Cyperaceae taxon details
Mapania lentaliffii Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong
1678516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678516)
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Miraadila, M. I.; Shabdin, Z.; Meekiong, K. (2016). The genus <i>Mapania</i> Aublet (Mapanioideae, Cyperaceae): nine new taxa from Sarawak, Malaysia. <em>Folia Malaysiana.</em> 17(2): 1-28.
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Holotype HUMS, geounit Sarawak
Holotype HUMS, geounit Sarawak [details]
Description Robust, rhizomatous herb; rhizome 1.8-2 cm in diameter. Cataphylls absent. Culms several, erect, lateral, 10-35 cm long and...
Etymology Named in honour of YN Datuk Haji Len taliff Salleh, Assistant Minister of Environment Sarawak and former Director of...
Description Robust, rhizomatous herb; rhizome 1.8-2 cm in diameter. Cataphylls absent. Culms several, erect, lateral, 10-35 cm long and 0.2-0.3 cm wide, cylindrical, glabrous, greenish yellow or pale green. Leaves basal, crowded and strongly 3-ranked, up to 175 cm long; leaf-blade linear, 135-170 cm long and 1.5-2.5 cm wide, apex very gradually narrowed, base gradually narrowed into sheath, thickly coriaceous, green to mid-green, 3-nerved, secondary nerve indistinct, inverse-w in cross-section, indistinctly septate-nodulose when dry, margins coarsely serrulate, pseudopetiole absent; sheath lanceolate, 7-12.5 cm long and 1.8-2.2 cm wide, apex very gradually narrowed, coriaceous to thickly coriaceous, light green to mid brown. Involucral bract several, glumaceous, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5-5 cm long and 1-2.2 cm wide, basal bract shorter, obtuse, coriaceous, greenish, glabrous, nerves indistinct. Inflorescence terminal, composed of 1 spike; spikes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, dark brown to light brown, the colour lighter toward the apex; spicoid bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1-2.2 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, subcoriaceous, greenish brown or chocolate brown at the bottom, and light brown at the upper part, margins finely serrulate, light brown colour along, nerves indistinct; floral bract 6, free, lowest 2 bracts linear to linear lanceolate, 1.5-2.2 cm long, flat, glabrous; staminate flowers 3 per spicoid, anthers 8-10 mm long, whitish; stigma branches 3, style up to 2 cm long. Fruit ellipsoid, 1.3 cm long and 0.2 cm wide, apex apiculate, elongated, base stipitate, exocarp succulent, thin, without sculpturing, brownish, costae absent. [details]
Etymology Named in honour of YN Datuk Haji Len taliff Salleh, Assistant Minister of Environment Sarawak and former Director of...
Etymology Named in honour of YN Datuk Haji Len taliff Salleh, Assistant Minister of Environment Sarawak and former Director of Sarawak Forest Department. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Mapania lentaliffii Miraadila, Shabdin & Meekiong. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678516 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype HUMS, geounit Sarawak [details]
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Description Robust, rhizomatous herb; rhizome 1.8-2 cm in diameter. Cataphylls absent. Culms several, erect, lateral, 10-35 cm long and 0.2-0.3 cm wide, cylindrical, glabrous, greenish yellow or pale green. Leaves basal, crowded and strongly 3-ranked, up to 175 cm long; leaf-blade linear, 135-170 cm long and 1.5-2.5 cm wide, apex very gradually narrowed, base gradually narrowed into sheath, thickly coriaceous, green to mid-green, 3-nerved, secondary nerve indistinct, inverse-w in cross-section, indistinctly septate-nodulose when dry, margins coarsely serrulate, pseudopetiole absent; sheath lanceolate, 7-12.5 cm long and 1.8-2.2 cm wide, apex very gradually narrowed, coriaceous to thickly coriaceous, light green to mid brown. Involucral bract several, glumaceous, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5-5 cm long and 1-2.2 cm wide, basal bract shorter, obtuse, coriaceous, greenish, glabrous, nerves indistinct. Inflorescence terminal, composed of 1 spike; spikes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, dark brown to light brown, the colour lighter toward the apex; spicoid bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1-2.2 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, subcoriaceous, greenish brown or chocolate brown at the bottom, and light brown at the upper part, margins finely serrulate, light brown colour along, nerves indistinct; floral bract 6, free, lowest 2 bracts linear to linear lanceolate, 1.5-2.2 cm long, flat, glabrous; staminate flowers 3 per spicoid, anthers 8-10 mm long, whitish; stigma branches 3, style up to 2 cm long. Fruit ellipsoid, 1.3 cm long and 0.2 cm wide, apex apiculate, elongated, base stipitate, exocarp succulent, thin, without sculpturing, brownish, costae absent. [details]Diagnosis This species is similar to M. enodis but with a distinct longer and narrower leaf apex which is very gradually narrowed, leaf base strongly 3-ranked and dark brown, fruit ellipsoid with elongated apex. [details]
Etymology Named in honour of YN Datuk Haji Len taliff Salleh, Assistant Minister of Environment Sarawak and former Director of Sarawak Forest Department. [details]
