Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis parishii Britton
1680530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680530)
accepted
Species
Eleocharis disciformis Parish · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description lants perennial, mat-forming; rhizomes evident, long, 0.5–1(–2) mm thick, firm, cortex persistent, longer internodes...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. New York Microscop. Soc. 5: 111 1889 to J. New York Microscop....
Description lants perennial, mat-forming; rhizomes evident, long, 0.5–1(–2) mm thick, firm, cortex persistent, longer internodes 5–30 mm, scales often fugaceous, 5–10 mm, membranous, not fibrous. Culms terete or cross section elliptic (or rectangular), usually with to 8 blunt ridges when dry, 10–50 cm × 0.2–0.7(–1) mm, soft to firm, spongy. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent, not splitting, mostly proximally dark red, distally red to brown or green, thinly papery to thickly membranous, apex usually red brown, subtruncate to obtuse or subacute, callose, tooth often present on most or all culms, to 1 mm. Spikelets narrowly lanceoloid (to narrowly cylindric), 3–20 × 1.5–2.5 mm, apex acute; proximal scale amplexicaulous, entire; subproximal scale empty or with flower; floral scales appressed or spreading in fruit, 15–40, 3–4 per mm of rachilla, orange brown, midrib regions often greenish, ovate, 2–3 × 1 mm, apex entire, rounded to obtuse in proximal part of spikelet, acute in distal part, carinate, at least in distal part of spikelet. Flowers: perianth bristles 3–7, rarely apparently absent, stramineous to whitish, slender to stout, often unequal, rudimentary to slightly exceeding tubercle; stamens 3; anthers yellow to stramineous, 1.1–2 mm; styles 3-fid, 0.3–0.4 × 0.2–0.3 mm. Achenes falling with scales, yellow-brown or dark brown, ellipsoid or obovoid to obpyriform, compressed-trigonous, angles evident to obscure, rarely prominent, 0.8–1.4 × 0.5–0.7 mm, neck absent to long, smooth or sometimes minutely cancellate at 20–30X. Tubercles whitish, pyramidal, often higher than wide, 0.3–0.4 × 0.25–0.35 mm. 2n = 10. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. New York Microscop. Soc. 5: 111 1889 to J. New York Microscop....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. New York Microscop. Soc. 5: 111 1889 to J. New York Microscop. Soc. 5: 111 (1889), 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 parishii Britton. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680530 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
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Description lants perennial, mat-forming; rhizomes evident, long, 0.5–1(–2) mm thick, firm, cortex persistent, longer internodes 5–30 mm, scales often fugaceous, 5–10 mm, membranous, not fibrous. Culms terete or cross section elliptic (or rectangular), usually with to 8 blunt ridges when dry, 10–50 cm × 0.2–0.7(–1) mm, soft to firm, spongy. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent, not splitting, mostly proximally dark red, distally red to brown or green, thinly papery to thickly membranous, apex usually red brown, subtruncate to obtuse or subacute, callose, tooth often present on most or all culms, to 1 mm. Spikelets narrowly lanceoloid (to narrowly cylindric), 3–20 × 1.5–2.5 mm, apex acute; proximal scale amplexicaulous, entire; subproximal scale empty or with flower; floral scales appressed or spreading in fruit, 15–40, 3–4 per mm of rachilla, orange brown, midrib regions often greenish, ovate, 2–3 × 1 mm, apex entire, rounded to obtuse in proximal part of spikelet, acute in distal part, carinate, at least in distal part of spikelet. Flowers: perianth bristles 3–7, rarely apparently absent, stramineous to whitish, slender to stout, often unequal, rudimentary to slightly exceeding tubercle; stamens 3; anthers yellow to stramineous, 1.1–2 mm; styles 3-fid, 0.3–0.4 × 0.2–0.3 mm. Achenes falling with scales, yellow-brown or dark brown, ellipsoid or obovoid to obpyriform, compressed-trigonous, angles evident to obscure, rarely prominent, 0.8–1.4 × 0.5–0.7 mm, neck absent to long, smooth or sometimes minutely cancellate at 20–30X. Tubercles whitish, pyramidal, often higher than wide, 0.3–0.4 × 0.25–0.35 mm. 2n = 10. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. New York Microscop. Soc. 5: 111 1889 to J. New York Microscop. Soc. 5: 111 (1889), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis parishii)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. disciformis (Parish) V.E.Grant)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. parishii (Britton) V.E.Grant)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_parishii_NY51044_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. parishii (Britton) V.E.Grant)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. disciformis (Parish) V.E.Grant)
To US Herbarium (Eleocharis disciformis US412789 type 1) (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis parishii)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. disciformis (Parish) V.E.Grant)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. parishii (Britton) V.E.Grant)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_parishii_NY51044_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. parishii (Britton) V.E.Grant)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. disciformis (Parish) V.E.Grant)
To US Herbarium (Eleocharis disciformis US412789 type 1) (from synonym Eleocharis disciformis Parish)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
