Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus centralis K.L.Wilson
1679328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679328)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Tall but slender perennial, tufted, often with rather long surculi and a thickened somewhat bulbous base, 40–110 cm high,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 4: 470 1991 to Telopea 4: 470 (1991), information provided by...
Description Tall but slender perennial, tufted, often with rather long surculi and a thickened somewhat bulbous base, 40–110 cm high, not viscid. Culms trigonous to triquetrous, often slightly scabrous, 1–2.5 mm diam. Leaves flat to carinate or canaliculate, usually not septate-nodulose, shorter than culms, to 3.5 mm wide; midrib ± obvious abaxially, usually smooth; marginal prickles dense to sparse, mostly regularly spaced (0.1–0.6(–1.1) mm apart), long to short, (0.05–)0.1–0.2 mm long, antrorse, aculeate; leaf sheaths usually not septate-nodulose, finely striate, not shining, stramineous above, purple-red below. Inflorescence simple or small-compound, 4–12 primary branches to 10 cm long; bracts suberect to spreading, 2–3 much exceeding the inflorescence. Spikelets c. 12 in loose, spicate to subdigitate, hemispherical clusters of 0.7–2.5 cm diam.; spikelets compressed, oblong to narrow-ovate, 5–13(–18) mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide in side view, 4–14(–18)-flowered; rachilla not thickened, not or narrowly winged, wings to 0.05 mm wide; glume spacing 1.1–2.3 mm; spikelet falling as a unit, or rachilla persistent and glumes falling individually. Glumes narrow-elliptic to narrow-ovate, acute with straight mucro <0.1–0.3 mm long, stramineous to golden to red-brown with green midrib, 2.5–3.8 mm long, 0.5–1.0 mm wide, sides (1–)2–4-nerved, margins inrolled and narrow-membranous. Anthers 1.3–2.3 mm long excluding appendage ≤0.1(–0.2) mm long. Nut trigonous, very narrow-elliptic with acute apex, faces flat to convex, pale brown, shortly elongate-colliculate to foveate, glistening or shining, 1.7–2.2 mm long, ½–¾ length of glume, 0.3–0.7 mm diam., falling with glume. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 4: 470 1991 to Telopea 4: 470 (1991), information provided by...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 4: 470 1991 to Telopea 4: 470 (1991), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Cyperus centralis K.L.Wilson. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679328 on 2026-09-23
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Nomenclature
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
From editor or global species database
Description Tall but slender perennial, tufted, often with rather long surculi and a thickened somewhat bulbous base, 40–110 cm high, not viscid. Culms trigonous to triquetrous, often slightly scabrous, 1–2.5 mm diam. Leaves flat to carinate or canaliculate, usually not septate-nodulose, shorter than culms, to 3.5 mm wide; midrib ± obvious abaxially, usually smooth; marginal prickles dense to sparse, mostly regularly spaced (0.1–0.6(–1.1) mm apart), long to short, (0.05–)0.1–0.2 mm long, antrorse, aculeate; leaf sheaths usually not septate-nodulose, finely striate, not shining, stramineous above, purple-red below. Inflorescence simple or small-compound, 4–12 primary branches to 10 cm long; bracts suberect to spreading, 2–3 much exceeding the inflorescence. Spikelets c. 12 in loose, spicate to subdigitate, hemispherical clusters of 0.7–2.5 cm diam.; spikelets compressed, oblong to narrow-ovate, 5–13(–18) mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide in side view, 4–14(–18)-flowered; rachilla not thickened, not or narrowly winged, wings to 0.05 mm wide; glume spacing 1.1–2.3 mm; spikelet falling as a unit, or rachilla persistent and glumes falling individually. Glumes narrow-elliptic to narrow-ovate, acute with straight mucro <0.1–0.3 mm long, stramineous to golden to red-brown with green midrib, 2.5–3.8 mm long, 0.5–1.0 mm wide, sides (1–)2–4-nerved, margins inrolled and narrow-membranous. Anthers 1.3–2.3 mm long excluding appendage ≤0.1(–0.2) mm long. Nut trigonous, very narrow-elliptic with acute apex, faces flat to convex, pale brown, shortly elongate-colliculate to foveate, glistening or shining, 1.7–2.2 mm long, ½–¾ length of glume, 0.3–0.7 mm diam., falling with glume. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 4: 470 1991 to Telopea 4: 470 (1991), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus centralis K000309536 type 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus centralis K000309536 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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