Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult.
1680997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680997)
accepted
Species
Limnochloa acutangula (Roxb.) Nees · unaccepted
Scirpus acutangulus Roxb. · unaccepted
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 Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Roxb.) Schult. to Schult., information provided by Alan E....
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 Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Roxb.) Schult. to Schult., information provided by Alan E....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Roxb.) Schult. to Schult., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680997 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Other
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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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 Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Roxb.) Schult. to Schult., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Limnochloa acutangula (Roxb.) Nees)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Scirpus acutangulus Roxb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis acutangula)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Limnochloa acutangula (Roxb.) Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus acutangulus Roxb.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Limnochloa acutangula (Roxb.) Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus acutangulus Roxb.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Scirpus acutangulus Roxb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis acutangula)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Limnochloa acutangula (Roxb.) Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus acutangulus Roxb.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Limnochloa acutangula (Roxb.) Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus acutangulus Roxb.)
To Plants of the World Online
