Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis attenuata (Franch. & Sav.) Palla
1681015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681015)
accepted
Species
Scirpus attenuatus Franch. & Sav. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials. Rhizomes decumbent or absent. Culms ± laxly to densely tufted, 20-50 cm tall or ± short, ca. 1 mm thick,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Franch. & Sav.) Palla to Palla, information provided by...
Description Perennials. Rhizomes decumbent or absent. Culms ± laxly to densely tufted, 20-50 cm tall or ± short, ca. 1 mm thick, terete, longitudinally sulcate. Leaf sheaths 2, basally blood-red to pale blood-red and apically pale brownish yellow, 2.5-7 cm, mouth truncate, apex shortly aristate to mucronate. Spikelet ovoid, narrowly ovoid, or ellipsoid-ovoid, 6-10 × ca. 3 mm or longer, densely many flowered, apex acute to obtuse. Basalmost glume empty, amplexicaul for whole spikelet base; fertile glumes pale to slightly rust-colored, tightly imbricate, oblong to suboblong, ca. 2.2 × 1 mm, margin hyaline, apex rounded. Perianth bristles 6, rust-colored, as long as nutlet or slightly shorter, densely to laxly retrorsely shortly spinulose. Stigmas 3. Nutlet dark yellow, obovoid, ca. 1.2 × 0.7 mm, 3-sided, sides convex, smooth; persistent style base depressed deltoid-pyramidal, 1/4-1/3 (to nearly 1/2) as long as nutlet, base cup-shaped and slightly narrower to as wide as nutlet, margin basally slightly involute, apex acute. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Franch. & Sav.) Palla to Palla, information provided by...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Franch. & Sav.) Palla to Palla, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant L [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eleocharis attenuata (Franch. & Sav.) Palla. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681015 on 2025-09-15
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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. Rhizomes decumbent or absent. Culms ± laxly to densely tufted, 20-50 cm tall or ± short, ca. 1 mm thick, terete, longitudinally sulcate. Leaf sheaths 2, basally blood-red to pale blood-red and apically pale brownish yellow, 2.5-7 cm, mouth truncate, apex shortly aristate to mucronate. Spikelet ovoid, narrowly ovoid, or ellipsoid-ovoid, 6-10 × ca. 3 mm or longer, densely many flowered, apex acute to obtuse. Basalmost glume empty, amplexicaul for whole spikelet base; fertile glumes pale to slightly rust-colored, tightly imbricate, oblong to suboblong, ca. 2.2 × 1 mm, margin hyaline, apex rounded. Perianth bristles 6, rust-colored, as long as nutlet or slightly shorter, densely to laxly retrorsely shortly spinulose. Stigmas 3. Nutlet dark yellow, obovoid, ca. 1.2 × 0.7 mm, 3-sided, sides convex, smooth; persistent style base depressed deltoid-pyramidal, 1/4-1/3 (to nearly 1/2) as long as nutlet, base cup-shaped and slightly narrower to as wide as nutlet, margin basally slightly involute, apex acute. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Franch. & Sav.) Palla to Palla, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant L [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scirpus attenuatus Franch. & Sav.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis attenuata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus attenuatus Franch. & Sav.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis pellucida f. attenuata (Franch. & Sav.) Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus attenuatus Franch. & Sav.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scirpus attenuatus Franch. & Sav.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis attenuata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus attenuatus Franch. & Sav.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis pellucida f. attenuata (Franch. & Sav.) Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus attenuatus Franch. & Sav.)
