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Cyperaceae taxon details

Rhynchospora glomerata (L.) Vahl

1679606  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679606)

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(of Schoenus glomeratus L.) Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 44 [details] 
Lectotype  (of Schoenus glomeratus L.) LINN -HL68-15  
Lectotype (of Schoenus glomeratus L.) LINN -HL68-15 [details]
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 80–150 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms excurvednodding, leafy, triangular, slender; principal...  
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 80–150 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms excurvednodding, leafy, triangular, slender; principal leaves overtopped by culm; blades flat, 2.5–5 mm wide, apex attenuate, trigonous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, spikelet clusters mostly 2–6, compact, turbinate to hemispheric, 1.5–2 cm wide; peduncles progressively shorter distally on culm; bracteal leaves mostly exceeding subtended groups. Spikelets crowded, deep redbrown, lanceellipsoid, 4.5–6.5 mm; fertile scales ovatelanceolate, 3.5–4(–4.5) mm, apex acute, midrib mostly shortexcurrent. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, overtopping tubercle, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits (1–)2(–3) per spikelet, 3–4 mm; body dark redbrown with pale center, stipitate, lenticular, obovoid, or orbicular, 1.5–2 × 1.2–1.4 mm, base narrowed, margins pale, wirelike; surfaces slick; tubercle triangular-subulate, 1.3–1.5(–1.8) mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 234 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 234 (1805),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 234 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 234 (1805), 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 glomerata (L.) Vahl. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679606 on 2025-09-12
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original description (of Schoenus glomeratus L.) Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 44 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

new combination reference Vahl, M. (1805). Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab alium vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. vol. II, pp. 1-423., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7352986#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
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Lectotype (of Schoenus glomeratus L.) LINN -HL68-15 [details]
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Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 80–150 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms excurvednodding, leafy, triangular, slender; principal leaves overtopped by culm; blades flat, 2.5–5 mm wide, apex attenuate, trigonous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, spikelet clusters mostly 2–6, compact, turbinate to hemispheric, 1.5–2 cm wide; peduncles progressively shorter distally on culm; bracteal leaves mostly exceeding subtended groups. Spikelets crowded, deep redbrown, lanceellipsoid, 4.5–6.5 mm; fertile scales ovatelanceolate, 3.5–4(–4.5) mm, apex acute, midrib mostly shortexcurrent. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, overtopping tubercle, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits (1–)2(–3) per spikelet, 3–4 mm; body dark redbrown with pale center, stipitate, lenticular, obovoid, or orbicular, 1.5–2 × 1.2–1.4 mm, base narrowed, margins pale, wirelike; surfaces slick; tubercle triangular-subulate, 1.3–1.5(–1.8) mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 234 1805 to Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 234 (1805), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
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