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Cyperaceae taxon details

Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A.Gray

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Psilocarya_rhynchosporoides_NY51342_holotype_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Psilocarya_rhynchosporoides_NY51342_holotype_1)

1681167  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681167)

  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. Rhynchosporeae (Tribe)
  12. Rhynchospora (Genus)
  13. Rhynchospora nitens (Species)
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(of Scirpus nitens Vahl) Vahl, M. (1805). Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab alium vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. vol. II, pp. 1-423., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7352986#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 272 [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Plants annual, cespitose or solitary, (10–)20–100 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect, leafy, nearly terete or angled,...  
Description Plants annual, cespitose or solitary, (10–)20–100 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect, leafy, nearly terete or angled, many ribbed. Principal midculm leaves often exceeding inflorescences; blades linear, proximally flattened, 1–5 mm wide, apex trigonous, tapering. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, clusters of corymbs 1–5, usually diffuse; leafy bracts exceeding proximal corymbs. Spikelets dark brown, lanceoloid to ovoid, mostly 4–6(–8) mm, apex acute; fertile scales many, ovate, rounded-convex, 2–3.5 mm, apex acute, midrib mostly included, rarely forming apiculus. Flowers: perianth absent. Fruits 1–1.3(–1.5) mm, body dark brown, tumidly lenticular, nearly orbicular, 0.7–1 × 0.7–1 mm, margins strong, interrupted at tubercle base; surfaces irregularly transversely rugulose with wavy rows of vertical, linear, raised cells; tubercle depressed-triangular, 0.1–0.3 mm, capping fruit summit, base broadly 2 lobed. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Manual ed. 5: 568 1867 to Manual , ed. 5: 568 (1867), information...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Manual ed. 5: 568 1867 to Manual , ed. 5: 568 (1867), 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. Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A.Gray. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681167 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature

original description (of Scirpus nitens Vahl) Vahl, M. (1805). Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab alium vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. vol. II, pp. 1-423., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7352986#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 272 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

new combination reference Gray, A. (1867). Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28821549#page/13/mode/1up
page(s): 568 [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Description Plants annual, cespitose or solitary, (10–)20–100 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect, leafy, nearly terete or angled, many ribbed. Principal midculm leaves often exceeding inflorescences; blades linear, proximally flattened, 1–5 mm wide, apex trigonous, tapering. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, clusters of corymbs 1–5, usually diffuse; leafy bracts exceeding proximal corymbs. Spikelets dark brown, lanceoloid to ovoid, mostly 4–6(–8) mm, apex acute; fertile scales many, ovate, rounded-convex, 2–3.5 mm, apex acute, midrib mostly included, rarely forming apiculus. Flowers: perianth absent. Fruits 1–1.3(–1.5) mm, body dark brown, tumidly lenticular, nearly orbicular, 0.7–1 × 0.7–1 mm, margins strong, interrupted at tubercle base; surfaces irregularly transversely rugulose with wavy rows of vertical, linear, raised cells; tubercle depressed-triangular, 0.1–0.3 mm, capping fruit summit, base broadly 2 lobed. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Manual ed. 5: 568 1867 to Manual , ed. 5: 568 (1867), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Scirpus carolinianus Panz. ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dichromena nitens (Vahl) Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psilocarya texensis Torr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Psilocarya rhynchosporoides Torr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Scirpus nitens Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dichostylis nitens Rikli)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Psilocarya portoricensis Britton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Isolepis nitens (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications) (from synonym Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Alph.Wood)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora nitens) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Isolepis nitens (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Alph.Wood)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Dichostylis nitens Rikli)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Dichromena nitens (Vahl) Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psilocarya portoricensis Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psilocarya rhynchosporoides Torr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora texensis (Torr.) Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psilocarya texensis Torr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus carolinianus Panz. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora nitens var. hispaniolica Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus nitens Vahl)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Psilocarya_rhynchosporoides_NY51342_holotype_1) (from synonym Psilocarya rhynchosporoides Torr.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Psilocarya_rhynchosporoides_NY51343_type_1) (from synonym Psilocarya rhynchosporoides Torr.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_texensis_NY51350_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora texensis (Torr.) Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus carolinianus Panz. ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora texensis (Torr.) Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psilocarya texensis Torr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psilocarya portoricensis Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psilocarya rhynchosporoides Torr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Isolepis nitens (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Alph.Wood)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Dichromena nitens (Vahl) Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora nitens var. hispaniolica Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus nitens Vahl)
To The Plant List (from synonym Rhynchospora nitens var. nitens (Vahl) A.Gray)
To The Plant List (from synonym Dichostylis nitens Rikli)
To US Herbarium (Rhynchospora nitens hispaniolica US1479842 type 1) (from synonym Rhynchospora nitens var. hispaniolica Kük.)
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