Cyperaceae taxon details
Rhynchospora compressa J.Carey ex Chapm.
1679538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679538)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Chapman, A. W. (1860). Flora of the Southern United States; Containing Abridged Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida: Arranged According to the Natural System. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7405705#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 525 [details]
page(s): 525 [details]
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 70–100(–150) cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect to ascending, leafiest at base, triangular,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. South. U.S. 525 1860 to Fl. South. U.S. : 525 (1860), information...
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 70–100(–150) cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect to ascending, leafiest at base, triangular, slender, somewhat stiff. Leaves exceeded by culm; basal blades crowded, spreadingexcurved, distal ascending, linear, proximally flat, 3–5 mm wide, apex trigonous, shortsubulate. Inflorescences: spikelet clusters 3–5, compact, the proximalmost widely spaced, turbinate or lobed to hemispheric; leafy bracts setaceous, mostly overtopping clusters. Spikelets redbrown, broadly ovoid, 3–3.5(–4) mm, apex acuminate; fertile scales broadly ovate to ± orbiculate, 2–2.5(–3) mm, apex rounded to notched, midrib included or shortexcurrent. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, reaching from fruit midbody to tubercle, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 1–2 per spikelet, (2–)2.5–2.8(–3) mm; body brownish, broadly obovoid to nearly orbicular, 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 mm; surfaces strongly transversely wavyrugose, intervals rows of vertical, rectangular alveolae; tubercle conic-subulate, basal rim flaring above short neck on achene. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. South. U.S. 525 1860 to Fl. South. U.S. : 525 (1860), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. South. U.S. 525 1860 to Fl. South. U.S. : 525 (1860), 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. Rhynchospora compressa J.Carey ex Chapm.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679538 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
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Chapman, A. W. (1860). Flora of the Southern United States; Containing Abridged Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida: Arranged According to the Natural System. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7405705#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 525 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 525 [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
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 70–100(–150) cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect to ascending, leafiest at base, triangular, slender, somewhat stiff. Leaves exceeded by culm; basal blades crowded, spreadingexcurved, distal ascending, linear, proximally flat, 3–5 mm wide, apex trigonous, shortsubulate. Inflorescences: spikelet clusters 3–5, compact, the proximalmost widely spaced, turbinate or lobed to hemispheric; leafy bracts setaceous, mostly overtopping clusters. Spikelets redbrown, broadly ovoid, 3–3.5(–4) mm, apex acuminate; fertile scales broadly ovate to ± orbiculate, 2–2.5(–3) mm, apex rounded to notched, midrib included or shortexcurrent. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, reaching from fruit midbody to tubercle, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 1–2 per spikelet, (2–)2.5–2.8(–3) mm; body brownish, broadly obovoid to nearly orbicular, 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 mm; surfaces strongly transversely wavyrugose, intervals rows of vertical, rectangular alveolae; tubercle conic-subulate, basal rim flaring above short neck on achene. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. South. U.S. 525 1860 to Fl. South. U.S. : 525 (1860), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phaeocephalum compressum (J.Carey ex Chapm.) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora compressa)
To Genbank
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum compressum (J.Carey ex Chapm.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora cymosa var. compressa (J.Carey ex Chapm.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum compressum (J.Carey ex Chapm.) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora cymosa var. compressa (J.Carey ex Chapm.) C.B.Clarke)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora compressa)
To Genbank
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum compressum (J.Carey ex Chapm.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora cymosa var. compressa (J.Carey ex Chapm.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum compressum (J.Carey ex Chapm.) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora cymosa var. compressa (J.Carey ex Chapm.) C.B.Clarke)
