Cyperaceae taxon details
Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W.T.Aiton
1679598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679598)
accepted
Species
Phaeocephalum fuscum (L.) House · unaccepted
Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Vahl · unaccepted
Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh · unaccepted
Rhynchospora capillacea Steud. · unaccepted
Schoenus fuscus L. · unaccepted
Schoenus setaceus Thuill. · unaccepted
terrestrial
(of Schoenus fuscus L.) (1763). Species plantarum. Ed. 2, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11835051#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 1664 [details]
page(s): 1664 [details]
Lectotype (of Schoenus fuscus L.) LINN -HL68-10
Lectotype (of Schoenus fuscus L.) LINN -HL68-10 [details]
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 10–50 cm; rhizomes stoloniferous, slender. Culms erect to excurved, filiform, leafy, ±...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hortus Kew. 1: 127 1810 to Hortus Kew. 1: 127 (1810), information...
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 10–50 cm; rhizomes stoloniferous, slender. Culms erect to excurved, filiform, leafy, ± terete. Leaves shorter than culm; blades ascending, filiform, proximally to 1.5(–2)mm wide, apex trigonous, tapering, setaceous. Inflorescences: lateral spikelet clusters (0–)1–2, distant, terminal cluster ellipsoid to broadly turbinate or hemispheric, branches ascending; leafy bracts setaceous, overtopping clusters. Spikelets red-brown to deep brown, lanceoloid, (4–)5–6(–7) mm, apex acute; fertile scales lanceolate, 4–5(–6) mm, apex acuminate, midrib often excurrent as awn. Flowers: bristles 5–6, longest reaching at least past tubercle base, mostly to tip or beyond, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 2(–3) per spikelet, (2.3–)2.5–2.6(–3) mm with pedicellar joint, receptacle, and tubercle; body lustrous, pale brown to deep brown, obovoid to ellipsoid, lenticular, 1–1.5 × 1 mm, margins narrow, flowing to tubercle; surfaces longitudinally finely lined, transversely very finely ridged with wavy rows of very narrow, vertical lattices, sometimes also with lines of shallow pits; tubercle triangularsubulate, (0.7–)1–1.3(–1.5) mm, base lunate, margins setulose proximally. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hortus Kew. 1: 127 1810 to Hortus Kew. 1: 127 (1810), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hortus Kew. 1: 127 1810 to Hortus Kew. 1: 127 (1810), 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 fusca (L.) W.T.Aiton. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679598 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Schoenus fuscus L.) (1763). Species plantarum. Ed. 2, 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11835051#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 1664 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Aiton, W. T. (1810). Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Ed. 2, 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48083521#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 127 [details]
page(s): 1664 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Aiton, W. T. (1810). Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Ed. 2, 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48083521#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 127 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Schoenus fuscus L.) LINN -HL68-10 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 10–50 cm; rhizomes stoloniferous, slender. Culms erect to excurved, filiform, leafy, ± terete. Leaves shorter than culm; blades ascending, filiform, proximally to 1.5(–2)mm wide, apex trigonous, tapering, setaceous. Inflorescences: lateral spikelet clusters (0–)1–2, distant, terminal cluster ellipsoid to broadly turbinate or hemispheric, branches ascending; leafy bracts setaceous, overtopping clusters. Spikelets red-brown to deep brown, lanceoloid, (4–)5–6(–7) mm, apex acute; fertile scales lanceolate, 4–5(–6) mm, apex acuminate, midrib often excurrent as awn. Flowers: bristles 5–6, longest reaching at least past tubercle base, mostly to tip or beyond, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 2(–3) per spikelet, (2.3–)2.5–2.6(–3) mm with pedicellar joint, receptacle, and tubercle; body lustrous, pale brown to deep brown, obovoid to ellipsoid, lenticular, 1–1.5 × 1 mm, margins narrow, flowing to tubercle; surfaces longitudinally finely lined, transversely very finely ridged with wavy rows of very narrow, vertical lattices, sometimes also with lines of shallow pits; tubercle triangularsubulate, (0.7–)1–1.3(–1.5) mm, base lunate, margins setulose proximally. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hortus Kew. 1: 127 1810 to Hortus Kew. 1: 127 (1810), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phaeocephalum fuscum (L.) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus L.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (190 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (569 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications) (from synonym Schoenus setaceus Thuill.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora capillacea) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora fusca)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum fuscum (L.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus setaceus Thuill.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_capillacea_NY51373_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus fuscus L.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus setaceus Thuill.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum fuscum (L.) House)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Vahl)
To The Plant List (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus L.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (190 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (569 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications) (from synonym Schoenus setaceus Thuill.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora capillacea) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora fusca)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum fuscum (L.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus setaceus Thuill.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_capillacea_NY51373_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus fuscus L.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus setaceus Thuill.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum fuscum (L.) House)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora capillacea Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Vahl)
To The Plant List (from synonym Rhynchospora alba var. fusca (L.) Pursh)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
