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Cyperaceae taxon details

Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe

To Moscow University Herbarium (Eriophorum latifolium MW0591506 isolectotype 1)
To Moscow University Herbarium (Eriophorum latifolium MW0591506 isolectotype 1)

1680634  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680634)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Scirpeae (Tribe)
  12. Eriophorum (Genus)
  13. Eriophorum latifolium (Species)
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Hoppe, D. H. (1800). Botanisches Taschenbuch für die Anfänger dieser Wissenschaft und der Apothekerkunst. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3356180#page/4/mode/1up
page(s): 108 [details] 
Holotype  BM 001066962, geounit Middle Europe  
Holotype BM 001066962, geounit Middle Europe [details]
Description Rhizomes short. Stems 20–70 cm 1–2 mm, loosely tufted, erect, smooth, nodose, triquetrous. Leaves basal and cauline;...  
Description Rhizomes short. Stems 20–70 cm 1–2 mm, loosely tufted, erect, smooth, nodose, triquetrous. Leaves basal and cauline; blade 2–60 cm 3–8 mm, linear, narrowed to a triquetrous apex, otherwise flat, yellowish- to bluish green; sheaths less than 12 cm long (to 5 cm on cauline leaves), close-fitting, pale to mid brown; lower leaves with a rounded ligule with free portion 0.5 mm; uppermost cauline leaf with a well developed blade about equalling sheath and no ligule. Inflorescence terminal, comprising 2–12 pedunculate spikelets, ± nodding in fruit; peduncles up to 5 cm long, slender, rough with dense, minute, forward-pointing, stiff hairs (best detected when peduncle is drawn between the lips); involucral bracts 2–3, leaf-like to glume-like, sheathing, the lowest ± equalling or exceeding the lowermost spikelet. Spikelets ovoid to ellipsoid when young, soon becoming obscured by the lengthening perianth bristles. Glumes 5–6 1–2.1 mm, spirally arranged, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, the upper narrower than the lower, ± acute, membranous, 1-nerved, greyish-brown to blackish above, somewhat olivaceous below; margins narrowly hyaline. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles many, minutely papillose at the apex, elongating to 2–2.5 cm and forming a neat, almost ‘brilliant’ white, cotton-like head; stamens 3; anthers 1.3–2 mm long; stigmas 3. Nuts 3–3.5 reddish-brown, ± smooth. [details]

Description Perenne, ± cespitosa, sin rizoma de entrenudos largos; raíces finas de 2–8(15) cm. Tallos 20–60(90) cm, obtusamente...  
Description Perenne, ± cespitosa, sin rizoma de entrenudos largos; raíces finas de 2–8(15) cm. Tallos 20–60(90) cm, obtusamente trígonos. Hojas basales 4–25(30) × (0,2)0,3–0,5(0,6) mm, abundantes, planas; las medias y superiores progresivamente de menor longitud, con limbo bien desarrollado; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado, de color pardo obscuro. Inflorescencia en falsa umbela, con (2)5–12 espiguillas; brácteas 1–varias, de 1,5–5(6) cm, foliáceas, ovadas, largamente acuminadas; espiguillas obovoides, erectas, patentes o péndulas, con pedúnculos hasta de 9 cm, finamente escábridas. Glumas c. 5 mm, ovadas, de color negruzco, con (1)3 nervios y margen hialino. Anteras c. 2 mm. Aquenios 3 × 1,2 mm, obpiriformes, trígonos, pardos, brillantes, sin base del estilo persistente; cerdas periánticas 1–2(3) cm en la fructificación. 2n = 54*, 72*. [details]

Description Plant laxly caespitose; stems 20–70 cm, trigonous throughout, leafy. Leaves 3–8 mm wide, flat, with a short triquetrous...  
Description Plant laxly caespitose; stems 20–70 cm, trigonous throughout, leafy. Leaves 3–8 mm wide, flat, with a short triquetrous apex; lamina of uppermost cauline leaf about equalling the close-fitting sheath; ligule absent. Spikelets 2–12, more or less drooping; peduncles usually trigonous, scabrid; bracts 2–3, very shortly sheathing, black at least below, about equalling spikelet. Lower glumes ovate-lanceolate, the upper lanceolate, 1-veined, reddish-brown below, greyish-brown or sometimes black above; margins very narrowly hyaline. Bristles c. 25 mm, white, branched at apex; anthers 1.5–2 mm. Nut 3–3.5 × 1–1.4 mm, narrowly obovoid, trigonous, reddish-brown. 2n = 54, 72. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 11: 108 1801 to Bot....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 11: 108 1801 to Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 11: 108 (1801), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680634 on 2025-12-13
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Nomenclature

original description Hoppe, D. H. (1800). Botanisches Taschenbuch für die Anfänger dieser Wissenschaft und der Apothekerkunst. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3356180#page/4/mode/1up
page(s): 108 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A.; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. 554 pp. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, United Kingdom. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [details] 

