Distribution Map

Cyperus leptocladus

                   
       
likhwane
(Cyperus smithii)

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Cyperoideae 

As at April 2024, 11 herbarium specimens, 12 photo records, 7 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cyperus leptocladus - Slender, 30 cm—1 m high, many-stemmed, spreading by rhizomes. Leaves soft, flat, long-tapering about 3 mm wide. Inflorescence up to e 10 cm long, with few narrow leaf-like bracts, loosely branched with many very slender axes terminating in clusters of few medium-brown spikelets, pointed, c 1 cm long x 2 mm wide.

* 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.