Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis melanocarpa Torr.
1680477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680477)
accepted
Species
Scirpus melanocarpus (Torr.) Kuntze · unaccepted
terrestrial
Torrey, J. (1836). Monograph of North America Cyperaceae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 3: 239-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16077440#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 311 [details]
page(s): 311 [details]
Holotype NY 00051035, geounit Georgia
Holotype NY 00051035, geounit Georgia [details]
Description Culms to 2 times wider than thick, 35–60(–70) cm × 0.5–1.3 mm, hard, usually with to 10 blunt ribs, at 20X often...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York iii. (1836) 311. to Ann. Lyceum Nat....
Description Culms to 2 times wider than thick, 35–60(–70) cm × 0.5–1.3 mm, hard, usually with to 10 blunt ribs, at 20X often finely ridged and minutely granular. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths brown to reddish. Spikelets 3–12 × 3–4 mm; proximal scale amplexicaulous, 3.5–4 mm, midrib region very broad and fleshy, apex entire; subproximal scale with a flower; floral scales 30–40, 8–10 per mm of rachilla, orange-brown to stramineous, midrib region stramineous, broadly ovate, papery or sometimes membranous, 3–4 × 2 mm, apex entire, rounded. Flowers: perianth bristles present, sometimes rudimentary, brown, length variable, obscurely retrorsely spinulose; anthers brown, 1.7–2.2 mm. Achenes subdeltoid in outline, sometimes broadly obpyriform, equilaterally trigonous, angles prominent, 0.9–1.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm, apex truncate. Tubercles sessile, depressed-pyramidal, often apiculate, as wide as achene, 0.3–0.5 × 0.7–1.1 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York iii. (1836) 311. to Ann. Lyceum Nat....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York iii. (1836) 311. to Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 311 (1836), 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. Eleocharis melanocarpa Torr.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680477 on 2026-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Torrey, J. (1836). Monograph of North America Cyperaceae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 3: 239-448., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16077440#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 311 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 311 [details]
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
Holotype NY 00051035, geounit Georgia [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms to 2 times wider than thick, 35–60(–70) cm × 0.5–1.3 mm, hard, usually with to 10 blunt ribs, at 20X often finely ridged and minutely granular. Leaves: distal leaf sheaths brown to reddish. Spikelets 3–12 × 3–4 mm; proximal scale amplexicaulous, 3.5–4 mm, midrib region very broad and fleshy, apex entire; subproximal scale with a flower; floral scales 30–40, 8–10 per mm of rachilla, orange-brown to stramineous, midrib region stramineous, broadly ovate, papery or sometimes membranous, 3–4 × 2 mm, apex entire, rounded. Flowers: perianth bristles present, sometimes rudimentary, brown, length variable, obscurely retrorsely spinulose; anthers brown, 1.7–2.2 mm. Achenes subdeltoid in outline, sometimes broadly obpyriform, equilaterally trigonous, angles prominent, 0.9–1.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm, apex truncate. Tubercles sessile, depressed-pyramidal, often apiculate, as wide as achene, 0.3–0.5 × 0.7–1.1 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York iii. (1836) 311. to Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 311 (1836), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (127 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scirpus melanocarpus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis melanocarpa)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus melanocarpus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_melanocarpa_NY51035_holotype_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus melanocarpus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scirpus melanocarpus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eleocharis melanocarpa)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus melanocarpus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Eleocharis_melanocarpa_NY51035_holotype_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus melanocarpus (Torr.) Kuntze)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
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