Cyperaceae taxon details
Dracoscirpoides surculosa Muasya, Reynders & Goetgh.
1680993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1680993)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Muasya, A. M.; Reynders, M.; Goetghebeur, P.; Simpson, D. A.; Vrijdaghs, A. (2012). Dracoscirpoides (Cyperaceae) - A new genus from Southern Africa, its taxonomy and floral ontogeny. South African Journal of Botany, 78: 104-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2011.05.011
page(s): 113 [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
Holotype NU, geounit Mpumalanga
Holotype NU, geounit Mpumalanga [details]
Description Tufted perennial with surculose base; cataphylls dark brown with pale nerves, 6–10 mm long. Culms 340–750 mm ×...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from S. African J. Bot. 78: 113 (-114; fig., map). 2012 [Jan 2012] to S....
Description Tufted perennial with surculose base; cataphylls dark brown with pale nerves, 6–10 mm long. Culms 340–750 mm × 1.6–3.0 mm, coarse, terete at base but becoming triangular towards the inflorescence, scabrid along the angles. Leaves: sheath pale, membranaceous, up to 40–90 mm long, rim ciliate; blade 200–550 mm × 1.0–1.5 mm, stiff and wiry, scabrid on the margins. Inflorescence pseudolateral, congested into one or rarely two heads of 7–18 mm wide; bracts 2–4, main bract erect, 80–125 mm × 0.6–1.5 mm, other bracts spreading. Spikelets 12–50, 3.0–5.0 mm × 1.6–3.0 mm, brown; glumes 2.6–3.2 mm long, elliptic, dark chestnut-brown with many pale nerves, midrib excurrent as a slightly scabrid mucro 0.2–0.5 mm long. Perianth bristles 6, sparsely and antrorsely scabrid. Anthers 1.5–2.3 mm long. Nutlets 1.3–1.7 mm × 0.8–0.9 mm, triangular, elliptic, pale brown, surface smooth. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from S. African J. Bot. 78: 113 (-114; fig., map). 2012 [Jan 2012] to S....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from S. African J. Bot. 78: 113 (-114; fig., map). 2012 [Jan 2012] to S. African J. Bot. 78: 113 (2012), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Dracoscirpoides surculosa Muasya, Reynders & Goetgh.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1680993 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Muasya, A. M.; Reynders, M.; Goetghebeur, P.; Simpson, D. A.; Vrijdaghs, A. (2012). Dracoscirpoides (Cyperaceae) - A new genus from Southern Africa, its taxonomy and floral ontogeny. South African Journal of Botany, 78: 104-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2011.05.011
page(s): 113 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
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
Holotype NU, geounit Mpumalanga [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Tufted perennial with surculose base; cataphylls dark brown with pale nerves, 6–10 mm long. Culms 340–750 mm × 1.6–3.0 mm, coarse, terete at base but becoming triangular towards the inflorescence, scabrid along the angles. Leaves: sheath pale, membranaceous, up to 40–90 mm long, rim ciliate; blade 200–550 mm × 1.0–1.5 mm, stiff and wiry, scabrid on the margins. Inflorescence pseudolateral, congested into one or rarely two heads of 7–18 mm wide; bracts 2–4, main bract erect, 80–125 mm × 0.6–1.5 mm, other bracts spreading. Spikelets 12–50, 3.0–5.0 mm × 1.6–3.0 mm, brown; glumes 2.6–3.2 mm long, elliptic, dark chestnut-brown with many pale nerves, midrib excurrent as a slightly scabrid mucro 0.2–0.5 mm long. Perianth bristles 6, sparsely and antrorsely scabrid. Anthers 1.5–2.3 mm long. Nutlets 1.3–1.7 mm × 0.8–0.9 mm, triangular, elliptic, pale brown, surface smooth. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from S. African J. Bot. 78: 113 (-114; fig., map). 2012 [Jan 2012] to S. African J. Bot. 78: 113 (2012), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 [details]
