Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis bolanderi A.Gray
1681026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681026)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants perennial, densely tufted; rhizomes caudexlike, mostly hidden by culms and roots, short, 1.5–3 mm thick, hard,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392 1868 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392...
Description Plants perennial, densely tufted; rhizomes caudexlike, mostly hidden by culms and roots, short, 1.5–3 mm thick, hard, cortex persistent, internodes very short, scales not evident. Culms subterete, often with to 6 prominent ridges when dry, sulcate, 10–30 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm, firm to rigid, spongy. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent, not splitting, proximally brown, red, or stramineous, distally stramineous, green or reddish, papery, apex sometimes reddish, obtuse, rarely callose, tooth absent. Spikelets ovoid, 3–8 × 2–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse; proximal scale amplexicaulous, entire; subproximal scale with flower; floral scales spreading in fruit, 8–30, 4–5 per mm of rachilla, dark brown to blackish, midrib regions often stramineous or greenish, ovate to lanceolate, 2–3 × 1.5 mm, apex entire, acute, often carinate in distal part of spikelet. Flowers: perianth bristles 3–6, whitish to stramineous, stout to slender, often unequal, from rudimentary to 1/2 of achene length; stamens 3; anthers dark yellow to brown, 0.9–1.4 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes falling with scales, stramineous, rarely dark brown, ovoid to obpyriform, slightly to greatly compressed-trigonous, rarely thickly lenticular, angles prominent or abaxial angle obscure, 0.9–1.2 × 0.65–0.8 mm, apex narrowly to broadly truncate, neck short, often compressed more than body, at 20–30X finely rugulose with more than 20 horizontal ridges in a vertical series or reticulate or cancellate. Tubercles whitish to brown, pyramidal, lower than wide, often 3-lobed as viewed from the top, 0.1–0.3 × 0.4–0.65 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392 1868 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392 1868 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392 (1868), 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 bolanderi A.Gray. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681026 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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Description Plants perennial, densely tufted; rhizomes caudexlike, mostly hidden by culms and roots, short, 1.5–3 mm thick, hard, cortex persistent, internodes very short, scales not evident. Culms subterete, often with to 6 prominent ridges when dry, sulcate, 10–30 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm, firm to rigid, spongy. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent, not splitting, proximally brown, red, or stramineous, distally stramineous, green or reddish, papery, apex sometimes reddish, obtuse, rarely callose, tooth absent. Spikelets ovoid, 3–8 × 2–3 mm, apex acute to obtuse; proximal scale amplexicaulous, entire; subproximal scale with flower; floral scales spreading in fruit, 8–30, 4–5 per mm of rachilla, dark brown to blackish, midrib regions often stramineous or greenish, ovate to lanceolate, 2–3 × 1.5 mm, apex entire, acute, often carinate in distal part of spikelet. Flowers: perianth bristles 3–6, whitish to stramineous, stout to slender, often unequal, from rudimentary to 1/2 of achene length; stamens 3; anthers dark yellow to brown, 0.9–1.4 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes falling with scales, stramineous, rarely dark brown, ovoid to obpyriform, slightly to greatly compressed-trigonous, rarely thickly lenticular, angles prominent or abaxial angle obscure, 0.9–1.2 × 0.65–0.8 mm, apex narrowly to broadly truncate, neck short, often compressed more than body, at 20–30X finely rugulose with more than 20 horizontal ridges in a vertical series or reticulate or cancellate. Tubercles whitish to brown, pyramidal, lower than wide, often 3-lobed as viewed from the top, 0.1–0.3 × 0.4–0.65 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392 1868 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 392 (1868), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis bolanderi)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi A. Gray F308920 isotype 1)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Genève Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi G00191676 type 1)
To Genève Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi G00191676 type 2)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. bolanderi (A.Gray) V.E.Grant)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. bolanderi (A.Gray) V.E.Grant)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi US319409 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi US47064 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis bolanderi)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi A. Gray F308920 isotype 1)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Genève Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi G00191676 type 1)
To Genève Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi G00191676 type 2)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. bolanderi (A.Gray) V.E.Grant)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis montevidensis var. bolanderi (A.Gray) V.E.Grant)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi US319409 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Eleocharis bolanderi US47064 type 1)
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