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Cyperaceae taxon details

Eriophorum vaginatum L.

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Eriophorum spissum K001057131 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Eriophorum spissum K001057131 type 1)

1680644  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680644)

  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 vaginatum (Species)
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Sp. Pl. 1 (1753), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358071#page/64/mode/1up
page(s): 52 [details] 
Description Plants cespitose, tussock forming. Culms 10–60 cm; basal sheaths brown. Leaves: bladeless sheaths 1–3 per culm,...  
Description Plants cespitose, tussock forming. Culms 10–60 cm; basal sheaths brown. Leaves: bladeless sheaths 1–3 per culm, expanding distally, to 1 mm wide; blades filiform, trigonous, not more than 1 cm. Inflorescences: involucral bracts absent. Spikelets solitary, erect, globose-subglobose to ovoid-oblong, 10–20 mm in flower, to 50 mm in fruit; scales lead-colored to greenish gray with white-hyaline margins to 1 mm wide; empty scales more than 10, ovate-lanceolate; proximal scales reflexed or spreading at maturity, 5–10 mm. Flowers: perianth bristles 10 or more, white, seldom reddish or brown, 10–18 mm, smooth; anthers 1–3 mm. Achenes ovoid to obovoid, 1.9–3.5 mm, apex minutely apiculate. 2n = 58, 60. [details]

Description Rhizomes short, forming compact tussocks. Stems (15–)30–60(–80) cm 0.8–1.5 mm, tufted, erect, smooth, nodose in...  
Description Rhizomes short, forming compact tussocks. Stems (15–)30–60(–80) cm 0.8–1.5 mm, tufted, erect, smooth, nodose in lower half only, triquetrous above, terete below. Leaves basal and cauline; blade 3–50 cm 0.4–0.8 mm, linear to ± setaceous, narrowed to an obtuse apex, ± triquetrous, yellowish- to bluish-green; sheaths up to 12 cm long (to 6 cm on cauline leaves), close fitting, becoming fibrous on basal leaves, strongly inflated and pale to mid brown on cauline leaves, the uppermost sheath without a blade or with blade much reduced; ligule 0. Inflorescence a single, terminal, erect spikelet; involucral bracts 0. Spikelet ovoid to ellipsoid when young, soon becoming obscured by the lengthening perianth bristles. Glumes spirally arranged, ovate-lanceolate, 6–7 1.5–2.2 mm, acuminate, membranous, 1-nerved, translucent mid to dark greyish, with margins hyaline, the lower 5–15 glumes sterile and often darker. Flowers bisexual or male-sterile with abortive stamens; perianth bristles many, entire at apex, elongating to 2–2.5 cm and forming a white, cotton-like head; stamens 3; anthers 1.5–2 mm long; stigmas 3. Nuts 2–3 1–1.5 mm, obovoid, trigonous, dull yellowish-brown to dark brown, ± smooth. [details]

Description Perenne, cespitosa, con raíces finas, hasta de 12 cm, de color verde apagado. Tallos (15)30-50(60) cm, cilíndricos o ±...  
Description Perenne, cespitosa, con raíces finas, hasta de 12 cm, de color verde apagado. Tallos (15)30-50(60) cm, cilíndricos o ± trígonos hacia el ápice. Hojas basales numerosas, de (4)9-16-27 × 1 cm, de menor longitud que el tallo, acanaladas, de punta rígida; hojas laminares 1-3, dispuestas en la mitad inferior, la superior con el limbo reducido, de 2-3 mm, y la vaina de 2-5(9) cm, hinchada distalmente, ± hasta de 5 mm de diámetro, con los nervios muy marcados; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado, que envuelven la base del tallo, hasta de 10 cm, ± erectas, deshilachadas, pardas. Inflorescencia reducida a una espiguilla terminal, subglobosa; brácteas 1-2, glumiformes, con los nervios muy poco marcados. Glumas hasta de 5-7(12) × 3 mm, ovado-lanceoladas, agudas, de color negruzco, con amplio margen hialino, uninervias. Anteras 2,5(3) mm. Aquenios 2,5-3 mm, obovoides, subtrígonos, de color pardo oscuro; ± atenuado, con la base del estilo persistente a modo de una pequeña columna; cerdas perianticas 1,5-2,5(3) cm en la fructificación. 2n = 58*. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 52 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 52 (1753), information provided by Alan...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 52 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 52 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant Lis [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eriophorum vaginatum L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680644 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature

original description Sp. Pl. 1 (1753), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358071#page/64/mode/1up
page(s): 52 [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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Description Plants cespitose, tussock forming. Culms 10–60 cm; basal sheaths brown. Leaves: bladeless sheaths 1–3 per culm, expanding distally, to 1 mm wide; blades filiform, trigonous, not more than 1 cm. Inflorescences: involucral bracts absent. Spikelets solitary, erect, globose-subglobose to ovoid-oblong, 10–20 mm in flower, to 50 mm in fruit; scales lead-colored to greenish gray with white-hyaline margins to 1 mm wide; empty scales more than 10, ovate-lanceolate; proximal scales reflexed or spreading at maturity, 5–10 mm. Flowers: perianth bristles 10 or more, white, seldom reddish or brown, 10–18 mm, smooth; anthers 1–3 mm. Achenes ovoid to obovoid, 1.9–3.5 mm, apex minutely apiculate. 2n = 58, 60. [details]

