Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis argyrolepis Kierulff
1681009 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681009)
accepted
Species
Eleocharis lehmannii Kierulff · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials, stoloniferous. Culms single to few tufted, 15-75 cm tall, 1-3 mm thick but to 4 mm thick at base, shiny,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beitr. Fl. Russl. 342 1852 to Beitr. Fl. Russl. : 342 (1852),...
Description Perennials, stoloniferous. Culms single to few tufted, 15-75 cm tall, 1-3 mm thick but to 4 mm thick at base, shiny, sharply ribbed, transversely septate between ribs and becoming tuberculate when dry. Leaf sheaths 1 or 2, purplish red, 1-8 cm, scarious, mouth obliquely truncate and with a deep slit on ventral side, apex obtuse. Spikelet narrowly cylindric-ovate to cylindric, 1-2.5 cm × 2-4 mm, many flowered, apex acuminate. Basal 2 glumes empty, opposite, amplexicaul for 1/2 or more of spikelet base; fertile glumes greenish medially and with a narrow blood-red band on sides, laxly imbricate, sublanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, midvein obscure, margin broadly hyaline, apex acute. Perianth bristles 4, ± as long as nutlet, slightly curved, laxly retrorsely spinulose, sometimes spreading. Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellow, broadly obovoid to globose-obovoid, 1-1.3 × ca. 1 mm, biconvex, smooth; persistent style base shortly conic to half-oblong, as long as or slightly longer than wide, 1/3-1/2 as long and nearly as wide as nutlet, spongy, apex rounded. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beitr. Fl. Russl. 342 1852 to Beitr. Fl. Russl. : 342 (1852),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beitr. Fl. Russl. 342 1852 to Beitr. Fl. Russl. : 342 (1852), 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 argyrolepis Kierulff. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681009 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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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, stoloniferous. Culms single to few tufted, 15-75 cm tall, 1-3 mm thick but to 4 mm thick at base, shiny, sharply ribbed, transversely septate between ribs and becoming tuberculate when dry. Leaf sheaths 1 or 2, purplish red, 1-8 cm, scarious, mouth obliquely truncate and with a deep slit on ventral side, apex obtuse. Spikelet narrowly cylindric-ovate to cylindric, 1-2.5 cm × 2-4 mm, many flowered, apex acuminate. Basal 2 glumes empty, opposite, amplexicaul for 1/2 or more of spikelet base; fertile glumes greenish medially and with a narrow blood-red band on sides, laxly imbricate, sublanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, midvein obscure, margin broadly hyaline, apex acute. Perianth bristles 4, ± as long as nutlet, slightly curved, laxly retrorsely spinulose, sometimes spreading. Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellow, broadly obovoid to globose-obovoid, 1-1.3 × ca. 1 mm, biconvex, smooth; persistent style base shortly conic to half-oblong, as long as or slightly longer than wide, 1/3-1/2 as long and nearly as wide as nutlet, spongy, apex rounded. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beitr. Fl. Russl. 342 1852 to Beitr. Fl. Russl. : 342 (1852), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis lehmannii Kierulff)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis lehmannii Kierulff)
To Plants of the World Online
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis lehmannii Kierulff)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis lehmannii Kierulff)
To Plants of the World Online
