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Cyperaceae taxon details

Blysmus compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link

425991  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425991)

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  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Dulichieae (Tribe)
  12. Blysmus (Genus)
  13. Blysmus compressus (Species)
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(of Schoenus compressus L.) Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 43 [details] 
Lectotype  (of Schoenus compressus L.) BM  
Lectotype (of Schoenus compressus L.) BM [details]
Description Perenne, de color verdoso o, a veces, glaucescente; rizoma de entrenudos ± largos, no muy robustos, débil, cubierto de...  
Description Perenne, de color verdoso o, a veces, glaucescente; rizoma de entrenudos ± largos, no muy robustos, débil, cubierto de escamas castañas, del que nacen numerosos tallos y renuevos, con lo que aparenta ser, a veces, una planta cespitosa. Tallos hasta de 30(35) cm, cilíndricos en la parte basal, con tendencia a hacerse trígonos en la terminal, lisos, en ocasiones escábridos en el ápice. Hojas 91-210 x 1,8-4,8 mm, planas, con ápice obtusúsculo, escábridas en los márgenes hacia el ápice. Inflorescencia 20,3-35,5 x 6,8-13,8 mm, comprimida, hasta con 25 espiguillas; bráctea inferior 14-68 x 0,3-1,5 mm, dilatada y ± escuamiforme, las de cada espiguilla de menor longitud, glumiformes; espiguillas 5,5-8,3 x 1,5-2,4 mm, dísticas, oblongas, con (3)4-10(11) flores. Glumas 4,1-5,6 x 1,5-2,3 mm, lanceoladas, obtusas o agudas, a veces mucronadas, de color pardo amarillento o pardo-rojizo, con una débil quilla dorsal y hasta 9 nervios. Aquenios 1,4-2,1 x 0,8-1,2 mm, obovoideos, plano-convexos o biconvexos, de un color gris o negruzco, brillantes; cerdas periánticas (3)4-5(6), que duplican o casi la longitud del fruto. n = 22 [details]

Distribution Europa, Asia (Himalaya, Siberia) y N de África (Gran Atlas). Zonas localizadas de la Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema...  
Distribution Europa, Asia (Himalaya, Siberia) y N de África (Gran Atlas). Zonas localizadas de la Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Ibérico, sierra de Pradales y sierra de Pela. Esp.: Bu Gu (M) Le Lo O P S Sg So. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hort. Berol. 1: 278 1827 to Hort. Berol. 1: 278 (1827), information...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hort. Berol. 1: 278 1827 to Hort. Berol. 1: 278 (1827), 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. Blysmus compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425991 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature

original description (of Schoenus compressus L.) Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 43 [details] 

basis of record Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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

new combination reference 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 Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae
page(s): 71 [details] 

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  PDF available [request]

 
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Lectotype (of Schoenus compressus L.) BM [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Perenne, de color verdoso o, a veces, glaucescente; rizoma de entrenudos ± largos, no muy robustos, débil, cubierto de escamas castañas, del que nacen numerosos tallos y renuevos, con lo que aparenta ser, a veces, una planta cespitosa. Tallos hasta de 30(35) cm, cilíndricos en la parte basal, con tendencia a hacerse trígonos en la terminal, lisos, en ocasiones escábridos en el ápice. Hojas 91-210 x 1,8-4,8 mm, planas, con ápice obtusúsculo, escábridas en los márgenes hacia el ápice. Inflorescencia 20,3-35,5 x 6,8-13,8 mm, comprimida, hasta con 25 espiguillas; bráctea inferior 14-68 x 0,3-1,5 mm, dilatada y ± escuamiforme, las de cada espiguilla de menor longitud, glumiformes; espiguillas 5,5-8,3 x 1,5-2,4 mm, dísticas, oblongas, con (3)4-10(11) flores. Glumas 4,1-5,6 x 1,5-2,3 mm, lanceoladas, obtusas o agudas, a veces mucronadas, de color pardo amarillento o pardo-rojizo, con una débil quilla dorsal y hasta 9 nervios. Aquenios 1,4-2,1 x 0,8-1,2 mm, obovoideos, plano-convexos o biconvexos, de un color gris o negruzco, brillantes; cerdas periánticas (3)4-5(6), que duplican o casi la longitud del fruto. n = 22 [details]

Distribution Europa, Asia (Himalaya, Siberia) y N de África (Gran Atlas). Zonas localizadas de la Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Ibérico, sierra de Pradales y sierra de Pela. Esp.: Bu Gu (M) Le Lo O P S Sg So. [details]

Habitat Turberas, herbazales húmedos o encharcados, bordes de arroyos, preferentemente en calizas; 1000-2000 m. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Hort. Berol. 1: 278 1827 to Hort. Berol. 1: 278 (1827), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]

Translation Perennial, greenish or sometimes glaucescent; A rhizome of moreless long internodes, not very robust, weak, covered with chestnut scales, from which numerous stems and shoots are born, so that it sometimes appears to be a grassy plant. Stems up to 30 (35) cm, cylindrical in the basal part, with a tendency to become triangular at the end, smooth, sometimes scabrid at the apex. Leaves 91-210 x 1.8-4.8 mm, flat, with obtuscule apex, scabrid at the margins towards the apex. Inflorescence 20.3-35.5 x 6.8-13.8 mm, compressed, with up to 25 spikelets; inferior bract 14-68 x 0.3-1.5 mm, dilated and moreless squamiform, those of each spikelet of shorter length, glumiform; spikelets 5.5-8.3 x 1.5-2.4 mm, distichous, oblong, with (3)4-10(11) flowers. Glumes 4.1-5.6 x 1.5-2.3 mm, lanceolate, obtuse or acute, sometimes mucronate, yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, with a weak dorsal keel and up to 9 nerves. Achenes 1.4-2.1 x 0.8-1.2 mm, obovoid, plano-convex or biconvex, grey or blackish, shiny; perianthic bristles (3)4-5(6), which double or almost the length of the fruit. n = 22 [details]

Type designation Lectotype (designated by Kukkonen): [icon] "Gramen cyperoides, spica simplici compressa disticha" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t.34, f. 9. 1696 - Voucher specimen: Herb. Sloane 96: 80 (BM-SL).
Kukkonen (1998: 44) observed that Linnaeius had no specimens available in 1753, and noted the existence of the Plukenet (1696) illustration, now formally designated as the lectotype. [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch platte bies  [details]
English flat-sedge  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål flatsivaks  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk flatsivaks  [details]
Swedish plattsäv  [details]
Welsh corsfrwynen arw  [details]
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nomochloa compressa (L.) Beetle)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (226 publications) (from synonym Schoenus compressus L.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (347 publications) (from synonym Scirpus compressus (L.) Pers.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (406 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chaetospora compressa (L.) Gray)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blysmus compressus) 
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 15 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Blysmus distichus Friche-Joset & Montandon)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Aplostemon compressus (L.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Heleogiton compressa (L.) Peterm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus compressus L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus compressus (L.) Pers.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chaetospora compressa (L.) Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Nomochloa compressa (L.) Beetle)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NHMUK collection (Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9085738) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Nomochloa compressa (L.) Beetle)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Heleogiton compressa (L.) Peterm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chaetospora compressa (L.) Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Aplostemon compressus (L.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus compressus L.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus compressus (L.) Pers.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Blysmus distichus Friche-Joset & Montandon)
To The Plant List (from synonym Blysmopsis compressus (L.) Oteng-Yeb.)
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