Cyperaceae taxon details
Mapania multiflora Shabdin
1678536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678536)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Shabdin, Z.; Culham, A.; Simpson, D. A.; Meekiong, K. (2013). <i>Mapania multiflora</i>, a distinctive new species of Cyperaceae (Mapanioideae) from Borneo. <em>Kew Bulletin.</em> 68(4): 673-678., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-013-9474-9
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Holotype , geounit Sarawak
Holotype, geounit Sarawak [details]
Description Moderately robust, rhizomatous; rhizomes 4 – 5 mm diam., stilt roots sometimes present. Cataphylls ovate to lanceolate, 3...
Etymology The specific epithet multiflora refers to the inflorescence branching into a number of partial inflorescences (spikes).
LSID http://www.ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77133523-1
Description Moderately robust, rhizomatous; rhizomes 4 – 5 mm diam., stilt roots sometimes present. Cataphylls ovate to lanceolate, 3 – 10 × 2 – 5 cm, acute to obtuse, fibrous when dried. Culms several, lateral, 37 – 54 cm long. Leaves basal, several, up to 100 cm long; leaf-blade linear, linear-oblong or oblong, 15 – 30 × 4.5 – 6 cm, apex abruptly narrowed, acute to rounded, cuspidate to long-cuspidate, tip 2.5 – 4 cm long, margins serrate; base gradually to abruptly narrowed into a narrowly canaliculate, 21 – 55 × 0.2 – 0.3 cm pseudopetiole, coriaceous, light green, yellowish-green to green and dark green; sheath ovate to lanceolate, 5 – 10 × 3 – 4 cm, apex narrowed or abruptly narrowed, light green or yellowish-green, mid-brown to light brown or greenish-brown. Involucral bracts 4 – 6, glumaceous, ovate to lanceolate, 10 – 40 × 2.4 mm, acute; basal bract obtuse, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, light brown. Peduncle 15 – 30 cm long, glabrous, light green and paler toward the base. Inflorescence arising from rhizome or axil of basal-most leaves, 2 – 5, lateral, paniculate, 16 – 30 cm, composed of 6 – 18 spikes; spike elliptic to lanceolate, 8 – 10 × 2 – 3 mm, apex gradually acute or blunt on the tip, greenish-brown, spicoid bract lanceolate, 8 – 10 × 2 – 3 mm, apex attenuate, light greenish brown, coriaceous, glabrous, nerves indistinct, floral bracts 6, free, staminate flowers 1 per spicoid, anthers linear, 1 mm long, whitish, filament 3.5 – 4 mm long, stigma branches 3, style 0.4 cm. Fruit ellipsoid, 4 × 2 mm, apex apiculate, base stipitate, glabrous, indistinctly furrowed, chocolate brown and grey at the base. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet multiflora refers to the inflorescence branching into a number of partial inflorescences (spikes).
Etymology The specific epithet multiflora refers to the inflorescence branching into a number of partial inflorescences (spikes). [details]
LSID http://www.ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77133523-1
LSID http://www.ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77133523-1 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Mapania multiflora Shabdin. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678536 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Shabdin, Z.; Culham, A.; Simpson, D. A.; Meekiong, K. (2013). <i>Mapania multiflora</i>, a distinctive new species of Cyperaceae (Mapanioideae) from Borneo. <em>Kew Bulletin.</em> 68(4): 673-678., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-013-9474-9
page(s): 674 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 674 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Sarawak [details]
Isotype K, geounit Sarawak [details]
Isotype RNG, geounit Sarawak [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Moderately robust, rhizomatous; rhizomes 4 – 5 mm diam., stilt roots sometimes present. Cataphylls ovate to lanceolate, 3 – 10 × 2 – 5 cm, acute to obtuse, fibrous when dried. Culms several, lateral, 37 – 54 cm long. Leaves basal, several, up to 100 cm long; leaf-blade linear, linear-oblong or oblong, 15 – 30 × 4.5 – 6 cm, apex abruptly narrowed, acute to rounded, cuspidate to long-cuspidate, tip 2.5 – 4 cm long, margins serrate; base gradually to abruptly narrowed into a narrowly canaliculate, 21 – 55 × 0.2 – 0.3 cm pseudopetiole, coriaceous, light green, yellowish-green to green and dark green; sheath ovate to lanceolate, 5 – 10 × 3 – 4 cm, apex narrowed or abruptly narrowed, light green or yellowish-green, mid-brown to light brown or greenish-brown. Involucral bracts 4 – 6, glumaceous, ovate to lanceolate, 10 – 40 × 2.4 mm, acute; basal bract obtuse, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, light brown. Peduncle 15 – 30 cm long, glabrous, light green and paler toward the base. Inflorescence arising from rhizome or axil of basal-most leaves, 2 – 5, lateral, paniculate, 16 – 30 cm, composed of 6 – 18 spikes; spike elliptic to lanceolate, 8 – 10 × 2 – 3 mm, apex gradually acute or blunt on the tip, greenish-brown, spicoid bract lanceolate, 8 – 10 × 2 – 3 mm, apex attenuate, light greenish brown, coriaceous, glabrous, nerves indistinct, floral bracts 6, free, staminate flowers 1 per spicoid, anthers linear, 1 mm long, whitish, filament 3.5 – 4 mm long, stigma branches 3, style 0.4 cm. Fruit ellipsoid, 4 × 2 mm, apex apiculate, base stipitate, glabrous, indistinctly furrowed, chocolate brown and grey at the base. [details]Diagnosis Related to Mapania bancana except that the culms are lateral (vs central in M. bancana); the leaf-blade is 4.5 – 6 cm wide (vs 0.8 – 1.8 cm wide), a pseudopetiole is present (vs absent) and the involucral bracts are glumaceous (vs foliaceous). Vegetatively similar to M. cuspidata and only reliably separated when in flower, M. multiflora having a paniculate inflorescence (vs inflorescence a single spike or capitate). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet multiflora refers to the inflorescence branching into a number of partial inflorescences (spikes). [details]
LSID http://www.ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77133523-1 [details]
