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Cyperaceae taxon details

Scleria ciliaris Nees

To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Scleria ciliaris E00386510 isosyntype 1)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Scleria ciliaris E00386510 isosyntype 1)

1681666  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681666)

  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. Sclerieae (Tribe)
  12. Scleria (Genus)
  13. Scleria ciliaris (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials. Rhizomes woody, covered with purple to purplish brown scales. Culms tufted, 70-120 cm tall, ca. 5 mm wide,...  
Description Perennials. Rhizomes woody, covered with purple to purplish brown scales. Culms tufted, 70-120 cm tall, ca. 5 mm wide, 3-angled, slightly scabrous, glabrous. Leaf sheath 1-10 cm, papery, glabrous; sheaths at culm base brown to purplish brown, not winged, with 3 narrowly ovoid teeth of various sizes at opening; sheaths at middle part of culm green, wing 1-3 mm wide; contraligule brown to reddish brown, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 4-12 mm (fragile tip sometimes broken off), glabrous, margin sometimes apically purple; leaf blade linear, 15-35 cm × 6-9 mm, papery, slightly scabrous, glabrous. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 20 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous, base auriculate and hispid. Inflorescences paniculate, with 1-3 slightly distant lateral branches; branches 6-10 × 2-6 cm, slightly condensed. Spikelets brown to purple, (1 or)2-4 in a cluster, ca. 4 mm, mostly unisexual. Male spikelets oblong-ovoid; glumes 3-4 mm, membranous, margin sometimes ciliate; basal glumes keeled, apex aristate to apiculate. Female spikelets usually growing at base of branch, narrowly ovoid; glumes broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, keeled, apex aristate to apiculate. Male flowers: stamens 3. Female flowers: ovary pubescent; stigmas 3. Disk yellow, 1.6-2 mm in diam., with dense rust-colored lines, 3-lobed; lobes nearly semicircular, margin reflexed, apex rounded. Nutlet white, subspherical, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., slightly 3-sided, slightly reticulately pitted, slightly stellate pubescent.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Contr. Bot. India 117 1834 to Contributions to the Botany of India...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Contr. Bot. India 117 1834 to Contributions to the Botany of India 1834 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Scleria ciliaris Nees. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681666 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature

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

Other

additional source Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Perennials. Rhizomes woody, covered with purple to purplish brown scales. Culms tufted, 70-120 cm tall, ca. 5 mm wide, 3-angled, slightly scabrous, glabrous. Leaf sheath 1-10 cm, papery, glabrous; sheaths at culm base brown to purplish brown, not winged, with 3 narrowly ovoid teeth of various sizes at opening; sheaths at middle part of culm green, wing 1-3 mm wide; contraligule brown to reddish brown, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 4-12 mm (fragile tip sometimes broken off), glabrous, margin sometimes apically purple; leaf blade linear, 15-35 cm × 6-9 mm, papery, slightly scabrous, glabrous. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 20 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous, base auriculate and hispid. Inflorescences paniculate, with 1-3 slightly distant lateral branches; branches 6-10 × 2-6 cm, slightly condensed. Spikelets brown to purple, (1 or)2-4 in a cluster, ca. 4 mm, mostly unisexual. Male spikelets oblong-ovoid; glumes 3-4 mm, membranous, margin sometimes ciliate; basal glumes keeled, apex aristate to apiculate. Female spikelets usually growing at base of branch, narrowly ovoid; glumes broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, keeled, apex aristate to apiculate. Male flowers: stamens 3. Female flowers: ovary pubescent; stigmas 3. Disk yellow, 1.6-2 mm in diam., with dense rust-colored lines, 3-lobed; lobes nearly semicircular, margin reflexed, apex rounded. Nutlet white, subspherical, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., slightly 3-sided, slightly reticulately pitted, slightly stellate pubescent.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Contr. Bot. India 117 1834 to Contributions to the Botany of India 1834 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scleria malaccensis Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Scleria bancana Miq.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Scleria chinensis Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Scleria scrobiculata Moritzi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria ciliaris) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria scrobiculata) (from synonym Scleria scrobiculata Moritzi)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria chinensis Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria malaccensis Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria bancana Miq.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria scrobiculata Moritzi)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria bancana var. nana Ridl.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria bancana Miq.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria chinensis Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria malaccensis Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria bancana var. nana Ridl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria scrobiculata Moritzi)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Scleria ciliaris E00386510 isosyntype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Scleria ciliaris E00386511 isosyntype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Scleria ciliaris K000291155 isotype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Scleria ciliaris K000291156 type 1) 
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