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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Scirpus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Cyperaceae

Four species are native to southern Africa. In addition, Scirpus lacustris (Clubrush) is cultivated in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Scirpus falsus

 

Scirpus ficinioides

 

Scirpus pinguiculus

 

Scirpus varius

 

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Scirpus lacustris (Clubrush)