Description Rhizomes short, forming compact tussocks. Stems (15–)30–60(–80) cm 0.8–1.5 mm, tufted, erect, smooth, nodose in lower half only, triquetrous above, terete below. Leaves basal and cauline; blade 3–50 cm 0.4–0.8 mm, linear to ± setaceous, narrowed to an obtuse apex, ± triquetrous, yellowish- to bluish-green; sheaths up to 12 cm long (to 6 cm on cauline leaves), close fitting, becoming fibrous on basal leaves, strongly inflated and pale to mid brown on cauline leaves, the uppermost sheath without a blade or with blade much reduced; ligule 0. Inflorescence a single, terminal, erect spikelet; involucral bracts 0. Spikelet ovoid to ellipsoid when young, soon becoming obscured by the lengthening perianth bristles. Glumes spirally arranged, ovate-lanceolate, 6–7 1.5–2.2 mm, acuminate, membranous, 1-nerved, translucent mid to dark greyish, with margins hyaline, the lower 5–15 glumes sterile and often darker. Flowers bisexual or male-sterile with abortive stamens; perianth bristles many, entire at apex, elongating to 2–2.5 cm and forming a white, cotton-like head; stamens 3; anthers 1.5–2 mm long; stigmas 3. Nuts 2–3 1–1.5 mm, obovoid, trigonous, dull yellowish-brown to dark brown, ± smooth. [details]

Description Perenne, cespitosa, con raíces finas, hasta de 12 cm, de color verde apagado. Tallos (15)30-50(60) cm, cilíndricos o ± trígonos hacia el ápice. Hojas basales numerosas, de (4)9-16-27 × 1 cm, de menor longitud que el tallo, acanaladas, de punta rígida; hojas laminares 1-3, dispuestas en la mitad inferior, la superior con el limbo reducido, de 2-3 mm, y la vaina de 2-5(9) cm, hinchada distalmente, ± hasta de 5 mm de diámetro, con los nervios muy marcados; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado, que envuelven la base del tallo, hasta de 10 cm, ± erectas, deshilachadas, pardas. Inflorescencia reducida a una espiguilla terminal, subglobosa; brácteas 1-2, glumiformes, con los nervios muy poco marcados. Glumas hasta de 5-7(12) × 3 mm, ovado-lanceoladas, agudas, de color negruzco, con amplio margen hialino, uninervias. Anteras 2,5(3) mm. Aquenios 2,5-3 mm, obovoides, subtrígonos, de color pardo oscuro; ± atenuado, con la base del estilo persistente a modo de una pequeña columna; cerdas perianticas 1,5-2,5(3) cm en la fructificación. 2n = 58*. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 52 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 52 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant Lis [details]

Translation Perennial, tufted, with fine roots up to 12 cm long, dull green in color. Stems (15)30–50(60) cm, cylindrical or slightly trigonous toward the apex. Basal leaves numerous, (4)9–16–27 × 1 cm, shorter than the stem, channelled, with a rigid apex; laminar leaves 1–3, arranged in the lower half, the upper ones with a reduced blade 2–3 mm long, and the sheath 2–5(9) cm long, distally swollen, up to about 5 mm in diameter, with very prominent nerves; basal sheaths with a developed blade, enclosing the base of the stem, up to 10 cm long, more or less erect, shredding, brown. Inflorescence reduced to a terminal spikelet, subglobose; bracts 1–2, glume-like, with nerves very weakly marked. Glumes up to 5–7(12) × 3 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute, dark-colored, with a broad hyaline margin, one-nerved. Anthers 2.5(3) mm long. Achenes 2.5–3 mm, obovoid, subtrigonous, dark brown; more or less attenuate, with the base of the style persistent as a small column; perianth bristles 1.5–2.5(3) cm long at fruiting. 2n = 58*. [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scirpus fauriei (E.G.Camus) T.Koyama)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1371 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum fauriei E.G.Camus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum scabridum Ohwi)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Linagrostis vaginata (L.) Scop.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum spissum Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum caespitosum Host)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Eriophorum callithrix Lange)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scirpus vaginatus (L.) Salisb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. vaginatum) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. vaginatum L.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eriophorum vaginatum) 
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 21 proteins) 
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. vaginatum L.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei (E.G.Camus) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus vaginatus (L.) Salisb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum var. fauriei (E.G.Camus) Kitag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum caespitosum var. humilius E.Mey.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum callitrix var. erubescens Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum spissum var. erubescens (Fernald) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum (Fernald) B.Boivin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum f. erubescens (Fernald) B.Boivin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum caespitosum Host)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum callithrix Lange)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum fauriei E.G.Camus)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum kerneri Ullep.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum scabridum Ohwi)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Eriophorum spissum Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Plumaria vaginata (L.) Bubani)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Linagrostis vaginata (L.) Scop.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scirpus fauriei (E.G.Camus) T.Koyama)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum caespitosum Host)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum kerneri Ullep.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum fauriei E.G.Camus)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum callithrix Lange)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus fauriei (E.G.Camus) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Linagrostis vaginata (L.) Scop.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Plumaria vaginata (L.) Bubani)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum scabridum Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum spissum Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum f. erubescens (Fernald) B.Boivin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum (Fernald) B.Boivin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum spissum var. erubescens (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum callitrix var. erubescens Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum caespitosum var. humilius E.Mey.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scirpus vaginatus (L.) Salisb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei (E.G.Camus) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum var. fauriei (E.G.Camus) Kitag.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Eriophorum spissum K001057131 type 1) (from synonym Eriophorum spissum Fernald)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Eriophorum vaginatum K001057144 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Eriophorum kerneri Ullep. BM001066953 type 1) (from synonym Eriophorum kerneri Ullep.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Scirpus fauriei subsp. vaginatus T.Koyama)
To The Plant List (from synonym Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. vaginatum L.)
From editor or global species database
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