Cyperaceae taxon details
Cephalocarpus confertus Gilly
1680409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680409)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Gilly, C. L. (1942). The genus Cephalocarpus Nees (Cyperaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 69(4): 290-297.
page(s): 293 [details]
page(s): 293 [details]
Holotype NY 00011591, geounit Amazonas
Holotype NY 00011591, geounit Amazonas [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 293 1942 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 293...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 293 1942 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 293 (1942), 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. Cephalocarpus confertus Gilly. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680409 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilly, C. L. (1942). The genus Cephalocarpus Nees (Cyperaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 69(4): 290-297.
page(s): 293 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 293 [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 00011591, geounit Amazonas [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 293 1942 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 293 (1942), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]Translation Rhizome erect, to 5 mein. tall: leaves -altide coinferta, late linear actita bicarinata, 3-7 ecm. long, 2-3.5 imm. wide, glabrous margin and white-villous costa except; floriferous bracts to 1.5 em. long, 3-5 aggregated in all leaves; bracts inflorese also subtended by 2-4, inferiores 4-7 nun. long; spicules muaseclae 4-6 mii. longae, 0.75-1 mi111. diauli., glumes -vacmis lanceolatis ac-utis glabris, glumes fertile oblongis acutis hyalinis; spicules of foemium, equal to the male, glumes 4-5, lanceolate, acute or oblong; suberect achaenoid obovoid glabrous, 1.25-1.5 mm long, 0.75 mm diam., clavate glabrous, subpersistent, 0.75-1 mm long, apex 0.7 mm long; hypogynous squamellae orbicular, with few hairs adjoin the squamellae. [details]
