Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria dulungensis P.C.Li
1681684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681684)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Rhizomes not seen. Culms to 100 cm tall, 5-8 mm wide, 3-angled, scabrous on ridges. Leaf sheath pale green, 3-angled,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12(1): 12. 1990 to Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 12 (1990),...
Description Rhizomes not seen. Culms to 100 cm tall, 5-8 mm wide, 3-angled, scabrous on ridges. Leaf sheath pale green, 3-angled, glabrous, not winged; contraligule oblong, barbate; leaf blade 15-20 cm, glabrous, veins and margin scabrous. Involucral bracts leaflike, sheaths pale green; bractlets glumelike, long awned. Inflorescences paniculate, to 50 cm, with 9-11 lateral branches; branches 10-15 × 10-12 cm, spreading and distant, with many spikelets. Spikelets single, unisexual, blackish purple; basal spikelets female, apex obovate; apical spikelets male, oblong, apex truncate; female glumes ovate-oblong, 3-3.5 mm, midrib green, apex acuminate. Disk ca. 3 mm in diam., 3-lobed; lobes golden yellow with purple lines, semicircular, margins reflexed. Nutlet white, spherical, ca. 3 mm, puberulent, reticulation purplish brown, apex tipped. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12(1): 12. 1990 to Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 12 (1990),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12(1): 12. 1990 to Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 12 (1990), 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. Scleria dulungensis P.C.Li. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681684 on 2025-09-11
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Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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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 
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Description Rhizomes not seen. Culms to 100 cm tall, 5-8 mm wide, 3-angled, scabrous on ridges. Leaf sheath pale green, 3-angled, glabrous, not winged; contraligule oblong, barbate; leaf blade 15-20 cm, glabrous, veins and margin scabrous. Involucral bracts leaflike, sheaths pale green; bractlets glumelike, long awned. Inflorescences paniculate, to 50 cm, with 9-11 lateral branches; branches 10-15 × 10-12 cm, spreading and distant, with many spikelets. Spikelets single, unisexual, blackish purple; basal spikelets female, apex obovate; apical spikelets male, oblong, apex truncate; female glumes ovate-oblong, 3-3.5 mm, midrib green, apex acuminate. Disk ca. 3 mm in diam., 3-lobed; lobes golden yellow with purple lines, semicircular, margins reflexed. Nutlet white, spherical, ca. 3 mm, puberulent, reticulation purplish brown, apex tipped. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12(1): 12. 1990 to Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 12 (1990), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
