Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus limosus Maxim.
1680138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680138)
accepted
Species
Dichostylis limosa (Maxim.) A.E.Kozhevn. · unaccepted
Juncellus limosus (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Pycreus limosus (Maxim.) Schischk. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Annuals. Roots fibrous. Culms tufted, 10-30 cm tall, compressed triquetrous, smooth, with few leaves. Leaves usually...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prim. Fl. Amur. 294. 1859 to Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg...
Description Annuals. Roots fibrous. Culms tufted, 10-30 cm tall, compressed triquetrous, smooth, with few leaves. Leaves usually shorter to rarely slightly longer than culm; sheath slightly long; leaf blade 2-3 mm wide, usually folded, sometimes flat. Involucral bracts 3 or 4, leaflike, several times as long as inflorescence. Inflorescence a simple anthela, subcapitate; rays 3-6, very short, each with many spikelets congregated into a small capitulum. Spikelets narrowly oblong to oblong, 3-4 × ca. 1.5 mm, 10-18-flowered; rachilla wingless. Glumes straw-colored to sometimes pale rusty brown on both surfaces, slightly laxly imbricate, oblong, ca. 1 mm, membranous, 3-veined, apex obtuse and mucronate. Stamens 2; anthers ellipsoid, short. Style long; stigmas 2, exserted. Nutlet yellowish, oblong, ± as long as subtending glume, plano-convex. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prim. Fl. Amur. 294. 1859 to Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prim. Fl. Amur. 294. 1859 to Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 294 (1859), 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. Cyperus limosus Maxim.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680138 on 2025-12-25
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Nomenclature
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 
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Description Annuals. Roots fibrous. Culms tufted, 10-30 cm tall, compressed triquetrous, smooth, with few leaves. Leaves usually shorter to rarely slightly longer than culm; sheath slightly long; leaf blade 2-3 mm wide, usually folded, sometimes flat. Involucral bracts 3 or 4, leaflike, several times as long as inflorescence. Inflorescence a simple anthela, subcapitate; rays 3-6, very short, each with many spikelets congregated into a small capitulum. Spikelets narrowly oblong to oblong, 3-4 × ca. 1.5 mm, 10-18-flowered; rachilla wingless. Glumes straw-colored to sometimes pale rusty brown on both surfaces, slightly laxly imbricate, oblong, ca. 1 mm, membranous, 3-veined, apex obtuse and mucronate. Stamens 2; anthers ellipsoid, short. Style long; stigmas 2, exserted. Nutlet yellowish, oblong, ± as long as subtending glume, plano-convex. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Prim. Fl. Amur. 294. 1859 to Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 294 (1859), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dichostylis limosa (Maxim.) A.E.Kozhevn.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pycreus limosus (Maxim.) Schischk.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Juncellus limosus (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Juncellus limosus (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus limosus (Maxim.) Schischk.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Dichostylis limosa (Maxim.) A.E.Kozhevn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Dichostylis limosa (Maxim.) A.E.Kozhevn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Juncellus limosus (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus limosus (Maxim.) Schischk.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus limosus K000309408 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pycreus limosus (Maxim.) Schischk.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Juncellus limosus (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Juncellus limosus (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Pycreus limosus (Maxim.) Schischk.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Dichostylis limosa (Maxim.) A.E.Kozhevn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Dichostylis limosa (Maxim.) A.E.Kozhevn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Juncellus limosus (Maxim.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Pycreus limosus (Maxim.) Schischk.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Cyperus limosus K000309408 type 1)
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