Cyperaceae taxon details
Chorizandra australis K.L.Wilson
1680433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680433)
accepted
Species
recent only
Wilson, K. L. (1994). New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. <em>Telopea.</em> 5(4): 589-625., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19944989
page(s): 594-596 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 594-596 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype NSW, geounit South Australia
Holotype NSW, geounit South Australia [details]
Description Tall perennial, with short, tough rhizome. Culms 90-220 cm high, 4-9 mm diam.,
unitubulose and hollow above (transverse...
Distribution Australia: in Victoria, Tasmania and the South-eastern botanical region of South Australia.
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 5(4): 594. 1994 [26 Apr 1994] to Telopea 5: 594 (1994),...
unitubulose and hollow above (transverse...
Description Tall perennial, with short, tough rhizome. Culms 90-220 cm high, 4-9 mm diam.,
unitubulose and hollow above (transverse septa occasionally obvious externally near
apex), uni- or pluritubulose below, longitudinally striate but not verruculose, yellowgreen.
Inner leaf blades to 5 cm long, much shorter and more slender than culms,
unitubulose; sheaths loose, pale brow n to purplish, to 38 cm long. Lowest involucral
bract to 20 cm long, unitubulose; margins of base hyaline to yellow-chartaceous, not
or occasionally slightly red-dotted, not enlarged and not sheathing inflorescence.
Inflorescence globose to hemispherical, 10-18 mm diam., with num erous pseudospikelets; core solid, globose to hemispherical. Pseudospikelets with 14-16 floral scales; scales 5.0-6.0 mm long, to 2.5 mm wide, spathulate to ligulate, mostly more or less keeled near apex, dark red-brown towards apex, glabrous; apex ± praemorse, acute to obtuse.
Stamens 8-13; anthers 2.0-3.5 mm long, excluding the apical appendage that is
0.1-0.2 mm long. Style 2-4-fid. Fruit obovoid, with 6-8 complete longitudinal ridges
and fainter secondary longitudinal and transverse ridges, 3.0-4.5 mm long, 2.0-2.7
mm diam., pale red-brown to grey-brown. [details]
unitubulose and hollow above (transverse septa occasionally obvious externally near
apex), uni- or pluritubulose below, longitudinally striate but not verruculose, yellowgreen.
Inner leaf blades to 5 cm long, much shorter and more slender than culms,
unitubulose; sheaths loose, pale brow n to purplish, to 38 cm long. Lowest involucral
bract to 20 cm long, unitubulose; margins of base hyaline to yellow-chartaceous, not
or occasionally slightly red-dotted, not enlarged and not sheathing inflorescence.
Inflorescence globose to hemispherical, 10-18 mm diam., with num erous pseudospikelets; core solid, globose to hemispherical. Pseudospikelets with 14-16 floral scales; scales 5.0-6.0 mm long, to 2.5 mm wide, spathulate to ligulate, mostly more or less keeled near apex, dark red-brown towards apex, glabrous; apex ± praemorse, acute to obtuse.
Stamens 8-13; anthers 2.0-3.5 mm long, excluding the apical appendage that is
0.1-0.2 mm long. Style 2-4-fid. Fruit obovoid, with 6-8 complete longitudinal ridges
and fainter secondary longitudinal and transverse ridges, 3.0-4.5 mm long, 2.0-2.7
mm diam., pale red-brown to grey-brown. [details]
Distribution Australia: in Victoria, Tasmania and the South-eastern botanical region of South Australia.
Distribution Australia: in Victoria, Tasmania and the South-eastern botanical region of South Australia. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 5(4): 594. 1994 [26 Apr 1994] to Telopea 5: 594 (1994),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 5(4): 594. 1994 [26 Apr 1994] to Telopea 5: 594 (1994), 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. Chorizandra australis K.L.Wilson. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680433 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Wilson, K. L. (1994). New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. <em>Telopea.</em> 5(4): 589-625., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19944989
page(s): 594-596 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 594-596 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Holotype NSW, geounit South Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Tall perennial, with short, tough rhizome. Culms 90-220 cm high, 4-9 mm diam.,unitubulose and hollow above (transverse septa occasionally obvious externally near
apex), uni- or pluritubulose below, longitudinally striate but not verruculose, yellowgreen.
Inner leaf blades to 5 cm long, much shorter and more slender than culms,
unitubulose; sheaths loose, pale brow n to purplish, to 38 cm long. Lowest involucral
bract to 20 cm long, unitubulose; margins of base hyaline to yellow-chartaceous, not
or occasionally slightly red-dotted, not enlarged and not sheathing inflorescence.
Inflorescence globose to hemispherical, 10-18 mm diam., with num erous pseudospikelets; core solid, globose to hemispherical. Pseudospikelets with 14-16 floral scales; scales 5.0-6.0 mm long, to 2.5 mm wide, spathulate to ligulate, mostly more or less keeled near apex, dark red-brown towards apex, glabrous; apex ± praemorse, acute to obtuse.
Stamens 8-13; anthers 2.0-3.5 mm long, excluding the apical appendage that is
0.1-0.2 mm long. Style 2-4-fid. Fruit obovoid, with 6-8 complete longitudinal ridges
and fainter secondary longitudinal and transverse ridges, 3.0-4.5 mm long, 2.0-2.7
mm diam., pale red-brown to grey-brown. [details]
Distribution Australia: in Victoria, Tasmania and the South-eastern botanical region of South Australia. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 5(4): 594. 1994 [26 Apr 1994] to Telopea 5: 594 (1994), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chorizandra australis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Chorizandra australis US3335716 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chorizandra australis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Chorizandra australis US3335716 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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