Cyperaceae taxon details
Costularia melleri (Baker) C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.
1679150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679150)
accepted
Species
Cladium melleri Baker · unaccepted
Costularia melleri C.B.Clarke · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Machaerina melleri (Baker) T.Koyama · unaccepted
Mariscus melleri (Baker) Fernald · unaccepted
Tetraria melleri (Baker) T.Koyama · unaccepted
terrestrial
(of Cladium melleri Baker) Baker, J.G. (1886). Further Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar.-Second and Final Part. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 21: 407-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/176985#page/415/mode/1up
page(s): 451 [details]
page(s): 451 [details]
Lectotype (of Cladium melleri Baker) K 000244888,...
Lectotype (of Cladium melleri Baker) K 000244888, geounit Madagascar [details]
Description Perennial herb up to 180 cm tall with a short, woody rhizome. Culm 80–100 cm × 4–9 mm, robust, slightly compressed,...
Distribution Endemic to Madagascar, occurring in the provinces Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa and Toamasina.
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro Nomenclatural status in seed: More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The
Description Perennial herb up to 180 cm tall with a short, woody rhizome. Culm 80–100 cm × 4–9 mm, robust, slightly compressed, smooth-grooved, tapering to the top. Basal leaves leathery; leaf blades 30–36 cm × 7–15 mm, flat or with inrolled edges, margins scabrid, tapering strongly above the leaf sheaths, very acute; leaf sheaths much broader, 8–10 × 3.5 cm, dark brown-purplish. Cauline leaves 3, up to c. 35 cm, widely spaced; sheaths scarcely enlarged brownish-green base brown, edge obliquely cut. Inflorescence a large panicle, 60–100 cm long, up to c. five to seven cm wide; inflorescence bracts 9–11, sheathing, dark brown-purple. Peduncles unequal, up to 12 cm long, quite robust, flattened, margins scabrid. Pedicels of the spikelets three to five mm long, flattened, margins scabrid, ± curved. Spikelets very numerous, linear-oblong, 7–10 × 1–1.5 mm. Glumes 16–18, pale reddish or light reddish brown with hyaline margins, obtuse, lower 14–16 empty, upper 2 fertile; lower empty glumes very small, increasing in size towards top of spikelet; top glume somewhat reduced, pale, narrow. Flowers 2, lower male or sterile, upper bisexual. Perianth bristles 6, two to three times as long as the nutlet including its beak, rust-coloured, long ciliate, plumose. Stamens 3; anthers linear, shortly apiculate. Style trifid, long, hispidulous, pale brown, base pyramidal or triangular persistent. Nutlet obovoid, quite strongly trigonous, with canaliculate ribs, 1.5 mm long, rugulose, reddish brown; beak one mm long. [details]
Distribution Endemic to Madagascar, occurring in the provinces Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa and Toamasina.
Distribution Endemic to Madagascar, occurring in the provinces Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa and Toamasina. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro Nomenclatural status in seed: More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro Nomenclatural status in seed: More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Costularia melleri (Baker) C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679150 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Costularia melleri C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C.B. (1894). Cyperaceae. In: Durand, T.; Schinz, H. (eds.), Conspectus floræ Africæ, ou Énumération des plantes d'Afrique. Vol. V, pp. 526-692. Jardin Botanique de l´etat, Bruxelles., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29403422
page(s): 658 [details]
original description (of Cladium melleri Baker) Baker, J.G. (1886). Further Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar.-Second and Final Part. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 21: 407-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/176985#page/415/mode/1up
page(s): 451 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 658 [details]
original description (of Cladium melleri Baker) Baker, J.G. (1886). Further Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar.-Second and Final Part. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 21: 407-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/176985#page/415/mode/1up
page(s): 451 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Chermezon, H. (1931). Cyperaceae. <em>Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Cyperaceae.</em> 1-48.
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Isolectotype (of Cladium melleri Baker) P 00459987, geounit Madagascar [details]
Lectotype (of Cladium melleri Baker) K 000244888, geounit Madagascar [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Perennial herb up to 180 cm tall with a short, woody rhizome. Culm 80–100 cm × 4–9 mm, robust, slightly compressed, smooth-grooved, tapering to the top. Basal leaves leathery; leaf blades 30–36 cm × 7–15 mm, flat or with inrolled edges, margins scabrid, tapering strongly above the leaf sheaths, very acute; leaf sheaths much broader, 8–10 × 3.5 cm, dark brown-purplish. Cauline leaves 3, up to c. 35 cm, widely spaced; sheaths scarcely enlarged brownish-green base brown, edge obliquely cut. Inflorescence a large panicle, 60–100 cm long, up to c. five to seven cm wide; inflorescence bracts 9–11, sheathing, dark brown-purple. Peduncles unequal, up to 12 cm long, quite robust, flattened, margins scabrid. Pedicels of the spikelets three to five mm long, flattened, margins scabrid, ± curved. Spikelets very numerous, linear-oblong, 7–10 × 1–1.5 mm. Glumes 16–18, pale reddish or light reddish brown with hyaline margins, obtuse, lower 14–16 empty, upper 2 fertile; lower empty glumes very small, increasing in size towards top of spikelet; top glume somewhat reduced, pale, narrow. Flowers 2, lower male or sterile, upper bisexual. Perianth bristles 6, two to three times as long as the nutlet including its beak, rust-coloured, long ciliate, plumose. Stamens 3; anthers linear, shortly apiculate. Style trifid, long, hispidulous, pale brown, base pyramidal or triangular persistent. Nutlet obovoid, quite strongly trigonous, with canaliculate ribs, 1.5 mm long, rugulose, reddish brown; beak one mm long. [details]Distribution Endemic to Madagascar, occurring in the provinces Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa and Toamasina. [details]
Ecology Marshes, humid areas in forest, an elevation of 1,000–1,500 m.
Specimens with very young inflorescences were found in October, November and April, flowering specimens were collected in November and January, fruiting specimens in December. Specimens collected in March and April had already lost their ripe nutlets. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro Nomenclatural status in seed: More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Costularia melleri) (from synonym Costularia melleri C.B.Clarke)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Costularia melleri)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus melleri (Baker) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Tetraria melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Machaerina melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cladium melleri P00459987 isolectotype 1) (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Tetraria melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus melleri (Baker) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Machaerina melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Costularia melleri K000244888 lectotype 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Costularia melleri C.B.Clarke)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Costularia melleri) (from synonym Costularia melleri C.B.Clarke)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Costularia melleri)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus melleri (Baker) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Tetraria melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Machaerina melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Cladium melleri P00459987 isolectotype 1) (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Tetraria melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cladium melleri Baker)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus melleri (Baker) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Machaerina melleri (Baker) T.Koyama)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Costularia melleri K000244888 lectotype 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Costularia melleri C.B.Clarke)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
