Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis nitida Fernald
1680509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680509)
accepted
Species
Scirpus nitidus (Fernald) Hultén · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants perennial, mat-forming; rhizomes evident, 0.3–0.5 mm thick, hard, cortex persistent, longer internodes 2 mm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 8: 129 1906 to Rhodora 8: 129 (1906), information provided by...
Description Plants perennial, mat-forming; rhizomes evident, 0.3–0.5 mm thick, hard, cortex persistent, longer internodes 2 mm, scales persistent or fugaceous, 2–3 mm, membranous to papery, slightly fibrous. Culms terete, 2–15 cm × 0.15–0.3 mm, firm to soft. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent, not splitting, proximally stramineous to reddish, distally green or stramineous to reddish, membranous, apex often red, obtuse to acute, tooth absent. Spikelets ovoid, 1–4 × 1–2 mm, obtuse to acute; proximal scale amplexicaulous, apex entire; subproximal scale with flower; floral scales spreading in fruit, 5–30, 8 per mm of rachilla, medium to very dark brown, midrib region often pale or greenish, broadly ovate, 1–1.3 × 1 mm, apex rounded, entire, not carinate. Flowers: perianth bristles absent; stamens 3; anthers yellow, 0.3 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes persistent after scales fall, to dark yellow-orange or brown, broadly obpyriform, trigonous, angles evident, 0.6–0.65 × 0.5–0.55 mm, rugulose at 20–30X, 20 blunt horizontal ridges in each vertical series. Tubercles brown, greatly depressed, rudimentary, 0.05–15 × 0.15–0.3 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 8: 129 1906 to Rhodora 8: 129 (1906), information provided by...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 8: 129 1906 to Rhodora 8: 129 (1906), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eleocharis nitida Fernald. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680509 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
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
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial, mat-forming; rhizomes evident, 0.3–0.5 mm thick, hard, cortex persistent, longer internodes 2 mm, scales persistent or fugaceous, 2–3 mm, membranous to papery, slightly fibrous. Culms terete, 2–15 cm × 0.15–0.3 mm, firm to soft. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent, not splitting, proximally stramineous to reddish, distally green or stramineous to reddish, membranous, apex often red, obtuse to acute, tooth absent. Spikelets ovoid, 1–4 × 1–2 mm, obtuse to acute; proximal scale amplexicaulous, apex entire; subproximal scale with flower; floral scales spreading in fruit, 5–30, 8 per mm of rachilla, medium to very dark brown, midrib region often pale or greenish, broadly ovate, 1–1.3 × 1 mm, apex rounded, entire, not carinate. Flowers: perianth bristles absent; stamens 3; anthers yellow, 0.3 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes persistent after scales fall, to dark yellow-orange or brown, broadly obpyriform, trigonous, angles evident, 0.6–0.65 × 0.5–0.55 mm, rugulose at 20–30X, 20 blunt horizontal ridges in each vertical series. Tubercles brown, greatly depressed, rudimentary, 0.05–15 × 0.15–0.3 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 8: 129 1906 to Rhodora 8: 129 (1906), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis nitida)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus nitidus (Fernald) Hultén)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus nitidus (Fernald) Hultén)
To Plants of the World Online
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis nitida)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus nitidus (Fernald) Hultén)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus nitidus (Fernald) Hultén)
To Plants of the World Online