Other

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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Holotype BM 001066962, geounit Middle Europe [details]
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Description Rhizomes short. Stems 20–70 cm 1–2 mm, loosely tufted, erect, smooth, nodose, triquetrous. Leaves basal and cauline; blade 2–60 cm 3–8 mm, linear, narrowed to a triquetrous apex, otherwise flat, yellowish- to bluish green; sheaths less than 12 cm long (to 5 cm on cauline leaves), close-fitting, pale to mid brown; lower leaves with a rounded ligule with free portion 0.5 mm; uppermost cauline leaf with a well developed blade about equalling sheath and no ligule. Inflorescence terminal, comprising 2–12 pedunculate spikelets, ± nodding in fruit; peduncles up to 5 cm long, slender, rough with dense, minute, forward-pointing, stiff hairs (best detected when peduncle is drawn between the lips); involucral bracts 2–3, leaf-like to glume-like, sheathing, the lowest ± equalling or exceeding the lowermost spikelet. Spikelets ovoid to ellipsoid when young, soon becoming obscured by the lengthening perianth bristles. Glumes 5–6 1–2.1 mm, spirally arranged, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, the upper narrower than the lower, ± acute, membranous, 1-nerved, greyish-brown to blackish above, somewhat olivaceous below; margins narrowly hyaline. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles many, minutely papillose at the apex, elongating to 2–2.5 cm and forming a neat, almost ‘brilliant’ white, cotton-like head; stamens 3; anthers 1.3–2 mm long; stigmas 3. Nuts 3–3.5 reddish-brown, ± smooth. [details]

Description Perenne, ± cespitosa, sin rizoma de entrenudos largos; raíces finas de 2–8(15) cm. Tallos 20–60(90) cm, obtusamente trígonos. Hojas basales 4–25(30) × (0,2)0,3–0,5(0,6) mm, abundantes, planas; las medias y superiores progresivamente de menor longitud, con limbo bien desarrollado; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado, de color pardo obscuro. Inflorescencia en falsa umbela, con (2)5–12 espiguillas; brácteas 1–varias, de 1,5–5(6) cm, foliáceas, ovadas, largamente acuminadas; espiguillas obovoides, erectas, patentes o péndulas, con pedúnculos hasta de 9 cm, finamente escábridas. Glumas c. 5 mm, ovadas, de color negruzco, con (1)3 nervios y margen hialino. Anteras c. 2 mm. Aquenios 3 × 1,2 mm, obpiriformes, trígonos, pardos, brillantes, sin base del estilo persistente; cerdas periánticas 1–2(3) cm en la fructificación. 2n = 54*, 72*. [details]

Description Plant laxly caespitose; stems 20–70 cm, trigonous throughout, leafy. Leaves 3–8 mm wide, flat, with a short triquetrous apex; lamina of uppermost cauline leaf about equalling the close-fitting sheath; ligule absent. Spikelets 2–12, more or less drooping; peduncles usually trigonous, scabrid; bracts 2–3, very shortly sheathing, black at least below, about equalling spikelet. Lower glumes ovate-lanceolate, the upper lanceolate, 1-veined, reddish-brown below, greyish-brown or sometimes black above; margins very narrowly hyaline. Bristles c. 25 mm, white, branched at apex; anthers 1.5–2 mm. Nut 3–3.5 × 1–1.4 mm, narrowly obovoid, trigonous, reddish-brown. 2n = 54, 72. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 11: 108 1801 to Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 11: 108 (1801), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be [details]

Translation erennial, ± tufted, without a long-internode rhizome; fine roots 2–8(15) cm long. Culms 20–60(90) cm, bluntly trigonous. Basal leaves 4–25(30) × (0.2)0.3–0.5(0.6) mm, abundant and flat; median and upper leaves progressively shorter, with a well-developed blade; basal sheaths with a developed blade, dark brown in color. Inflorescence in a false umbel, with (2)5–12 spikelets; bracts 1 to several, 1.5–5(6) cm long, foliaceous, ovate, long-acuminate; spikelets obovoid, erect, spreading or pendulous, with peduncles up to 9 cm, finely scabrid. Glumes about 5 mm, ovate, blackish, with (1)3 nerves and a hyaline margin. Anthers about 2 mm. Achenes 3 × 1.2 mm, obpyriform, trigonous, brown, shiny, lacking a persistent style base; perianth bristles 1–2(3) cm long in fruit. 2n = 54*, 72*. [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Carex alopecurus Lapeyr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plumaria latifolia (Hoppe) Bubani)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum vulgare Pers.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (608 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum pubescens Sm.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eriophorum latifolium) 
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum depauperatum Arv.-Touv.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum pubescens Sm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum vulgare Pers.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Plumaria latifolia (Hoppe) Bubani)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus angustifolius subsp. latifolius (Hoppe) T.Koyama)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum polystachion subsp. latifolium (Hoppe) Bonnier & Layens)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum polystachion var. latifolium (Hoppe) A.Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum latifolium var. congestum Baguet)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum latifolium var. ramosum Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex alopecurus Lapeyr.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Moscow University Herbarium (Eriophorum latifolium MW0591506 isolectotype 1) 
To Moscow University Herbarium (Eriophorum latifolium MW0591507 isolectotype 1) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum depauperatum Arv.-Touv.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum pubescens Sm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum vulgare Pers.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Plumaria latifolia (Hoppe) Bubani)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum polystachion f. latifolium (Hoppe) Regel)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum latifolium var. ramosum Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum latifolium var. congestum Baguet)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum polystachion var. latifolium (Hoppe) A.Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum polystachion subsp. latifolium (Hoppe) Bonnier & Layens)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus angustifolius subsp. latifolius (Hoppe) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alopecurus Lapeyr.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe BM001066962 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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