Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria minor (Britton) W.Stone
1681746 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681746)
accepted
Species
Scleria triglomerata var. gracilis Britton · unaccepted
Scleria triglomerata var. minor Britton · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes clustered, nodulose, rather slender, to 3 mm thick, hard. Culms in tufts, usually filiform, very...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Britton) W.Stone to W.Stone, information provided by Alan...
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes clustered, nodulose, rather slender, to 3 mm thick, hard. Culms in tufts, usually filiform, very slender, 35–80 cm, base 1–2 mm thick, glabrous or nearly so, somewhat scabrous toward apex. Leaves: sheaths purple tinged, scarcely winged, glabrous or minutely pilose; contra-ligules ovate, quite short, rigid; blades attenuate, keeled, shorter than culms, 1–2.5 mm wide, usually glabrous or nearly so. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, fasciculate; fascicles (1–)2(–3), 10–18 × 4–8 mm, each with 1–5 spikelets, the lateral on long filiform peduncles; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, lanceolate, 3–9 cm, long acuminate-attenuate, usually glabrous. Spikelets bisexual and staminate, brown, 3–6 mm; staminate scales lanceolate-acuminate, pistillate scales ovate, midrib excurrent, awnlike. Achenes brownish gray or with dark longitudinal bands, ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, smooth, shining, apex distinctly umbonate; hypogynium somewhat reduced, obscurely 3-angled, low, covered with whitish siliceous, papillose-spiculose crust. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Britton) W.Stone to W.Stone, information provided by Alan...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Britton) W.Stone to W.Stone, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Scleria minor (Britton) W.Stone. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681746 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 perennial; rhizomes clustered, nodulose, rather slender, to 3 mm thick, hard. Culms in tufts, usually filiform, very slender, 35–80 cm, base 1–2 mm thick, glabrous or nearly so, somewhat scabrous toward apex. Leaves: sheaths purple tinged, scarcely winged, glabrous or minutely pilose; contra-ligules ovate, quite short, rigid; blades attenuate, keeled, shorter than culms, 1–2.5 mm wide, usually glabrous or nearly so. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, fasciculate; fascicles (1–)2(–3), 10–18 × 4–8 mm, each with 1–5 spikelets, the lateral on long filiform peduncles; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, lanceolate, 3–9 cm, long acuminate-attenuate, usually glabrous. Spikelets bisexual and staminate, brown, 3–6 mm; staminate scales lanceolate-acuminate, pistillate scales ovate, midrib excurrent, awnlike. Achenes brownish gray or with dark longitudinal bands, ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, smooth, shining, apex distinctly umbonate; hypogynium somewhat reduced, obscurely 3-angled, low, covered with whitish siliceous, papillose-spiculose crust. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Britton) W.Stone to W.Stone, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. minor Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. gracilis Britton)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Scleria_triglomerata_gracilis_NY51721_type_1) (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. gracilis Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. gracilis Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. minor Britton)
To Plants of the World Online
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. minor Britton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. gracilis Britton)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Scleria_triglomerata_gracilis_NY51721_type_1) (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. gracilis Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. gracilis Britton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria triglomerata var. minor Britton)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
