Cyperaceae taxon details
Eleocharis mamillata subsp. austriaca (Hayek) Strandh.
1699609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1699609)
accepted
Subspecies
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Rhizomes far-creeping, dark purplish. Stems up to 60 cm × 1.1–2.2 mm, tufted, ± terete, smooth, ± inflated, brittle,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Description Rhizomes far-creeping, dark purplish. Stems up to 60 cm × 1.1–2.2 mm, tufted, ± terete, smooth, ± inflated, brittle, circular in cross-section, bright green, becoming ridged when dry; stomata guard cells (Figure A1) longer than adjacent subsidiary cells. Leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths up to 9 cm long, brownish with reddish tinge, paler above; apex ± truncate. Inflorescence a single, terminal, ovoid, lanceoloid-ovoid or often distinctly conical spikelet; spikelet 5–20 × 3–8 mm. Glumes 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, c. 40 but up to 107 per spikelet, ovate, obtuse, often caducous when in fruit, with sides dark reddish-brown, paler towards base; margins narrowly hyaline; midrib pale brown; the 2 lowest glumes empty, each surrounding ± half the base of the spikelet. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles (4–)5(–6), usually much longer than nut; stamens 3, with anthers 0.9–1.2 mm long; stigmas 2. Nuts 1–1.5 × 1.1–1.5 mm, obovate or elliptic-obovate, biconvex, yellowish to pale brown; style-base persistent, deltoid or more narrowly triangular in outline, flattened, with an acute apex, not confluent with nut. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Eleocharis mamillata subsp. austriaca (Hayek) Strandh.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699609 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Taxonomy
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes far-creeping, dark purplish. Stems up to 60 cm × 1.1–2.2 mm, tufted, ± terete, smooth, ± inflated, brittle, circular in cross-section, bright green, becoming ridged when dry; stomata guard cells (Figure A1) longer than adjacent subsidiary cells. Leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths up to 9 cm long, brownish with reddish tinge, paler above; apex ± truncate. Inflorescence a single, terminal, ovoid, lanceoloid-ovoid or often distinctly conical spikelet; spikelet 5–20 × 3–8 mm. Glumes 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, c. 40 but up to 107 per spikelet, ovate, obtuse, often caducous when in fruit, with sides dark reddish-brown, paler towards base; margins narrowly hyaline; midrib pale brown; the 2 lowest glumes empty, each surrounding ± half the base of the spikelet. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles (4–)5(–6), usually much longer than nut; stamens 3, with anthers 0.9–1.2 mm long; stigmas 2. Nuts 1–1.5 × 1.1–1.5 mm, obovate or elliptic-obovate, biconvex, yellowish to pale brown; style-base persistent, deltoid or more narrowly triangular in outline, flattened, with an acute apex, not confluent with nut. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
