Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria harlandii Hance
1681703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681703)
accepted
Species
Scleria purpurascens Benth. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials. Culms to more than 1 m tall, ca. 6 mm wide, subcylindric to sometimes slightly 3-angled, shiny, glabrous. Leaf...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 5: 248. 1866 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ,...
Description Perennials. Culms to more than 1 m tall, ca. 6 mm wide, subcylindric to sometimes slightly 3-angled, shiny, glabrous. Leaf sheath yellow with purple lines, tightly embracing culm, 4-6 cm, thinly leathery, not winged, sometimes pilose, apical ones often overlapped; contraligule purple, semicircular, margin ciliate, cilia ca. 1 mm; leaf blade linear, ca. 30 × 0.6-0.8 cm, thinly leathery, slightly scabrous, glabrous, apex attenuate. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 35 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous, subequaling spikelets, hairy, base auriculate. Inflorescences compound paniculate, to 40 cm, with 8 or 9 branches; branches ca. 5 cm, triangular, axes often pubescent. Spikelets 1 or 2 in a cluster, light rust-colored to purple, 3-4 mm, mostly unisexual. Male spikelets oblong-ovoid to narrowly ovoid, apex truncate to acute; glumes 1.4-3 mm, membranous, with rust-colored lines. Female spikelets usually at base of branch, narrowly ovoid, apex acuminate; glumes broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, ± keeled, margin apically ciliate, apex cuspidate. Male flowers: stamens 3; anthers linear, ca. 1 mm; connective apex ca. 0.3 mm. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk yellow with light rust-colored lines, ca. 2 mm in diam., 3-lobed; lobes triangular, margins reflexed, apex acute to acuminate or 2- or 3-lobed. Nutlet white, subspherical, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., bluntly 3-sided, smooth, shiny, only apical part sparsely hairy, apex tipped. Fl. and fr. Mar-Sep. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 5: 248. 1866 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 5: 248. 1866 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 5: 248 (1866), 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 harlandii Hance. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681703 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 Perennials. Culms to more than 1 m tall, ca. 6 mm wide, subcylindric to sometimes slightly 3-angled, shiny, glabrous. Leaf sheath yellow with purple lines, tightly embracing culm, 4-6 cm, thinly leathery, not winged, sometimes pilose, apical ones often overlapped; contraligule purple, semicircular, margin ciliate, cilia ca. 1 mm; leaf blade linear, ca. 30 × 0.6-0.8 cm, thinly leathery, slightly scabrous, glabrous, apex attenuate. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 35 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous, subequaling spikelets, hairy, base auriculate. Inflorescences compound paniculate, to 40 cm, with 8 or 9 branches; branches ca. 5 cm, triangular, axes often pubescent. Spikelets 1 or 2 in a cluster, light rust-colored to purple, 3-4 mm, mostly unisexual. Male spikelets oblong-ovoid to narrowly ovoid, apex truncate to acute; glumes 1.4-3 mm, membranous, with rust-colored lines. Female spikelets usually at base of branch, narrowly ovoid, apex acuminate; glumes broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, ± keeled, margin apically ciliate, apex cuspidate. Male flowers: stamens 3; anthers linear, ca. 1 mm; connective apex ca. 0.3 mm. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk yellow with light rust-colored lines, ca. 2 mm in diam., 3-lobed; lobes triangular, margins reflexed, apex acute to acuminate or 2- or 3-lobed. Nutlet white, subspherical, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., bluntly 3-sided, smooth, shiny, only apical part sparsely hairy, apex tipped. Fl. and fr. Mar-Sep. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 5: 248. 1866 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 5: 248 (1866), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Scleria purpurascens Benth.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria purpurascens) (from synonym Scleria purpurascens Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria purpurascens Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria purpurascens Benth.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria harlandii Hance BM000884853 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria purpurascens) (from synonym Scleria purpurascens Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria purpurascens Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria purpurascens Benth.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria harlandii Hance BM000884853 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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