Cyperus luzulae (L.) Rottb. ex Retz.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Loreto Mun.

• Locality

  "Ilha de Balsas" region, between the Rios Balsas and Parnaíba. Ca. 100 m. SE of main house of Fazenda "Morros", about 35 km. south of LORETO.

• Elevation

  Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.38, -45.07

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

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Municipio de Lorêto: “Hha de Balsas” region, between the Rios
Balsas and Pamaiba. Ca. 100 a. SB of main house of Fazenda
* ‘-Morros”, about 35 km. south of LORÊTO. Alt. ca. 300 m.
J 7°23 ’S., 450 4 ’W.	ZL March 1962
Main végétation types of region:. (1) “chapada”, a semi-closed: tree woodland (or
“cerrad&o”) on flat tops & steep sides of plateaus, tm ofcoop hilly laatl, and on
some areas of rolling or flat dry land; . (2) “tabuleiro”, a semi-closed woodland,
or ‘‘feerrad&o”, of different physiognomy & species composition» on tops of hilly
or gently rolling land; (3) “mata”, a closed tropical forest of many tree species,
usually with palms, in flat stream valleys and in or alongside of brook ravines &
courses; (4) “caatinga”, a semi-open forest, of few forest tree species on low
' moist flat land and in narrow valleys between “tabuleiro”-covered hills; (5) “var-
I J6o”, low moist flat land with scattered forest trees of one or a few species;
(6) “cocal”, thick groves of bâbaçu palm on flat river plain of Rio Pamaiba and
some of its tributary streams/MAHUvegetation types completely deciduous during
dry season. All brooks intermittent;. Annual ground firea and cattle grazing in
an aréas. Part of “tabuleiro” cut over, forming treeless grassy areas; most
“mat.«.11 and much “caatinga” & “varjâo” cultivated or abandoned, forming dense
secondary vegetation of low trees & tall shrubs (“capoeira”); some areas of
“chapada” with dense secondary vegetation (“carrasco”). Upland soils grayish,
tan, or light reddish brown silt or silty clay, very stony on slopes; lowland soüs
mostly reddish brown to black silt loam, silty clay loam or clay loam, without
stones. Country rock horizontal light brown sandstone, exposed only on tops
of morros and on cliffs along the Rio Pamaiba.
This habitat: low secondary gallery forest along head
of the brook, "Riacho da Atraca "? Soil darfc brown
clay with humus.
This b*s sedge.
leg. George Eiten and Liene T. Eiten, no. 3739A
' bistributed by the Instituto de Botánica, Báo Paulo
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