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Cyperaceae taxon details

Schoenus maschalinus Roem. & Schult.

To Genève Herbarium (Helothrix philippinensis G00195324 type 1)
To Genève Herbarium (Helothrix philippinensis G00195324 type 1)

1681490  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681490)

  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. Schoeneae (Tribe)
  12. Schoeninae (Subtribe)
  13. Schoenus (Genus)
  14. Schoenus maschalinus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Lectotype  (of Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.) BM 00991049,...  
Lectotype (of Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.) BM 00991049, geounit New South Wales [details]
Description Small, loosely mat-forming perennial. Culms very slender and flaccid, decumbent, noded and branching, 4–20 cm long,...  
Description Small, loosely mat-forming perennial. Culms very slender and flaccid, decumbent, noded and branching, 4–20 cm long, 0.3–0.5 mm diam. Leaves with blade to 3 cm long; sheath straw-coloured to reddish, striate, more or less shining; mouth glabrous; ligule absent.
Inflorescence 3–8 cm long, with 2–6 nodes, each with 1 or 2 spikelets; lowest involucral bract to 2 cm long. Spikelets ovate, acute, 1- or 2-flowered, 2–4 mm long. Glumes 3–5, lowest 1 or 2 empty, ovate, acute, whitish to dark red-brown, ± shining, with glabrous margins, midvein often scabrous; fertile glumes 2–3.5 mm long. Bristles (3-)6, not plumose, shorter than nut. Stamens 2 or 3; anthers 0.8–1.0 mm long.

Nut trigonous, ellipsoid, 0.8–1.3 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm diam., 3-ribbed, minutely scrobiculate or reticulate to smooth, glabrous, glistening or shining, white to straw-coloured. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syst. Veg. 2: 77 1817 to Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 77 (1817),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syst. Veg. 2: 77 1817 to Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 77 (1817), 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. Schoenus maschalinus Roem. & Schult.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681490 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature

original description (of Schoenus erythrosiphon Ohwi) Ohwi, J. (1942). The Kanehira-Hatusima 1940 collection of New Guinea plants. IX. Cyperaceae. Botanical Magazine, Tokyo, 56(665): 199-216., available online at https://doi.org/10.15281/jplantres1887.56.199
page(s): 205 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.) Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 233 [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 (of Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.) BM 00991049, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Small, loosely mat-forming perennial. Culms very slender and flaccid, decumbent, noded and branching, 4–20 cm long, 0.3–0.5 mm diam. Leaves with blade to 3 cm long; sheath straw-coloured to reddish, striate, more or less shining; mouth glabrous; ligule absent.
Inflorescence 3–8 cm long, with 2–6 nodes, each with 1 or 2 spikelets; lowest involucral bract to 2 cm long. Spikelets ovate, acute, 1- or 2-flowered, 2–4 mm long. Glumes 3–5, lowest 1 or 2 empty, ovate, acute, whitish to dark red-brown, ± shining, with glabrous margins, midvein often scabrous; fertile glumes 2–3.5 mm long. Bristles (3-)6, not plumose, shorter than nut. Stamens 2 or 3; anthers 0.8–1.0 mm long.

Nut trigonous, ellipsoid, 0.8–1.3 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm diam., 3-ribbed, minutely scrobiculate or reticulate to smooth, glabrous, glistening or shining, white to straw-coloured. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syst. Veg. 2: 77 1817 to Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 77 (1817), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Helothrix pusilla Nees)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scleria setifera Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Scirpus foliatus Hook.f.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Schoenus subaxillaris Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Helothrix axillaris (R.Br.) Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Schoenus philippinensis (Palla) Kük. ex Merr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Schoenus axillaris (R.Br.) Hook.f.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Schoenus foliatus (Hook.f.) S.T.Blake)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schoenus maschalinus) 
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To Genève Herbarium (Helothrix philippinensis G00195324 type 1) (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
To Genève Herbarium (Helothrix philippinensis G00195325 type 1) (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Helothrix axillaris (R.Br.) Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus erythrosiphon Ohwi)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Helothrix pusilla Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus axillaris (R.Br.) Hook.f.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus foliatus (Hook.f.) S.T.Blake)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus mariannae Hosok.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus philippinensis (Palla) Kük. ex Merr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus subaxillaris Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus foliatus Hook.f.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria setifera Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chaetospora axillaris f. terrestris Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus subaxillaris f. terrestris (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus subaxillaris f. terrestris (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chaetospora axillaris f. terrestris Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria setifera Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus foliatus Hook.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus philippinensis (Palla) Kük. ex Merr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus subaxillaris Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus mariannae Hosok.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Helothrix axillaris (R.Br.) Palla)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Helothrix pusilla Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus axillaris (R.Br.) Hook.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus foliatus (Hook.f.) S.T.Blake)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus erythrosiphon Ohwi)
To Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC (Helothrix philippinensis MA-01-00258019 type 1) (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Chaetospora axillaris E00373565 type 1) (from synonym Chaetospora axillaris R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus maschalinus K000291049 isotype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus maschalinus K000883814 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus maschalinus K000883867 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus maschalinus K000883867 type 2) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Schoenus maschalinus Roem. & Schult. BM000991048 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Schoenus maschalinus Roem. & Schult. BM000991049 type 1) 
To US Herbarium (Helothrix philippinensis US1398930 type 1) (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
To US Herbarium (Helothrix philippinensis US482869 type 1) (from synonym Helothrix philippinensis Palla)
From editor or global species database
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