Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria novae-hollandiae Boeckeler
1681761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681761)
accepted
Species
Scleria fujianensis G.P.Li · unaccepted
Scleria merrillii Palla · unaccepted
Scleria nankingensis Tang & F.T.Wang · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Annuals. Rhizomes short, subwoody. Culms 30-60 cm tall, slender, 3-angled, glabrous. Leaves cauline; sheath 3-angled, not...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 58: 120 1875 to Flora 58: 120 (1875), information provided by...
Description Annuals. Rhizomes short, subwoody. Culms 30-60 cm tall, slender, 3-angled, glabrous. Leaves cauline; sheath 3-angled, not winged, glabrous; contraligule semicircular; leaf blade narrowly linear, 2.5-3.5(-5.5) mm wide, papery, slightly shiny, glabrous, margin scabrous, apex acute. Involucral bracts leaflike, sheathing; bractlets small, narrow, sheathless. Inflorescences paniculate; branches single or binate, (0.5-)1-2 cm, distant. Spikelets mostly unisexual, narrowly ovoid, ca. 5 mm, lax, with ca. 9 flowers, with 11 or 12 glumes. Bisexual spikelets with 1 or 2 empty basal glumes, middle glumes with a female flower, apicalmost glume empty or with a reduced flower. Glumes pale brown, ovate to ovate-lanceolate but apical ones lanceolate, membranous, keel abaxially green, apex acute. Perianth lobes rounded at apex. Male flowers: stamens 2 or 3. Female flowers: style slender; stigmas 2, almost as long as style. Disk not well developed. Nutlet white, subovoid-spherical, 2-2.5 mm (excluding stalk), obscurely reticulate, glabrous, base truncate, apex subrounded and without a tip. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 58: 120 1875 to Flora 58: 120 (1875), information provided by...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 58: 120 1875 to Flora 58: 120 (1875), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Scleria novae-hollandiae Boeckeler. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681761 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 
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Description Annuals. Rhizomes short, subwoody. Culms 30-60 cm tall, slender, 3-angled, glabrous. Leaves cauline; sheath 3-angled, not winged, glabrous; contraligule semicircular; leaf blade narrowly linear, 2.5-3.5(-5.5) mm wide, papery, slightly shiny, glabrous, margin scabrous, apex acute. Involucral bracts leaflike, sheathing; bractlets small, narrow, sheathless. Inflorescences paniculate; branches single or binate, (0.5-)1-2 cm, distant. Spikelets mostly unisexual, narrowly ovoid, ca. 5 mm, lax, with ca. 9 flowers, with 11 or 12 glumes. Bisexual spikelets with 1 or 2 empty basal glumes, middle glumes with a female flower, apicalmost glume empty or with a reduced flower. Glumes pale brown, ovate to ovate-lanceolate but apical ones lanceolate, membranous, keel abaxially green, apex acute. Perianth lobes rounded at apex. Male flowers: stamens 2 or 3. Female flowers: style slender; stigmas 2, almost as long as style. Disk not well developed. Nutlet white, subovoid-spherical, 2-2.5 mm (excluding stalk), obscurely reticulate, glabrous, base truncate, apex subrounded and without a tip. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 58: 120 1875 to Flora 58: 120 (1875), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Scleria nankingensis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria merrillii G00195284 type 1) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria merrillii G00195285 type 1) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria nankingensis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria fujianensis G.P.Li)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria fujianensis G.P.Li)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria nankingensis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Scleria novae-hollandiae K000291178 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria novae-hollandiae Boeckeler BM000884866 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Scleria merrillii US482908 type 1) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria merrillii G00195284 type 1) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria merrillii G00195285 type 1) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria nankingensis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria fujianensis G.P.Li)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria fujianensis G.P.Li)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria nankingensis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Scleria novae-hollandiae K000291178 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria novae-hollandiae Boeckeler BM000884866 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Scleria merrillii US482908 type 1) (from synonym Scleria merrillii Palla)
