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Cyperaceae taxon details

Fimbristylis fusca (Nees) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke

1680039  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680039)

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Description Perennials, rhizomatous. Culms tufted, 20-40 cm tall, with radical leaves. Leaf blade linear, 5-35 cm × 1-3 mm, both...  
Description Perennials, rhizomatous. Culms tufted, 20-40 cm tall, with radical leaves. Leaf blade linear, 5-35 cm × 1-3 mm, both surfaces hairy, apex acute. Involucral bracts 2-4, leaflike, 0.8-1.5 cm, hairy, base much broader, apex attenuate and apiculate. Inflorescence a compound anthela; rays many, hairy. Spikelets solitary, narrowly ovoid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, 6-10 mm, apex attenuate, with basal 2 or 3 glumes empty. Fertile glumes brown to nearly blackish brown, ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 mm, thickly papery, hairy, 1-veined forming an abaxial keel, margin sometimes hyaline, apex apiculate. Stamens 3. Style 4-5 mm, basally inflated; stigmas 3. Nutlet pale brown or white, almost sessile, obovoid, ca. 0.9 mm, 3-sided, verruculose. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Nees) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke to Benth. ex C.B.Clarke,...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Nees) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke to Benth. ex C.B.Clarke, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Fimbristylis fusca (Nees) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680039 on 2025-12-12
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basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

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additional source Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Description Perennials, rhizomatous. Culms tufted, 20-40 cm tall, with radical leaves. Leaf blade linear, 5-35 cm × 1-3 mm, both surfaces hairy, apex acute. Involucral bracts 2-4, leaflike, 0.8-1.5 cm, hairy, base much broader, apex attenuate and apiculate. Inflorescence a compound anthela; rays many, hairy. Spikelets solitary, narrowly ovoid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, 6-10 mm, apex attenuate, with basal 2 or 3 glumes empty. Fertile glumes brown to nearly blackish brown, ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 mm, thickly papery, hairy, 1-veined forming an abaxial keel, margin sometimes hyaline, apex apiculate. Stamens 3. Style 4-5 mm, basally inflated; stigmas 3. Nutlet pale brown or white, almost sessile, obovoid, ca. 0.9 mm, 3-sided, verruculose. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Nees) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke to Benth. ex C.B.Clarke, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
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