Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria scrobiculata Nees & Meyen
1681817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681817)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials. Rhizomes hardened. Culms 1-2.5 m, 4-10 mm thick, triquetrous, scabrous on apical angles. Leaves ± in whorls of...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 117. to Contr. Bot. India : 117 (1834),...
Description Perennials. Rhizomes hardened. Culms 1-2.5 m, 4-10 mm thick, triquetrous, scabrous on apical angles. Leaves ± in whorls of 2-5 at mid-culm (otherwise scattered); sheaths 4-6 cm, papery, glabrous, winged or not; contraligule depressed rounded, margin ciliate; leaf blade linear, ca. 40 × 1-1.3 cm, thickly papery, slightly scabrous, apically attenuate. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 15 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous. Inflorescences paniculate, with several branches; lateral branches spreading, often 2 or 3 in a cluster, 6-7 × ca. 10 cm, axes angled. Spikelets 2 or 3 in a cluster, brown, 3-4 mm, unisexual. Male spikelets oblong-ovoid, pedicellate, apex truncate; glumes rust-colored to brown, 3-4 mm, membranous, basal ones keeled and with a cuspidate apex. Female spikelets narrowly ovoid, apex acuminate; glumes broadly ovate to ovate, keeled. Male flowers: stamens 3; anthers linear, ca. 1 mm; connective apex protruding, ca. 1/4 as long as anther. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk brown to purple, 3-lobed; lobes smooth, narrow, apex acute. Nutlet whitish, globose, 2.5-3 × 2.2-2.7 mm, slightly 3-sided, with hexagonal reticulation, scrobiculate (marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits), glabrous but sparsely pubescent on ridges, apex cuspidate. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 117. to Contr. Bot. India : 117 (1834),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 117. to Contr. Bot. India : 117 (1834), 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 scrobiculata Nees & Meyen. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681817 on 2025-09-11
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Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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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. Rhizomes hardened. Culms 1-2.5 m, 4-10 mm thick, triquetrous, scabrous on apical angles. Leaves ± in whorls of 2-5 at mid-culm (otherwise scattered); sheaths 4-6 cm, papery, glabrous, winged or not; contraligule depressed rounded, margin ciliate; leaf blade linear, ca. 40 × 1-1.3 cm, thickly papery, slightly scabrous, apically attenuate. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 15 cm, sheathing; bractlets setaceous. Inflorescences paniculate, with several branches; lateral branches spreading, often 2 or 3 in a cluster, 6-7 × ca. 10 cm, axes angled. Spikelets 2 or 3 in a cluster, brown, 3-4 mm, unisexual. Male spikelets oblong-ovoid, pedicellate, apex truncate; glumes rust-colored to brown, 3-4 mm, membranous, basal ones keeled and with a cuspidate apex. Female spikelets narrowly ovoid, apex acuminate; glumes broadly ovate to ovate, keeled. Male flowers: stamens 3; anthers linear, ca. 1 mm; connective apex protruding, ca. 1/4 as long as anther. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk brown to purple, 3-lobed; lobes smooth, narrow, apex acute. Nutlet whitish, globose, 2.5-3 × 2.2-2.7 mm, slightly 3-sided, with hexagonal reticulation, scrobiculate (marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits), glabrous but sparsely pubescent on ridges, apex cuspidate. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 117. to Contr. Bot. India : 117 (1834), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria scrobiculata)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria scrobiculata G00428758 syntype 1)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria scrobiculata G00428759 syntype 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria scrobiculata)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria scrobiculata G00428758 syntype 1)
To Genève Herbarium (Scleria scrobiculata G00428759 syntype 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online
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