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Cyperaceae taxon details

Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link

1678629  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678629)

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(of Schoenus rufus Huds.) Hudson, W. (1778). Londini : Impensis auctoris: Prostant Venales apud J. Nourse, in the Strand. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/72521
page(s): 15 [details] 
Description Rhizomes slender. Culms 3–20 cm tall, subterete, clothed at base with brown bladeless leaf sheaths. Cauline leaves as...  
Description Rhizomes slender. Culms 3–20 cm tall, subterete, clothed at base with brown bladeless leaf sheaths. Cauline leaves as long as or shorter than culm; leaf blade brown, narrowly linear, thickly crescentic in cross section, apex ± obtuse. Involucral bract dark reddish brown, leaflike or glumelike, many veined, apex acute. Inflorescences consisting of 4–7 spikelets arranged in a distichous spike, 0.7–1.7 cm. Spikelets oblong-ovoid, 5–6 mm, 2-or 3-flowered, apex ± obtuse. Glumes elliptic-ovate, ca. 5 mm, 2- or 3-veined, apex obtuse. Perianth bristles usually absent. Stamens 3; anthers 3–4 mm; connective apex ca. 2 mm. Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellowish, shortly stipitate, oblong-ovoid, ca. 3.5 × 1.5 mm, plano convex, base subrounded. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep. 2n = 40.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Huds.) Link to Link, information provided by Alan E. on...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Huds.) Link to Link, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1.< [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678629 on 2025-03-21
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original description (of Schoenus rufus Huds.) Hudson, W. (1778). Londini : Impensis auctoris: Prostant Venales apud J. Nourse, in the Strand. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/72521
page(s): 15 [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] 

 
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Description Rhizomes slender. Culms 3–20 cm tall, subterete, clothed at base with brown bladeless leaf sheaths. Cauline leaves as long as or shorter than culm; leaf blade brown, narrowly linear, thickly crescentic in cross section, apex ± obtuse. Involucral bract dark reddish brown, leaflike or glumelike, many veined, apex acute. Inflorescences consisting of 4–7 spikelets arranged in a distichous spike, 0.7–1.7 cm. Spikelets oblong-ovoid, 5–6 mm, 2-or 3-flowered, apex ± obtuse. Glumes elliptic-ovate, ca. 5 mm, 2- or 3-veined, apex obtuse. Perianth bristles usually absent. Stamens 3; anthers 3–4 mm; connective apex ca. 2 mm. Stigmas 2. Nutlet yellowish, shortly stipitate, oblong-ovoid, ca. 3.5 × 1.5 mm, plano convex, base subrounded. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep. 2n = 40.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Huds.) Link to Link, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1.< [details]
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