Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis abnorma Y.D.Chen
1680995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680995)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials. Stolons short to long. Culms tufted, 8-25 cm tall, ca. 1 mm thick, smooth, glabrous. Leaf sheaths 1 or 2,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 7(2): 124. 1987 to Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin...
Description Perennials. Stolons short to long. Culms tufted, 8-25 cm tall, ca. 1 mm thick, smooth, glabrous. Leaf sheaths 1 or 2, basally purplish brown, 1.2-3.5 cm, mouth obliquely truncate. Spikelet broadly ovoid to oblong, 3-8 × 3-4 mm, few flowered to not more than 10-flowered. Basalmost glume empty, amplexicaul for 1/2 or more of spikelet base; fertile glumes purplish brown, slightly laxly imbricate, ovate to broadly ovate, ca. 3.5 × 2 mm, margin hyaline, apex acuminate. Perianth bristles 4, shorter than nutlet, retrorsely spinulose. Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellowish brown, obovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1.4 mm, biconvex, smooth; persistent style base white basally and dark brown at apex, shortly conic, 1/4-1/3 as long and 1/3-1/2 as wide as nutlet, spongy, apex obtuse to nearly half-oblong. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 7(2): 124. 1987 to Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 7(2): 124. 1987 to Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 7(2): 124 (1987), 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 abnorma Y.D.Chen. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680995 on 2025-09-12
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Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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additional source
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. Stolons short to long. Culms tufted, 8-25 cm tall, ca. 1 mm thick, smooth, glabrous. Leaf sheaths 1 or 2, basally purplish brown, 1.2-3.5 cm, mouth obliquely truncate. Spikelet broadly ovoid to oblong, 3-8 × 3-4 mm, few flowered to not more than 10-flowered. Basalmost glume empty, amplexicaul for 1/2 or more of spikelet base; fertile glumes purplish brown, slightly laxly imbricate, ovate to broadly ovate, ca. 3.5 × 2 mm, margin hyaline, apex acuminate. Perianth bristles 4, shorter than nutlet, retrorsely spinulose. Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellowish brown, obovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1.4 mm, biconvex, smooth; persistent style base white basally and dark brown at apex, shortly conic, 1/4-1/3 as long and 1/3-1/2 as wide as nutlet, spongy, apex obtuse to nearly half-oblong. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 7(2): 124. 1987 to Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 7(2): 124 (1987), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
