Cyperaceae - Blysmus Panz. ex Schult.

WoRMS taxon details

Blysmus Panz. ex Schult.

AphiaID

425990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425990)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Blysmus compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link

Parent

Dulichieae W.Schultze-Motel

Synonymised names

Blysmopsis Oteng-Yeb. · unaccepted

Blysmus subg. Blysmopsis (Oteng-Yeb.) Tzvelev · unaccepted > superseded combination

Leptolepis Boeckeler · unaccepted

Nomochloa P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. · unaccepted

Direct children (12)

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Species Blysmus compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link
Species Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link
Species Blysmus bifolius Nyman accepted as Blysmus rufus var. bifolius (Wallr.) Nyman accepted as Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link (Wrong rank)
Species Blysmus bonanni (C.Presl) Steud. accepted as Schoenus nigricans L.
Species Blysmus brevifolius Decne. accepted as Blysmus compressus subsp. brevifolius (C.B.Clarke) Kukkonen
Species Blysmus distichus Friche-Joset & Montandon accepted as Blysmus compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link
Species Blysmus distichus (Peterm.) Montandon accepted as Blysmus compressus subsp. compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link
Species Blysmus exilis (Printz) N.A.Ivanova accepted as Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link
Species Blysmus mongolicola Kitag. accepted as Blysmus compressus subsp. brevifolius (C.B.Clarke) Kukkonen (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, syn. nov.)
Species Blysmus sinocompressus Tang & F.T.Wang accepted as Blysmus compressus subsp. brevifolius (C.B.Clarke) Kukkonen
Subgenus Blysmus subg. Blysmopsis (Oteng-Yeb.) Tzvelev accepted as Blysmus Panz. ex Schult. (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Blysmus tenuis Gilli accepted as Blysmus compressus subsp. compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link

Environment

terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Schultes, J. H. (1824). Mantissa in volumen secundum. Systematis vegetabilium Caroli a Linné ex editione Joan. Jac. Roemer M.D. et Jos. Aug. Schultes M.D. vol. 2, pp. 1-522., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/11006-mantissa-volumen-secundum
page(s): 41 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Mant. 2: 41. 1824. to Mant. 2: 41 (1824), information provided by...

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Mant. 2: 41. 1824. to Mant. 2: 41 (1824), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]

Taxonomic citation

Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Blysmus Panz. ex Schult.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425990 on 2025-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-25 05:15:55Z

created

Decock, Wim

2023-09-04 10:47:57Z

changed

Larridon, Isabel

2024-10-07 11:00:07Z

changed

Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio

2025-02-13 11:33:59Z

changed

Marco Rosado, Nuria

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Schultes, J. H. (1824). Mantissa in volumen secundum. Systematis vegetabilium Caroli a Linné ex editione Joan. Jac. Roemer M.D. et Jos. Aug. Schultes M.D. vol. 2, pp. 1-522., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/11006-mantissa-volumen-secundum
page(s): 41 [details]

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Link, H.F. (1827). Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis descriptus. t.1, pp. 1-384., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46937449#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [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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Introduced: alien

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Translation Perennial, glabrous herbs, with rhizomes with more or less long internodes. Simple stems with a rounded section, although sometimes triangular towards the apex. Basal, flat, ligulate leaves. Terminal inflorescence, in a compressed spike, formed by sessile, distich spikelets; bract of the single, foliaceous inflorescence, those of the glumiform spikelets; spikelets up to 25, moreless circular cross-section. Glumes in helical arrangement, glabrous. Hermaphrodite flowers; perianth formed by (3)4–5(6) scabrid bristles. Stamens 3. Style imperceptibly widened towards the base, with 2 stigmas. Achenes plano-convex or biconvex, smooth, with the base of the style persistent in the form of a short column. [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	flat-sedges	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	flatsivaksslekta	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	flatsivaksslekta	[details]
Swedish	plattsäv (släktet)	[details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blysmopsis) (from synonym Blysmopsis Oteng-Yeb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blysmus)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Blysmopsis Oteng-Yeb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Leptolepis Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Nomochloa P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Blysmus subg. Blysmopsis (Oteng-Yeb.) Tzvelev)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Blysmopsis Oteng-Yeb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Blysmopsis Oteng-Yeb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Leptolepis Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Nomochloa P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib.)
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