Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria oligantha Michx.
1681765 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681765)
accepted
Species
Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood · unaccepted
Scleria purpureozonata Liebm. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes elongate, nodulose, to 5 mm thick. Culms usually in tufts, erect, slender, 30–60(–70) cm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Am. Bor. ii. 167. to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1803), information...
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes elongate, nodulose, to 5 mm thick. Culms usually in tufts, erect, slender, 30–60(–70) cm, sometimes appearing weak, glabrous or hairy. Leaves: proximal sheaths purple tinged, the distal rosy red-tinged, usually narrowly winged, ribbed, pubescent or glabrous; contra-ligules ovate; blades linear, ribbed, shorter than or equaling culms, 2–6 mm wide, glabrous or ciliate to scabrous. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, of 2–5 small clusters, 5–20 × 5–10 mm, each with 1–4 spikelets; the lateral on reddish filiform peduncles dilated toward apex, hairy or scabrous on angles; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 3–10 cm, glabrous or ciliate. Spikelets bisexual and staminate, staminate part frequently reduced in bisexual spikelets, purple tinged, 3–8 mm; staminate scales lanceolate; pistillate scales ovate, acuminate. Achenes white or grayish or grayish brown with dark longitudinal bands, ovoid, shorter than scales, 3–4 mm, smooth, shining, apex umbonate; hypogynium golden brown, rather broad, base obtuse-trigonous, supporting 8–9 small, round or elongate, granulose-spiculose tubercles. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Am. Bor. ii. 167. to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1803), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Am. Bor. ii. 167. to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1803), 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 oligantha Michx.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681765 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 elongate, nodulose, to 5 mm thick. Culms usually in tufts, erect, slender, 30–60(–70) cm, sometimes appearing weak, glabrous or hairy. Leaves: proximal sheaths purple tinged, the distal rosy red-tinged, usually narrowly winged, ribbed, pubescent or glabrous; contra-ligules ovate; blades linear, ribbed, shorter than or equaling culms, 2–6 mm wide, glabrous or ciliate to scabrous. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, of 2–5 small clusters, 5–20 × 5–10 mm, each with 1–4 spikelets; the lateral on reddish filiform peduncles dilated toward apex, hairy or scabrous on angles; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 3–10 cm, glabrous or ciliate. Spikelets bisexual and staminate, staminate part frequently reduced in bisexual spikelets, purple tinged, 3–8 mm; staminate scales lanceolate; pistillate scales ovate, acuminate. Achenes white or grayish or grayish brown with dark longitudinal bands, ovoid, shorter than scales, 3–4 mm, smooth, shining, apex umbonate; hypogynium golden brown, rather broad, base obtuse-trigonous, supporting 8–9 small, round or elongate, granulose-spiculose tubercles. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Am. Bor. ii. 167. to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1803), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scleria purpureozonata Liebm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria oligantha)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria purpureozonata Liebm.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria purpureozonata Liebm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria oligantha)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria purpureozonata Liebm.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria purpureozonata Liebm.)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
