Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria lacustris C.Wright
1681720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681720)
accepted
Species
Scleria aquatica Cherm. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants annual; rhizomes absent; roots purplish brown to black, fibrous. Culms mostly solitary or few together, stout,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 163 1871 to Anales Acad. Ci. Med....
Description Plants annual; rhizomes absent; roots purplish brown to black, fibrous. Culms mostly solitary or few together, stout, 60–180 cm, strongly retrorsely scabrous. Leaves: proximal sheaths purplish, winged, strongly ribbed, sparsely pubescent; contra-ligule triangular; blades linear, M-shaped in cross section, shorter than culms, 10–25 mm wide, glabrous, retrorsely scabrous on midrib, mid lateral veins, and margins. Inflorescences: axillary 2–4, terminal 1, stalked panicles, open paniculate, terminal panicle 7–14 cm with numerous short fascicles 4–8 mm wide, of 2–5 spikelets; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, broadly attenuate, ± equaling inflorescence, antrorsely scabrous. Spikelets bisexual and staminate, few flowered, 3.8–5 mm; staminate scales narrowly ovate, pistillate scales purple with prominent green keel, broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate. Achenes greenish to whitish or sometimes mottled gray, shiny, rounded-trigonous to ± circular, ovoid, 3.4–3.8 × 2.3–2.8 mm, smooth, apex rounded; hypogynium whitish to pale brown, bluntly 3-angled, low. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 163 1871 to Anales Acad. Ci. Med....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 163 1871 to Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 8: 152. 1871 [15 Aug 1871] , 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 lacustris C.Wright. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681720 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
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Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Plants annual; rhizomes absent; roots purplish brown to black, fibrous. Culms mostly solitary or few together, stout, 60–180 cm, strongly retrorsely scabrous. Leaves: proximal sheaths purplish, winged, strongly ribbed, sparsely pubescent; contra-ligule triangular; blades linear, M-shaped in cross section, shorter than culms, 10–25 mm wide, glabrous, retrorsely scabrous on midrib, mid lateral veins, and margins. Inflorescences: axillary 2–4, terminal 1, stalked panicles, open paniculate, terminal panicle 7–14 cm with numerous short fascicles 4–8 mm wide, of 2–5 spikelets; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, broadly attenuate, ± equaling inflorescence, antrorsely scabrous. Spikelets bisexual and staminate, few flowered, 3.8–5 mm; staminate scales narrowly ovate, pistillate scales purple with prominent green keel, broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate. Achenes greenish to whitish or sometimes mottled gray, shiny, rounded-trigonous to ± circular, ovoid, 3.4–3.8 × 2.3–2.8 mm, smooth, apex rounded; hypogynium whitish to pale brown, bluntly 3-angled, low. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 163 1871 to Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 8: 152. 1871 [15 Aug 1871] , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scleria aquatica Cherm.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria lacustris)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria aquatica Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Scleria_lacustris_NY51736_lectotype_1)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria aquatica Cherm.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Scleria lacustris K000584507 isotype 1)
To US Herbarium (Scleria lacustris US47591 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scleria aquatica Cherm.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria lacustris)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria aquatica Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Scleria_lacustris_NY51736_lectotype_1)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria aquatica Cherm.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Scleria lacustris K000584507 isotype 1)
To US Herbarium (Scleria lacustris US47591 type 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
