Species Mariscus capensis
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Mariscus capensis.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Mariscus:
Old name used by Pliny the Elder for a kind of rush. (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary gives Celtic mar = marsh.)
Etymology of capensis:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Scientific name:
Mariscus capensis (Steud.) Schrad.
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Synonym status:
Perennial to 20 cm. Spikelets green. Dec.--Apr. Grassy slopes, SE (Port Elizabeth to northern SA).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Mariscus capensis.