Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis mitracarpa Steud.
1680490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680490)
accepted
Species
Eleocharis argyrolepidoides Zinserl. · unaccepted
Eleocharis turcomanica Zinserl. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials. Rhizomes creeping. Culms grayish green, 30-100 cm tall, 2-5 mm thick, spongy, easily compressed, smooth, finely...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(7): 77. 1854 [1855 publ. 28-29 Nov 1854] to Syn....
Description Perennials. Rhizomes creeping. Culms grayish green, 30-100 cm tall, 2-5 mm thick, spongy, easily compressed, smooth, finely longitudinally ribbed and sulcate. Leaf sheaths basally purplish to reddish brown and apically yellowish brown to pale brown, tubular, 1-20 cm, scarious, mouth obliquely truncate. Spikelet oblong-ovoid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, 1.5-3 cm × 4-7 mm, many flowered. Glumes laxly imbricate; basal 2 glumes empty; basalmost glume encircling 1/2 or less of spikelet base, apex obtuse; remaining glumes fertile, greenish medially and sides brown to reddish brown, lanceolate, 3.5-4.5 × ca. 1.3 mm, margin broadly hyaline, apex subacute. Perianth bristles usually 4, pale brown, shorter than to equaling nutlet (including style base). Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellow to brown, 1.3-2 × 1-1.3 mm (excluding style base), obovoid, thickly biconvex, glossy and finely or obscurely reticulate, apex constricted; persistent style base 0.4-0.9 × 0.5-0.8 mm, globose or wider than long, mitriform, ca. 1/4 as long as nutlet body. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(7): 77. 1854 [1855 publ. 28-29 Nov 1854] to Syn....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(7): 77. 1854 [1855 publ. 28-29 Nov 1854] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 77 (1854), 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. Eleocharis mitracarpa Steud.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680490 on 2025-09-14
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Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Perennials. Rhizomes creeping. Culms grayish green, 30-100 cm tall, 2-5 mm thick, spongy, easily compressed, smooth, finely longitudinally ribbed and sulcate. Leaf sheaths basally purplish to reddish brown and apically yellowish brown to pale brown, tubular, 1-20 cm, scarious, mouth obliquely truncate. Spikelet oblong-ovoid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, 1.5-3 cm × 4-7 mm, many flowered. Glumes laxly imbricate; basal 2 glumes empty; basalmost glume encircling 1/2 or less of spikelet base, apex obtuse; remaining glumes fertile, greenish medially and sides brown to reddish brown, lanceolate, 3.5-4.5 × ca. 1.3 mm, margin broadly hyaline, apex subacute. Perianth bristles usually 4, pale brown, shorter than to equaling nutlet (including style base). Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellow to brown, 1.3-2 × 1-1.3 mm (excluding style base), obovoid, thickly biconvex, glossy and finely or obscurely reticulate, apex constricted; persistent style base 0.4-0.9 × 0.5-0.8 mm, globose or wider than long, mitriform, ca. 1/4 as long as nutlet body. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(7): 77. 1854 [1855 publ. 28-29 Nov 1854] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 77 (1854), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis argyrolepidoides Zinserl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis turcomanica Zinserl.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis argyrolepidoides Zinserl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis turcomanica Zinserl.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Eleocharis mitracarpa E00352909 syntype 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis argyrolepidoides Zinserl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis turcomanica Zinserl.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis argyrolepidoides Zinserl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis turcomanica Zinserl.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Eleocharis mitracarpa E00352909 syntype 1)
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