Cyperaceae taxon details
Costularia robusta (Cherm.) Larridon
1679155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679155)
accepted
Species
Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm. · unaccepted
Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm. · unaccepted
Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük. · unaccepted
terrestrial
(of Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.) Chermezon,H. (1922). Sur quelques Cypéracées nouvelles de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin de la Société botanique de France.</em> 69: 719-725., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406458#page/757/mode/1up
page(s): 723 [details]
page(s): 723 [details]
Lectotype P 00459966, geounit Madagascar, (of
Holotype P 00459966, geounit Madagascar [details]
Lectotype (of Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.) P 00459967, geounit Madagascar [details]
Description Very robust and tall perennial herb with a strongly developed and long (c. one m) caudex. Culms 0.8–2 m × c. 6 mm,...
Distribution Costularia robusta is only known from the Manongarivo, Marojejy and Tsaratanana protected areas and their environs in the...
Description Very robust and tall perennial herb with a strongly developed and long (c. one m) caudex. Culms 0.8–2 m × c. 6 mm, robust. Basal leaves with very wide leaf sheaths (15–20 mm), persistent at the base of the culm above the caudex. Inflorescence an elongate, narrow panicle with very numerous, crowded spikelets; inflorescence brances erect, not more than five cm long. Pedicels of the spikelets short, not patent. Spikelets six to seven mm long. Glumes 12–14, up to seven mm long, purplish black. [details]
Distribution Costularia robusta is only known from the Manongarivo, Marojejy and Tsaratanana protected areas and their environs in the...
Distribution Costularia robusta is only known from the Manongarivo, Marojejy and Tsaratanana protected areas and their environs in the Antsiranana province of Madagascar. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Costularia robusta (Cherm.) Larridon. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679155 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.) Chermezon, H. (1925). Diagnoses de Cypéracées nouvelles de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin de la Société botanique de France.</em> 72: 18-22., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/14578/?offset=#page=58&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.) Chermezon,H. (1922). Sur quelques Cypéracées nouvelles de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin de la Société botanique de France.</em> 69: 719-725., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406458#page/757/mode/1up
page(s): 723 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Larridon, I.; Rabarivola, L.; Xanthos, M.; Muasya, A. M. (2019). Revision of the Afro-Madagascan genus <i>Costularia</i> (Schoeneae, Cyperaceae): infrageneric relationships and species delimitation. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e6528., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6528
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.) Chermezon,H. (1922). Sur quelques Cypéracées nouvelles de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin de la Société botanique de France.</em> 69: 719-725., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406458#page/757/mode/1up
page(s): 723 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Larridon, I.; Rabarivola, L.; Xanthos, M.; Muasya, A. M. (2019). Revision of the Afro-Madagascan genus <i>Costularia</i> (Schoeneae, Cyperaceae): infrageneric relationships and species delimitation. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e6528., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6528
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype P 00459966, geounit Madagascar [details]
Lectotype (of Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.) P 00459967, geounit Madagascar [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Very robust and tall perennial herb with a strongly developed and long (c. one m) caudex. Culms 0.8–2 m × c. 6 mm, robust. Basal leaves with very wide leaf sheaths (15–20 mm), persistent at the base of the culm above the caudex. Inflorescence an elongate, narrow panicle with very numerous, crowded spikelets; inflorescence brances erect, not more than five cm long. Pedicels of the spikelets short, not patent. Spikelets six to seven mm long. Glumes 12–14, up to seven mm long, purplish black. [details]Distribution Costularia robusta is only known from the Manongarivo, Marojejy and Tsaratanana protected areas and their environs in the Antsiranana province of Madagascar. [details]
Ecology This taxon occurs in ericoid shrublands at (very) high elevations (1,400–2,800 m).
Inflorescences are initiated in April and flower/fruit between October and January. Old inflorescences are still visible on the plants in April when the new inflorescence are formed. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Costularia pantopoda var. robusta) (from synonym Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük.)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Costularia laxa var. macrantha P00459967 lectotype 1) (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Costularia laxa var. macrantha P00459968 isolectotype 1) (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Costularia pantopoda var. robusta P00459966 holotype 1) (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük.)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Costularia laxa var. macrantha P00459967 lectotype 1) (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Costularia laxa var. macrantha P00459968 isolectotype 1) (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Costularia pantopoda var. robusta P00459966 holotype 1) (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Costularia baronii var. robusta Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Costularia pantopoda var. robusta (Cherm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Costularia laxa var. macrantha Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online
