Distribution Map

Carex rhodesiaca

                   

(Carex cernua)
(Carex austro-africana)

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Cariceae 

As at April 2024, 4 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Carex cernua - Erect, tufted, 45—60 cm high; basal leaves numerous, flat, 4—6 mm wide, tapering to sharp tip; stem leaves few with sheathing bases, uppermost exceeding inflorescence. Stem sharply angular. Inflorescence consists of three or four erect or nodding female spikes 3—5 cm long >< c 4 mm wide and a single erect terminal male spike; female spike has numerous bracts in the axil of each being a single female flower enclosed in its utricie.

* 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.