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Cyperaceae taxon details

Caustis pentandra R.Br.

To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Caustis pentandra E00393220 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Caustis pentandra E00393220 type 1)

1680406  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680406)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Schoeneae (Tribe)
  12. Caustiinae (Subtribe)
  13. Caustis (Genus)
  14. Caustis pentandra (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 240 [details] 
Lectotype  BM 00991161, geounit New South Wales  
Lectotype BM 00991161, geounit New South Wales [details]
Description Perennial with short, stout rhizome. Culms smooth, 45–60 cm long or more, 3–8 mm diam. Leaf sheaths very dark red-brown...  
Description Perennial with short, stout rhizome. Culms smooth, 45–60 cm long or more, 3–8 mm diam. Leaf sheaths very dark red-brown to blackish. Inflorescence with 5–12 distant clusters of branches, 20–120 cm long, ultimate branches straight or somewhat spreading. Spikelets 1- or 2-flowered, 10–15 mm long. Glumes 4–6, acute, long-mucronate (lower glumes) to short-mucronate (upper glumes), red-brown to dark grey-brown, puberulous, margins hyaline and ± ciliate, 9–13 mm long. Stamens 5; anthers 5.0–6.0 mm long, excluding appendage 0.5–1.1 mm long. Style 4- or 5-fid; persistent style base 2.5–3.5 mm long, straw-coloured. Nut narrow-ellipsoid to narrow-ovoid, 4.5–8 mm long, 2.0–2.3 mm diam., punctulate, whitish to straw-coloured. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 239 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 239...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 239 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 239 (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. Caustis pentandra R.Br.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680406 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature

original description Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 240 [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 
   

Lectotype BM 00991161, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Perennial with short, stout rhizome. Culms smooth, 45–60 cm long or more, 3–8 mm diam. Leaf sheaths very dark red-brown to blackish. Inflorescence with 5–12 distant clusters of branches, 20–120 cm long, ultimate branches straight or somewhat spreading. Spikelets 1- or 2-flowered, 10–15 mm long. Glumes 4–6, acute, long-mucronate (lower glumes) to short-mucronate (upper glumes), red-brown to dark grey-brown, puberulous, margins hyaline and ± ciliate, 9–13 mm long. Stamens 5; anthers 5.0–6.0 mm long, excluding appendage 0.5–1.1 mm long. Style 4- or 5-fid; persistent style base 2.5–3.5 mm long, straw-coloured. Nut narrow-ellipsoid to narrow-ovoid, 4.5–8 mm long, 2.0–2.3 mm diam., punctulate, whitish to straw-coloured. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 239 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 239 (1810), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eurostorhiza urvillei Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eurostorhiza urvillei Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Caustis pentandra E00393220 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Caustis pentandra E00393221 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Caustis pentandra R.Br. BM000991161 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Caustis pentandra R.Br. BM000991162 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Caustis pentandra R.Br. BM000991163 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Caustis pentandra R.Br. BM000991164 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Caustis pentandra R.Br. BM000991165 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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