Cyperaceae taxon details
Exocarya Benth.
- Species Exocarya scleroides (F.Muell.) Benth.
- Species Exocarya montivaga Domin accepted as Exocarya sclerioides (F.Muell.) Benth. accepted as Exocarya scleroides (F.Muell.) Benth.
- Species Exocarya sclerioides (F.Muell.) Benth. accepted as Exocarya scleroides (F.Muell.) Benth. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Mueller's original spelling was 'scleroides')
terrestrial
Hooker, J. D. (1877). Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16045027#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Description Rhizomatous perennials. Culms noded, leafy. Basal leaves reduced to sheaths; cauline leaves flat; ligule absent....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206...
Description Rhizomatous perennials. Culms noded, leafy. Basal leaves reduced to sheaths; cauline leaves flat; ligule absent. Inflorescence compound, umbel-like with elongated slender branches bearing solitary, small, spikelet-like units each composed of numerous, spirally imbricate pseudospikelets; the lower 2 or 3 involucral bracts leaf-like. In the pseudospikelets, glumes of three types: lowest glume broad, slightly curved, nerveless, thick-textured, empty; the next two glumes distichous, folded, keeled, thin-textured, with the keel ciliolate, each with 1 stamen or sometimes empty; the uppermost 2 glumes distichous, ± flat, nerveless, thin-textured, the penultimate with a stamen or empty, the ultimate female (or empty if lower down the spikelet-like unit). Style 2-fid, broadened towards base. Nut broadly biconvex, with 2 pale ribs, crowned by persistent style base. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206 (1877), 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. Exocarya Benth.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675267 on 2025-12-11
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Hooker, J. D. (1877). Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16045027#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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Description Rhizomatous perennials. Culms noded, leafy. Basal leaves reduced to sheaths; cauline leaves flat; ligule absent. Inflorescence compound, umbel-like with elongated slender branches bearing solitary, small, spikelet-like units each composed of numerous, spirally imbricate pseudospikelets; the lower 2 or 3 involucral bracts leaf-like. In the pseudospikelets, glumes of three types: lowest glume broad, slightly curved, nerveless, thick-textured, empty; the next two glumes distichous, folded, keeled, thin-textured, with the keel ciliolate, each with 1 stamen or sometimes empty; the uppermost 2 glumes distichous, ± flat, nerveless, thin-textured, the penultimate with a stamen or empty, the ultimate female (or empty if lower down the spikelet-like unit). Style 2-fid, broadened towards base. Nut broadly biconvex, with 2 pale ribs, crowned by persistent style base. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 5. 1877. to Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1206 (1877), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
