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Cyperaceae taxon details

Eleocharis intermedia Schult.

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Scirpus_intermedius_NY803846_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Scirpus_intermedius_NY803846_type_1)

1681109  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681109)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Eleocharideae (Tribe)
  12. Eleocharis (Genus)
  13. Eleocharis intermedia (Species)
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Description Plants annual, densely tufted; rhizomes present, inconspicuous, erect or ascending, 0.5 mm thick, internodes less than 2 mm,...  
Description Plants annual, densely tufted; rhizomes present, inconspicuous, erect or ascending, 0.5 mm thick, internodes less than 2 mm, scales disintegrating, 3 mm, membranous-translucent. Culms often arching or recurved or reclining, their spikelets usually all fruiting simultaneously, long to very short in 1 tuft, subterete, 4–40 cm × 0.2–0.5 mm, soft. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent and evident or disintegrating (fugaceous) and not evident, proximally green or stramineous, brown, reddish, or purple, distally stramineous to green or colorless, papery to membranous, apex subacute to acuminate, sometimes with linear blade to 1 mm. Spikelets: basal spikelets absent (often some spikelets subsessile); never proliferous, ovoid, terete, 2–10 × 1–2 mm, apex acute; proximal scale empty or with a flower (usually in the same plant), deciduous or some persistent, amplexicaulous, similar to other scales (except apex sometimes rounded); subproximal scale with a flower; floral scales spiraled, 5–30, 5–6 per mm of rachilla, pale brown to colorless, often spotted brown, ovate, 1.5–2 × 1 mm, thinly membranous to translucent, midribs often green, evident to obscure, apex acute. Flowers: perianth bristles 6–7, pale brown to stramineous or whitish, slender, equaling to exceeding tubercles or rarely rudimentary to less than 1/2 achene length; spinules sparse, retrorse, sharply acute; stamens 3 (sometimes fewer?); anthers 0.2–0.5 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes golden brown, narrowly obpyriform, proximally markedly narrowed, compressed-trigonous, angles slightly prominent, 0.9–1 × 0.6–0.75 mm, finely reticulate or pitted or papillose at 20–30X, apex usually constricted proximal to tubercle. Tubercles brown, narrowly pyramidal to linear, trigonous, 0.3–0.4 × 0.1–0.25 mm. 2n = 22. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mant. 2: 91 1824 to Mant. 2: 91 (1824), information provided by Alan...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mant. 2: 91 1824 to Mant. 2: 91 (1824), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant Lis [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eleocharis intermedia Schult.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681109 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Plants annual, densely tufted; rhizomes present, inconspicuous, erect or ascending, 0.5 mm thick, internodes less than 2 mm, scales disintegrating, 3 mm, membranous-translucent. Culms often arching or recurved or reclining, their spikelets usually all fruiting simultaneously, long to very short in 1 tuft, subterete, 4–40 cm × 0.2–0.5 mm, soft. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths persistent and evident or disintegrating (fugaceous) and not evident, proximally green or stramineous, brown, reddish, or purple, distally stramineous to green or colorless, papery to membranous, apex subacute to acuminate, sometimes with linear blade to 1 mm. Spikelets: basal spikelets absent (often some spikelets subsessile); never proliferous, ovoid, terete, 2–10 × 1–2 mm, apex acute; proximal scale empty or with a flower (usually in the same plant), deciduous or some persistent, amplexicaulous, similar to other scales (except apex sometimes rounded); subproximal scale with a flower; floral scales spiraled, 5–30, 5–6 per mm of rachilla, pale brown to colorless, often spotted brown, ovate, 1.5–2 × 1 mm, thinly membranous to translucent, midribs often green, evident to obscure, apex acute. Flowers: perianth bristles 6–7, pale brown to stramineous or whitish, slender, equaling to exceeding tubercles or rarely rudimentary to less than 1/2 achene length; spinules sparse, retrorse, sharply acute; stamens 3 (sometimes fewer?); anthers 0.2–0.5 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes golden brown, narrowly obpyriform, proximally markedly narrowed, compressed-trigonous, angles slightly prominent, 0.9–1 × 0.6–0.75 mm, finely reticulate or pitted or papillose at 20–30X, apex usually constricted proximal to tubercle. Tubercles brown, narrowly pyramidal to linear, trigonous, 0.3–0.4 × 0.1–0.25 mm. 2n = 22. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mant. 2: 91 1824 to Mant. 2: 91 (1824), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant Lis [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (178 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trichophyllum intermedium (Schult.) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Scirpus pusillus Willd. ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scirpus reclinatus Beyr. ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Scirpus intermedius Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Eleocharis reclinata Kunth)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis intermedia) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis reclinata Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus intermedius Muhl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus pusillus Willd. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus reclinatus Beyr. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trichophyllum intermedium (Schult.) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis intermedia var. habereri Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis reclinata var. habereri (Fernald) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trichophyllum intermedium var. habereri (Fernald) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eleocharis reclinata f. habereri (Fernald) Svenson)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Scirpus_intermedius_NY803846_type_1) (from synonym Scirpus intermedius Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus pusillus Willd. ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trichophyllum intermedium (Schult.) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus reclinatus Beyr. ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis reclinata Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus intermedius Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis reclinata var. habereri (Fernald) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis reclinata f. habereri (Fernald) Svenson)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trichophyllum intermedium var. habereri (Fernald) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eleocharis intermedia var. habereri Fernald)
To US Herbarium (Eleocharis intermedia habereri US1244818 type 1) (from synonym Eleocharis intermedia var. habereri Fernald)
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