Cyperaceae taxon details
Mapania zinnirahae Miraadila & Meekiong
1678576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678576)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
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 SAR, geounit Sarawak
Holotype SAR, geounit Sarawak [details]
Description Moderately robust, shortly stoloniferous perennial herbs; rhizome 2–4 cm long, 8–15 mm diameter. Cataphylls 6–10,...
Etymology Named in honour of Zinnirah Shabdin for her contribution to the study of the genus in Sarawak.
Description Moderately robust, shortly stoloniferous perennial herbs; rhizome 2–4 cm long, 8–15 mm diameter. Cataphylls 6–10, elliptic to lanceolate, 7.5–12 x 1.6–2.1 cm, maroon or brownish maroon. Culm 1- to several, erect, lateral, 5–20 cm x 2–4 mm, glabrous, brownish or maroon red. Leaves basal, up to 47.5 cm long; leaf blade oblong or linear oblong, 11–32.5 x 3–7.6 cm, apex abruptly narrowed or cuspidate with cauda c. 3–4 cm long, base gradually narrowed into a short pseudopetiole which widens into the sheath, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, papey when dried, upper surface greenish, dull, lower surface reddish purple with maroon nerves (in living material), 3-nerved, secondary nerves distinct, flat in cross-section, margins entire to serrulate or more or less scabrid near apex; pseudopetiole 10–20 x 1.5–2.5 cm, sheath lanceolate, 4–6.5 cm x 4–15 mm, apex very gradually narrowed, coriaceous, reddish green to maroon. Innovlucral bract 3–5, glumaceous, ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–4.5 x 0.6–0.8 cm, basal bract shorter, coriaceous; peduncle slender, 8–14 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, ovoid to lanceolate, composed 1–4 spikes; spikes remaining ± obscured b floral bracts even at maturity, ovoid-lanceolate, 1.4–2.5 x 1–1.4 cm; spicoid bracts lanceolate, 1–1.2 x 0.6–1 cm, coriaceous, nerves indistinct; floral bracts, free, lowest 2 bracts linear to linear lanceolate, 5–8 mm long, keeled, wingless, hispid, upper bracts linear, flat to ± keeled, glabrous; staminate flowers 3 per spicoid, anther linear, 2–2.6 mm long, stigma branches 3, style 5 mm long. Fruit not seen. [details]
Etymology Named in honour of Zinnirah Shabdin for her contribution to the study of the genus in Sarawak.
Etymology Named in honour of Zinnirah Shabdin for her contribution to the study of the genus in Sarawak. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Mapania zinnirahae Miraadila & Meekiong. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678576 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Moderately robust, shortly stoloniferous perennial herbs; rhizome 2–4 cm long, 8–15 mm diameter. Cataphylls 6–10, elliptic to lanceolate, 7.5–12 x 1.6–2.1 cm, maroon or brownish maroon. Culm 1- to several, erect, lateral, 5–20 cm x 2–4 mm, glabrous, brownish or maroon red. Leaves basal, up to 47.5 cm long; leaf blade oblong or linear oblong, 11–32.5 x 3–7.6 cm, apex abruptly narrowed or cuspidate with cauda c. 3–4 cm long, base gradually narrowed into a short pseudopetiole which widens into the sheath, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, papey when dried, upper surface greenish, dull, lower surface reddish purple with maroon nerves (in living material), 3-nerved, secondary nerves distinct, flat in cross-section, margins entire to serrulate or more or less scabrid near apex; pseudopetiole 10–20 x 1.5–2.5 cm, sheath lanceolate, 4–6.5 cm x 4–15 mm, apex very gradually narrowed, coriaceous, reddish green to maroon. Innovlucral bract 3–5, glumaceous, ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–4.5 x 0.6–0.8 cm, basal bract shorter, coriaceous; peduncle slender, 8–14 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, ovoid to lanceolate, composed 1–4 spikes; spikes remaining ± obscured b floral bracts even at maturity, ovoid-lanceolate, 1.4–2.5 x 1–1.4 cm; spicoid bracts lanceolate, 1–1.2 x 0.6–1 cm, coriaceous, nerves indistinct; floral bracts, free, lowest 2 bracts linear to linear lanceolate, 5–8 mm long, keeled, wingless, hispid, upper bracts linear, flat to ± keeled, glabrous; staminate flowers 3 per spicoid, anther linear, 2–2.6 mm long, stigma branches 3, style 5 mm long. Fruit not seen. [details]Diagnosis Resembles M. sapuaniana by the presence of several cataphylls and maroon leaf sheaths but differs by floral morphology. M. zinnirahae has single spike (up to 2.) smaller spicoid bracts and ovoid spikes, whereas M. sapuaniana occasionally has 3 spikes with sessile terminal capitulum, larger spicoid bracts and angular spikes. [details]
Etymology Named in honour of Zinnirah Shabdin for her contribution to the study of the genus in Sarawak. [details]
