WoRMS taxon details
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
1681396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681396)
accepted
Species
Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause · unaccepted
Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb. · unaccepted
Scirpus longispicatus Smyth · unaccepted
Scirpus pungens Vahl · unaccepted
Scirpus pungens var. pungens Vahl · unaccepted
- Variety Schoenoplectus pungens var. badius (C.Presl) S.G.Sm.
- Variety Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus (Britton) S.G.Sm.
- Variety Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens (Vahl) Palla
- Subspecies Schoenoplectus pungens subsp. longispicatus (Britton) Ã.Löve & D.Löve accepted as Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus (Britton) S.G.Sm.
- Variety Schoenoplectus pungens var. polyphyllus (Boeckeler) Dorn accepted as Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus (Britton) S.G.Sm.
- Variety Schoenoplectus pungens var. longebracteatus (Osten & Barros) Vegetti (uncertain > unassessed)
terrestrial
(of Scirpus pungens 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): 255 [details]
page(s): 255 [details]
Description Rhizomes often vertical, 1–6 mm diam., firm to hard; scales shorter to longer than internodes, disintegrating to fibers....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 1888 to Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888),...
Description Rhizomes often vertical, 1–6 mm diam., firm to hard; scales shorter to longer than internodes, disintegrating to fibers. Culms sharply trigonous, sides convex to concave proximally, deeply concave to flat distally, 0.1–2 m × 1–6 mm, smooth. Leaves basal; sheath fronts membranous distally, orifice adaxially truncate to concave, often splitting; ligules 2-fid, 1 mm; blades 2–6, proximally V-shaped, distally trigonous to asymmetrically laterally flattened in cross section, angles often scabridulous distally; distal blade (1–)2–5 times as long as sheath, 50–750 × 2–9 mm. Inflorescences capitate; proximal bract usually erect, resembling leaf blade but trigonous proximally, (1–)3–20 cm. Spikelets 1–5(–10), 5–23 × 3–5(–7) mm; scales bright (to very dark) orange-, red-brown, or purplish brown to straw-colored, often prominently lineolate-spotted, midrib mostly paler, ovate, 3.5–6 × 2–3 mm, smooth or awn sparsely spinulose, margins deciduously ciliolate, flanks ribless except sometimes proximal scales, midrib prominent, apex acute (to obtuse), 2-fid, notch (0.3–)0.5–1 mm deep, awn mostly irregularly bent, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) mm. Flowers: perianth members 4–8, sometimes fewer, brown, bristlelike, variably slender to stout, equal or unequal, all equaling achene body to all rudimentary, retrorsely spinulose; anthers 2–3 mm; styles 2–3-fid. Achenes brown, biconvex to compressed bluntly trigonous, obovoid to obpyriform, (2–)2.5–3.5 × 1.3–2.3 mm; beak 0.1–0.5 mm. 2n = 74, 78. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 1888 to Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 1888 to Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888), 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. Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681396 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scirpus pungens 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): 255 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Palla, E. (1889). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Scirpus. Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie, 10: 293-301.
page(s): 299 [details]
page(s): 255 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Palla, E. (1889). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Scirpus. Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie, 10: 293-301.
page(s): 299 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes often vertical, 1–6 mm diam., firm to hard; scales shorter to longer than internodes, disintegrating to fibers. Culms sharply trigonous, sides convex to concave proximally, deeply concave to flat distally, 0.1–2 m × 1–6 mm, smooth. Leaves basal; sheath fronts membranous distally, orifice adaxially truncate to concave, often splitting; ligules 2-fid, 1 mm; blades 2–6, proximally V-shaped, distally trigonous to asymmetrically laterally flattened in cross section, angles often scabridulous distally; distal blade (1–)2–5 times as long as sheath, 50–750 × 2–9 mm. Inflorescences capitate; proximal bract usually erect, resembling leaf blade but trigonous proximally, (1–)3–20 cm. Spikelets 1–5(–10), 5–23 × 3–5(–7) mm; scales bright (to very dark) orange-, red-brown, or purplish brown to straw-colored, often prominently lineolate-spotted, midrib mostly paler, ovate, 3.5–6 × 2–3 mm, smooth or awn sparsely spinulose, margins deciduously ciliolate, flanks ribless except sometimes proximal scales, midrib prominent, apex acute (to obtuse), 2-fid, notch (0.3–)0.5–1 mm deep, awn mostly irregularly bent, 0.5–1.5(–2.5) mm. Flowers: perianth members 4–8, sometimes fewer, brown, bristlelike, variably slender to stout, equal or unequal, all equaling achene body to all rudimentary, retrorsely spinulose; anthers 2–3 mm; styles 2–3-fid. Achenes brown, biconvex to compressed bluntly trigonous, obovoid to obpyriform, (2–)2.5–3.5 × 1.3–2.3 mm; beak 0.1–0.5 mm. 2n = 74, 78. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 1888 to Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888), 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 Scirpus pungens var. pungens Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scirpus longispicatus Smyth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (507 publications) (from synonym Scirpus pungens Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schoenoplectus pungens)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus longispicatus Smyth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus pungens Vahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus americanus var. pungens (Vahl) Barros & Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus americanus var. pungens (Vahl) Barros & Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus pungens Vahl)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057159 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057168 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057170 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057171 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Scirpus longispicatus Smyth)
To The Plant List (from synonym Scirpus pungens var. pungens Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scirpus longispicatus Smyth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (507 publications) (from synonym Scirpus pungens Vahl)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schoenoplectus pungens)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus longispicatus Smyth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus pungens Vahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus americanus var. pungens (Vahl) Barros & Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus americanus var. pungens (Vahl) Barros & Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus pungens Vahl)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057159 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057168 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057170 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenoplectus pungens K001057171 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Scirpus longispicatus Smyth)
To The Plant List (from synonym Scirpus pungens var. pungens Vahl)
