Cyperaceae taxon details
Rhynchospora punctata Elliott
1681205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681205)
accepted
Species
Phaeocephalum punctatum (Elliott) House · unaccepted
terrestrial
Elliot, S. (1816). A sketch of the botany of South Carolina and Georgia. <em>1.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10166241#page/2/mode/1up
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
Lectotype PH 00031316
Lectotype PH 00031316 [details]
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 60–80 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect or ascending, leafy, trigonous, slender. Leaves all...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60 1816 to Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60...
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 60–80 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect or ascending, leafy, trigonous, slender. Leaves all exceeded by culm; basal blades spreading, often curled, distal longer, all proximally flat, 3–5 mm wide, apex trigonous, subulately tapering. Inflorescences: clusters 3–5, proximalmost distant, longest pedunculate, fascicles broadly turbinate to hemispheric; leafy bracts of distal groups mostly exceeded by inflorescence. Spikelets lance ovoid, (3.5–)4–5 mm; fertile scales broadly ovate to ± orbiculate, cupulate, rounded, 3 mm, apex apiculate to cuspidate, midrib excurrent. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, overtopping tubercle (or at least its base), antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 1–3 per spikelet, 2.3–3 mm; body brown, strongly compressed proximally, biconvex distally, broadly obovoid, 1.8–2.2 × 1.5 mm; surfaces strongly transversely rugose, intervals with rows of narrow, vertical alveolae; tubercle triangular, flat, 1 mm, base lunate, capping fruit apex, apiculate. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60 1816 to Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60 1816 to Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60 (1816), 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 punctata Elliott. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681205 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Elliot, S. (1816). A sketch of the botany of South Carolina and Georgia. <em>1.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10166241#page/2/mode/1up
page(s): 60 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
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
Lectotype PH 00031316 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 60–80 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect or ascending, leafy, trigonous, slender. Leaves all exceeded by culm; basal blades spreading, often curled, distal longer, all proximally flat, 3–5 mm wide, apex trigonous, subulately tapering. Inflorescences: clusters 3–5, proximalmost distant, longest pedunculate, fascicles broadly turbinate to hemispheric; leafy bracts of distal groups mostly exceeded by inflorescence. Spikelets lance ovoid, (3.5–)4–5 mm; fertile scales broadly ovate to ± orbiculate, cupulate, rounded, 3 mm, apex apiculate to cuspidate, midrib excurrent. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, overtopping tubercle (or at least its base), antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 1–3 per spikelet, 2.3–3 mm; body brown, strongly compressed proximally, biconvex distally, broadly obovoid, 1.8–2.2 × 1.5 mm; surfaces strongly transversely rugose, intervals with rows of narrow, vertical alveolae; tubercle triangular, flat, 1 mm, base lunate, capping fruit apex, apiculate. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60 1816 to Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 60 (1816), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phaeocephalum punctatum (Elliott) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora punctata)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum punctatum (Elliott) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum punctatum (Elliott) House)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora punctata)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum punctatum (Elliott) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum punctatum (Elliott) House)
