Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria radula Hance
1681799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681799)
accepted
Species
Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials. Culms ca. 1 m tall, ca. 1 cm wide, 3-angled. Leaf sheath laxly embracing culm, to 15 cm, sometimes pubescent,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 18: 232. 1862 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ,...
Description Perennials. Culms ca. 1 m tall, ca. 1 cm wide, 3-angled. Leaf sheath laxly embracing culm, to 15 cm, sometimes pubescent, winged on middle part of culm, wing 1-4 mm wide; contraligule purple, triangular; leaf blade linear, 15-50 × 1.5-2.5 cm, papery, slightly scabrous, glabrous. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 25 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous, pubescent. Inflorescences paniculate; lateral branches 4 or 5, 6-5 × 5-10 cm, compact, with many spikelets, ca. 2/3 of spikelets male. Male spikelets brown, oblong-ovoid; glumes membranous. Female spikelets usually basal, narrowly ovoid to ovoid; glumes brown, thickly membranous, hispid, apex apiculate. Male flowers: stamens 3. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk yellow, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., 3-lobed; lobes semicircular, margins thick and reflexed. Nutlet white, ovoid, ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, bluntly 3-sided, smooth, glabrous, apex tipped. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 18: 232. 1862 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 18: 232. 1862 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 18: 232 (1862), 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 radula Hance. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681799 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]
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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 Perennials. Culms ca. 1 m tall, ca. 1 cm wide, 3-angled. Leaf sheath laxly embracing culm, to 15 cm, sometimes pubescent, winged on middle part of culm, wing 1-4 mm wide; contraligule purple, triangular; leaf blade linear, 15-50 × 1.5-2.5 cm, papery, slightly scabrous, glabrous. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 25 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous, pubescent. Inflorescences paniculate; lateral branches 4 or 5, 6-5 × 5-10 cm, compact, with many spikelets, ca. 2/3 of spikelets male. Male spikelets brown, oblong-ovoid; glumes membranous. Female spikelets usually basal, narrowly ovoid to ovoid; glumes brown, thickly membranous, hispid, apex apiculate. Male flowers: stamens 3. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk yellow, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., 3-lobed; lobes semicircular, margins thick and reflexed. Nutlet white, ovoid, ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, bluntly 3-sided, smooth, glabrous, apex tipped. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 18: 232. 1862 to Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 18: 232 (1862), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria radula Hance BM000833636 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Scleria radula Hance BM000833636 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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