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Cyperaceae taxon details

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

1435879  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1435879)

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(of Scirpus maritimus var. fluviatilis Torr.) Torrey, J. (1836). Monograph of North America Cyperaceae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 3: 239-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16077440#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 324 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  (of Scirpus maritimus var. fluviatilis Torr.)...  
Holotype (of Scirpus maritimus var. fluviatilis Torr.) K 001057224, geounit New York [details]
Description  Rhizomatous perennial. Culms 100–200 cm high, 5–10 mm diam. Leaves 7–11 mm wide. Inflorescence with 6–9 branches...  
Description  Rhizomatous perennial. Culms 100–200 cm high, 5–10 mm diam. Leaves 7–11 mm wide. Inflorescence with 6–9 branches 2–10 cm long, bearing clusters of 1–6 spikelets; involucral bracts 15–25 cm long, 3–6 mm wide. Spikelets 1–2.5 cm long. Glumes 6–7 mm long (plus mucro 1.5–3 mm long), yellow-brown. Hypogynous bristles about as long as nut, usually persistent. Style 3-fid. Nut equally trigonous, with dorsal angle acute, 3–4 mm long, 1.5–2 mm diam., pale yellow or grey and dull to blackish and shining, minutely (but often obviously) reticulate. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Cas. Nšr. Mus., Odd. Pršr. 141: 62 1972 to Cas. Nšr. Mus., Odd....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Cas. Nšr. Mus., Odd. Pršr. 141: 62 1972 to Cas. Nšr. Mus., Odd. Pršr. 141: 62 (1972), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435879 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description (of Scirpus maritimus var. fluviatilis Torr.) Torrey, J. (1836). Monograph of North America Cyperaceae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 3: 239-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16077440#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 324 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Soják, J. (1972). Notes on some Asian and North American Cyperaceae. <em>Časopis Národního Muzea.</em> 141: 62-63.
page(s): 62 [details] 

 
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Holotype (of Scirpus maritimus var. fluviatilis Torr.) K 001057224, geounit New York [details]
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Description  Rhizomatous perennial. Culms 100–200 cm high, 5–10 mm diam. Leaves 7–11 mm wide. Inflorescence with 6–9 branches 2–10 cm long, bearing clusters of 1–6 spikelets; involucral bracts 15–25 cm long, 3–6 mm wide. Spikelets 1–2.5 cm long. Glumes 6–7 mm long (plus mucro 1.5–3 mm long), yellow-brown. Hypogynous bristles about as long as nut, usually persistent. Style 3-fid. Nut equally trigonous, with dorsal angle acute, 3–4 mm long, 1.5–2 mm diam., pale yellow or grey and dull to blackish and shining, minutely (but often obviously) reticulate. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Cas. Nšr. Mus., Odd. Pršr. 141: 62 1972 to Cas. Nšr. Mus., Odd. Pršr. 141: 62 (1972), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
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