Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis vivipara Link
1680614 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680614)
accepted
Species
Chlorocharis vivipara (Link) Rikli · unaccepted
Eleocharis curtisii Small · unaccepted
Scirpus viviparus (Link) Kuntze · unaccepted
Trichophyllum viviparum (Link) House · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants perennial, short-rhizomatous, forming dense clumps, often entirely vegetative; rhizomes caudexlike, ascending,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hort. Berol. 1: 283 1827 to Hort. Berol. 1: 283 (1827), information...
Description Plants perennial, short-rhizomatous, forming dense clumps, often entirely vegetative; rhizomes caudexlike, ascending, internodes and scales hidden by crowded culms and sheaths, 0.5 mm thick. Culms often arching, often sering as stolons, broadly elliptic, (4–)7–38(–45) cm × (0.1–)0.3–0.7 mm, soft to firm. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent or disintegrating, yellowish to pale brown, sometimes mottled or wholly red-brown, membranaous to papery, apex acute to narrowly obtuse. Spikelets: basal spikelets absent; usually proliferous, ovoid to ellipsoid to linear or terete, 3.3–9.6 × 1.2–2.3 mm, apex acute; proximal scale empty, persistent, amplexicaulous, similar to floral scales (usually slightly longer, midrib broadly green); subproximal scale with a flower; floral scales spiraled, 5–25, 4–8 per mm of rachilla, pale brown, usually spotted, streaked or mottled red-brown to purple, midribs green or green and red-brown, elliptic to obovate, 1.8–2.7 × 1–1.5 mm, membranous to chartaceous (papery), midrib evident to prominent, apex rounded to obtuse. Flowers: perianth bristles 5–6, red-brown (proximally often white), shorter than to equaling tubercle, rarely longer, 0.9–1.3(–2) mm; spinules sparse, retrorse, sharply acute; stamens 3; anthers yellow, 0.8–1.8 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes gray or greenish, obovoid or obpyriform, trigonous, angles very prominent, 0.6–0.9 × 0.55–0.8 mm, apex constricted proximal to tubercle, finely honeycomb-reticulate at 10–20X, each face with 20 or more rows of evident enlarged cells. Tubercles whitish, gray, brown, or greenish black, pyramidal, trigonous, 0.2–0.5 × 0.4–0.5 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hort. Berol. 1: 283 1827 to Hort. Berol. 1: 283 (1827), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hort. Berol. 1: 283 1827 to Hort. Berol. 1: 283 (1827), 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 vivipara Link. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680614 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
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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, short-rhizomatous, forming dense clumps, often entirely vegetative; rhizomes caudexlike, ascending, internodes and scales hidden by crowded culms and sheaths, 0.5 mm thick. Culms often arching, often sering as stolons, broadly elliptic, (4–)7–38(–45) cm × (0.1–)0.3–0.7 mm, soft to firm. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent or disintegrating, yellowish to pale brown, sometimes mottled or wholly red-brown, membranaous to papery, apex acute to narrowly obtuse. Spikelets: basal spikelets absent; usually proliferous, ovoid to ellipsoid to linear or terete, 3.3–9.6 × 1.2–2.3 mm, apex acute; proximal scale empty, persistent, amplexicaulous, similar to floral scales (usually slightly longer, midrib broadly green); subproximal scale with a flower; floral scales spiraled, 5–25, 4–8 per mm of rachilla, pale brown, usually spotted, streaked or mottled red-brown to purple, midribs green or green and red-brown, elliptic to obovate, 1.8–2.7 × 1–1.5 mm, membranous to chartaceous (papery), midrib evident to prominent, apex rounded to obtuse. Flowers: perianth bristles 5–6, red-brown (proximally often white), shorter than to equaling tubercle, rarely longer, 0.9–1.3(–2) mm; spinules sparse, retrorse, sharply acute; stamens 3; anthers yellow, 0.8–1.8 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes gray or greenish, obovoid or obpyriform, trigonous, angles very prominent, 0.6–0.9 × 0.55–0.8 mm, apex constricted proximal to tubercle, finely honeycomb-reticulate at 10–20X, each face with 20 or more rows of evident enlarged cells. Tubercles whitish, gray, brown, or greenish black, pyramidal, trigonous, 0.2–0.5 × 0.4–0.5 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hort. Berol. 1: 283 1827 to Hort. Berol. 1: 283 (1827), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eleocharis curtisii Small)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trichophyllum viviparum (Link) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scirpus viviparus (Link) Kuntze)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chlorocharis vivipara (Link) Rikli)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis vivipara)
To GenBank (27282 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (27282 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Eleocharis curtisii Small)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus viviparus (Link) Kuntze)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chlorocharis vivipara (Link) Rikli)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis curtisii Small)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trichophyllum viviparum (Link) House)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis curtisii Small)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chlorocharis vivipara (Link) Rikli)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus viviparus (Link) Kuntze)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trichophyllum viviparum (Link) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trichophyllum viviparum (Link) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scirpus viviparus (Link) Kuntze)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chlorocharis vivipara (Link) Rikli)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis vivipara)
To GenBank (27282 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (27282 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Eleocharis curtisii Small)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus viviparus (Link) Kuntze)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chlorocharis vivipara (Link) Rikli)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis curtisii Small)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trichophyllum viviparum (Link) House)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis curtisii Small)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chlorocharis vivipara (Link) Rikli)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus viviparus (Link) Kuntze)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trichophyllum viviparum (Link) House)
