Cyperaceae taxon details
Exocarya Benth.
- Species Exocarya scleroides (F.Muell.) Benth.
- Species Exocarya montivaga Domin accepted as Exocarya sclerioides (F.Muell.) Benth. accepted as Exocarya scleroides (F.Muell.) Benth.
- Species Exocarya sclerioides (F.Muell.) Benth. accepted as Exocarya scleroides (F.Muell.) Benth. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Mueller's original spelling was 'scleroides')
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Rhizomatous perennials. Culms noded, leafy. Basal leaves reduced to sheaths; cauline leaves flat; ligule absent....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206...
Description Rhizomatous perennials. Culms noded, leafy. Basal leaves reduced to sheaths; cauline leaves flat; ligule absent. Inflorescence compound, umbel-like with elongated slender branches bearing solitary, small, spikelet-like units each composed of numerous, spirally imbricate pseudospikelets; the lower 2 or 3 involucral bracts leaf-like. In the pseudospikelets, glumes of three types: lowest glume broad, slightly curved, nerveless, thick-textured, empty; the next two glumes distichous, folded, keeled, thin-textured, with the keel ciliolate, each with 1 stamen or sometimes empty; the uppermost 2 glumes distichous, ± flat, nerveless, thin-textured, the penultimate with a stamen or empty, the ultimate female (or empty if lower down the spikelet-like unit). Style 2-fid, broadened towards base. Nut broadly biconvex, with 2 pale ribs, crowned by persistent style base. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206 (1877), 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. Exocarya Benth.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675267 on 2025-09-11
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Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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Description Rhizomatous perennials. Culms noded, leafy. Basal leaves reduced to sheaths; cauline leaves flat; ligule absent. Inflorescence compound, umbel-like with elongated slender branches bearing solitary, small, spikelet-like units each composed of numerous, spirally imbricate pseudospikelets; the lower 2 or 3 involucral bracts leaf-like. In the pseudospikelets, glumes of three types: lowest glume broad, slightly curved, nerveless, thick-textured, empty; the next two glumes distichous, folded, keeled, thin-textured, with the keel ciliolate, each with 1 stamen or sometimes empty; the uppermost 2 glumes distichous, ± flat, nerveless, thin-textured, the penultimate with a stamen or empty, the ultimate female (or empty if lower down the spikelet-like unit). Style 2-fid, broadened towards base. Nut broadly biconvex, with 2 pale ribs, crowned by persistent style base. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206 (1877), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
