wide. Stem pale with c four unequal leaf-like bracts, longest sometimes 25 cm long, below inflorescence which is large but rather shortly-branched. Spikelets borne in radiating cluster, reddish-brown, up to 15 mm long x 4 mm wide; glumes blunt with narrow light coloured membranous edges.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.