Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus elegans L.
Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don · unaccepted
- Subspecies Cyperus elegans subsp. elegans L.
- Subspecies Cyperus elegans subsp. rubiginosus (Hook.f.) Eliasson
- Variety Cyperus elegans var. breviradiata Maury accepted as Cyperus elegans subsp. elegans L.
- Variety Cyperus elegans var. major Kük. accepted as Cyperus elegans subsp. elegans L.
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Herbs, perennial, cespitose, shortly rhizomatous, coarse, viscous. Culms round to roundly trigonous, 15–80 cm × 2–4...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 45 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 45 (1753), information provided by Alan...
Description Herbs, perennial, cespitose, shortly rhizomatous, coarse, viscous. Culms round to roundly trigonous, 15–80 cm × 2–4 mm, glabrous. Leaves: adaxial face concave, becoming trigonous apically, 15–75 cm × 1–4 mm, margins involute. Inflorescences: spikes ovoid, 10–20 mm wide; rays 3–8(–10), 0.5–12 cm; 2d order rays 0–3, 1–3 cm; bracts 3–7, horizontal to vertical, 2.5–5.5 cm × 1–4 mm, margins involute; 2d order bracts 0–3, 1–3 cm; rachilla persistent, wingless. Spikelets 3–20(–30), beige to greenish or reddish brown, strongly compressed, oblong-ellipsoid to oblong-lanceoloid, 3–15 × 2.5–3.5 mm; floral scales deciduous, 6–22, laterally pale greenish white to stramineous or reddish brown, medially pale green to yellowish green, laterally 2-ribbed, medially 3–5-ribbed, broadly ovate, (2–)2.8–3.6 × 2.4–2.6 mm, apex with slightly excurved mucro 0.2–0.3 mm, apically scabrid. Flowers: anthers 0.6–1.4 mm; styles 1.2–1.5 mm; stigmas 1–1.5(–3) mm. Achenes dark reddish brown to black, stipitate, obovoid, faces concave, flat or subtly convex, (1.4–)1.8–2 × 0.9–1 mm, base cuneate, stipe (sometimes absent) spongy, 0.1–0.2 × 0.2–0.4 mm, apex truncate, apiculate, surfaces coarsely papillose. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 45 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 45 (1753), information provided by Alan...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 45 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 45 (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. Cyperus elegans L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680762 on 2025-12-16
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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 Herbs, perennial, cespitose, shortly rhizomatous, coarse, viscous. Culms round to roundly trigonous, 15–80 cm × 2–4 mm, glabrous. Leaves: adaxial face concave, becoming trigonous apically, 15–75 cm × 1–4 mm, margins involute. Inflorescences: spikes ovoid, 10–20 mm wide; rays 3–8(–10), 0.5–12 cm; 2d order rays 0–3, 1–3 cm; bracts 3–7, horizontal to vertical, 2.5–5.5 cm × 1–4 mm, margins involute; 2d order bracts 0–3, 1–3 cm; rachilla persistent, wingless. Spikelets 3–20(–30), beige to greenish or reddish brown, strongly compressed, oblong-ellipsoid to oblong-lanceoloid, 3–15 × 2.5–3.5 mm; floral scales deciduous, 6–22, laterally pale greenish white to stramineous or reddish brown, medially pale green to yellowish green, laterally 2-ribbed, medially 3–5-ribbed, broadly ovate, (2–)2.8–3.6 × 2.4–2.6 mm, apex with slightly excurved mucro 0.2–0.3 mm, apically scabrid. Flowers: anthers 0.6–1.4 mm; styles 1.2–1.5 mm; stigmas 1–1.5(–3) mm. Achenes dark reddish brown to black, stipitate, obovoid, faces concave, flat or subtly convex, (1.4–)1.8–2 × 0.9–1 mm, base cuneate, stipe (sometimes absent) spongy, 0.1–0.2 × 0.2–0.4 mm, apex truncate, apiculate, surfaces coarsely papillose. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 45 1753 to Sp. Pl. : 45 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant Lis [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (185 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus elegans)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyperus elegans)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Papyrus elegans (L.) G.Don)
To Plants of the World Online
