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Cyperaceae taxon details

Chorizandra sphaerocephala R.Br.

To Genève Herbarium (Chorizandra sphaerocephala G00191585 type 1)
To Genève Herbarium (Chorizandra sphaerocephala G00191585 type 1)

1680438  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680438)

  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. Chrysitricheae (Tribe)
  12. Chorizandra (Genus)
  13. Chorizandra sphaerocephala (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): 221 [details] 
Lectotype  BM 000991180, geounit New South Wales  
Lectotype BM 000991180, geounit New South Wales [details]
Description Perennial with tough rhizome. Culms to 110 cm high, 2–6 mm diam., unitubulose, transverse septa usually obvious...  
Description Perennial with tough rhizome. Culms to 110 cm high, 2–6 mm diam., unitubulose, transverse septa usually obvious externally, longitudinally striate but not verruculose, yellow-green. Inner leaf blades usually much shorter and more slender than culms, pluritubulose; sheath loose, to 20 cm long, pallid to orange-brown. Inflorescence more or less globose, 7–12 mm diam., with numerous pseudospikelets; core conical. Involucral bract to 10 cm long, pluritubulose; base not enlarged and not sheathing inflorescence. Pseudospikelets with 11–18 glumes, c. 8–15 stamens. Glumes spathulate to ligulate, with midrib thickened and more or less keeled towards apex, 3.5–4 mm long, to 0.8 mm wide, dark red-brown and more or less densely red-hairy towards apex; apex often praemorse, acute or 3-fid with mucro to 0.7 mm long. Anthers 1.4–2.2 mm long. Style 2-fid. Nut with 6 complete and 6 partial longitudinal ridges, 1.7–2 mm long, 1.0–1.3 mm diam., grey-brown. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 221 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 221...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 221 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 221 (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. Chorizandra sphaerocephala R.Br.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680438 on 2025-09-12
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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): 221 [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 000991180, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Perennial with tough rhizome. Culms to 110 cm high, 2–6 mm diam., unitubulose, transverse septa usually obvious externally, longitudinally striate but not verruculose, yellow-green. Inner leaf blades usually much shorter and more slender than culms, pluritubulose; sheath loose, to 20 cm long, pallid to orange-brown. Inflorescence more or less globose, 7–12 mm diam., with numerous pseudospikelets; core conical. Involucral bract to 10 cm long, pluritubulose; base not enlarged and not sheathing inflorescence. Pseudospikelets with 11–18 glumes, c. 8–15 stamens. Glumes spathulate to ligulate, with midrib thickened and more or less keeled towards apex, 3.5–4 mm long, to 0.8 mm wide, dark red-brown and more or less densely red-hairy towards apex; apex often praemorse, acute or 3-fid with mucro to 0.7 mm long. Anthers 1.4–2.2 mm long. Style 2-fid. Nut with 6 complete and 6 partial longitudinal ridges, 1.7–2 mm long, 1.0–1.3 mm diam., grey-brown. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 221 1810 to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 221 (1810), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chorizandra sphaerocephala) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To Genève Herbarium (Chorizandra sphaerocephala G00191585 type 1) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Lepironia sphaerocephala (R.Br.) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Lepironia sphaerocephala (R.Br.) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Chorizandra sphaerocephala E00393213 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Chorizandra sphaerocephala R.Br. BM000991180 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Chorizandra sphaerocephala R.Br. BM000991181 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Chorizandra sphaerocephala R.Br. BM000991182 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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