Cyperaceae taxon details
Bulbostylis pyriformis S.T.Blake
1678809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678809)
accepted
Species
recent only
Blake, S. T. (1941). Notes on Australian Cyperaceae. V. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 52: 55-61.
page(s): 55 [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
Holotype BRI AQ0340657, geounit Queensland
Holotype BRI AQ0340657, geounit Queensland [details]
Description Slender, pubescent tufted annual. Culms more or less terete, hispid, 10–20 (rarely to 40) cm high, 0.3–0.6 mm diam....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 52: 55. 1941 to Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland...
Description Slender, pubescent tufted annual. Culms more or less terete, hispid, 10–20 (rarely to 40) cm high, 0.3–0.6 mm diam. Leaves shorter than culms, pubescent, to 2 cm long, to 0.4 mm wide. Inflorescence of 1–6 spikelets on branches to 2 cm long; involucral bracts usually shorter than inflorescence. Spikelets ovoid, many-flowered, 5–12 mm long, 2–3 mm diam., red-brown. Glumes strongly keeled, subobtuse, shortly mucronulate or muticous, 2.5–3.2 mm long, pubescent, margins ± ciliolate, red-brown to very dark red-brown. Stamens 3; anthers 0.3–0.6 mm long. Style 3-fid; style base may fall early. Nut trigonous, broadly obpyriform, 1–1.4 mm long, 0.8–1 mm diam., tuberculate, 3-ribbed, white or straw-coloured, barely shining; epidermal cells shortly and minutely vertically oblong. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 52: 55. 1941 to Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 52: 55. 1941 to Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 52: 55 (1941), 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. Bulbostylis pyriformis S.T.Blake. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678809 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Blake, S. T. (1941). Notes on Australian Cyperaceae. V. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 52: 55-61.
page(s): 55 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
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 BRI AQ0340657, geounit Queensland [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Slender, pubescent tufted annual. Culms more or less terete, hispid, 10–20 (rarely to 40) cm high, 0.3–0.6 mm diam. Leaves shorter than culms, pubescent, to 2 cm long, to 0.4 mm wide. Inflorescence of 1–6 spikelets on branches to 2 cm long; involucral bracts usually shorter than inflorescence. Spikelets ovoid, many-flowered, 5–12 mm long, 2–3 mm diam., red-brown. Glumes strongly keeled, subobtuse, shortly mucronulate or muticous, 2.5–3.2 mm long, pubescent, margins ± ciliolate, red-brown to very dark red-brown. Stamens 3; anthers 0.3–0.6 mm long. Style 3-fid; style base may fall early. Nut trigonous, broadly obpyriform, 1–1.4 mm long, 0.8–1 mm diam., tuberculate, 3-ribbed, white or straw-coloured, barely shining; epidermal cells shortly and minutely vertically oblong. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 52: 55. 1941 to Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 52: 55 (1941), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bulbostylis pyriformis K000974418 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Bulbostylis pyriformis US2736338 type 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bulbostylis pyriformis K000974418 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Bulbostylis pyriformis US2736338 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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