Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
1681776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681776)
accepted
Species
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana Alph.Wood
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. curtissii (Britton) Fairey
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. effusa C.B.Clarke accepted as Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. elliottii Alph.Wood accepted as Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. elongata Britton accepted as Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. glabra Chapm. accepted as Scleria ciliata var. glabra (Chapm.) Fairey
- Variety Scleria pauciflora var. kansana Fernald accepted as Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes clustered, elongate, nodulose, to 5 mm thick, hard. Culms usually in tufts, slender,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 318 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 318 (1805), information...
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes clustered, elongate, nodulose, to 5 mm thick, hard. Culms usually in tufts, slender, (15–)20–50 cm, stiff, glabrous or hairy (villous or ciliate in some forms). Leaves: sheaths sometimes reddish, not or scarcely winged, weakly ribbed, short-pubescent or villous; contra-ligules obtuse to triangular, short; blades linear, channeled, obtuse, shorter than or equaling inflorescence, 1–2.5 mm wide, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes scabrous on margins. Inflorescences terminal cluster, sometimes with 1 or 2 axillary clusters, 0.5–1.5 cm, fasciculate; clusters 2–10 mm wide, each with 1–7 spikelets; lateral clusters remote, on long filiform peduncles; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, long awl-shaped, often appearing to be continuation of culm, glabrous or ciliate. Spikelets bisexual or staminate, 3–6 mm; staminate scales lanceolate, membranous, pistillate scales ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Achenes white or gray and/or with black markings, globose or rarely ovoid, 1–2.5(–3) mm, base narrowly constricted, trigonous, apex umbonate, papillate-verrucose, proximal papillae elongate, retrorse, spiculose; hypogynium brownish, bluntly trigonous border, bearing 6 globose tubercles arranged in distinct pairs, usually finely powdery. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 318 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 318 (1805), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 318 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 318 (1805), 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 pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681776 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial; rhizomes clustered, elongate, nodulose, to 5 mm thick, hard. Culms usually in tufts, slender, (15–)20–50 cm, stiff, glabrous or hairy (villous or ciliate in some forms). Leaves: sheaths sometimes reddish, not or scarcely winged, weakly ribbed, short-pubescent or villous; contra-ligules obtuse to triangular, short; blades linear, channeled, obtuse, shorter than or equaling inflorescence, 1–2.5 mm wide, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes scabrous on margins. Inflorescences terminal cluster, sometimes with 1 or 2 axillary clusters, 0.5–1.5 cm, fasciculate; clusters 2–10 mm wide, each with 1–7 spikelets; lateral clusters remote, on long filiform peduncles; bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, long awl-shaped, often appearing to be continuation of culm, glabrous or ciliate. Spikelets bisexual or staminate, 3–6 mm; staminate scales lanceolate, membranous, pistillate scales ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Achenes white or gray and/or with black markings, globose or rarely ovoid, 1–2.5(–3) mm, base narrowly constricted, trigonous, apex umbonate, papillate-verrucose, proximal papillae elongate, retrorse, spiculose; hypogynium brownish, bluntly trigonous border, bearing 6 globose tubercles arranged in distinct pairs, usually finely powdery. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 318 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 318 (1805), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (184 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. BM001042111 type 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. BM001042111 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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