Cyperaceae taxon details
Cyperus bowmanni F.Muell. ex Benth.
1905266 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1905266)
accepted
Species
Cyperus bowmanii F.Muell. ex Benth. · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Mariscus bowmanni (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
recent only
Bentham, G. (1878). Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. vol. 7, pp. 2-806. L. Reeve, Covent Garden, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11265831
page(s): 287 [details]
page(s): 287 [details]
Description Slender, grass-like, tufted perennial, 10–45 cm tall. Culms lax, triquetrous, smooth, c. 1 mm diam. Leaves grass-like,...
Description Slender, grass-like, tufted perennial, 10–45 cm tall. Culms lax, triquetrous, smooth, c. 1 mm diam. Leaves grass-like, 1–2 mm wide. Inflorescence simple, with 0–6 branches to 5 cm long; involucral bracts leaf-like, 1–2 exceeding inflorescence. Spikelets terete to subterete, spreading at 40–90 degrees from the vertical, falling as a unit, 1–2 cm long, c. 0.5 mm diam., 3–10-flowered; rachilla very flexuose, broadly winged; glumes 2.3–3 mm long, brown. Stamens 3. Style 3-fid. Nut trigonous, narrow-oblong in outline, c. 2/3 as long as glume, brownish. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Cyperus bowmanni F.Muell. ex Benth.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1905266 on 2026-09-26
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Nomenclature
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Bentham, G. (1878). Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. vol. 7, pp. 2-806. L. Reeve, Covent Garden, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11265831
page(s): 287 [details]
page(s): 287 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Slender, grass-like, tufted perennial, 10–45 cm tall. Culms lax, triquetrous, smooth, c. 1 mm diam. Leaves grass-like, 1–2 mm wide. Inflorescence simple, with 0–6 branches to 5 cm long; involucral bracts leaf-like, 1–2 exceeding inflorescence. Spikelets terete to subterete, spreading at 40–90 degrees from the vertical, falling as a unit, 1–2 cm long, c. 0.5 mm diam., 3–10-flowered; rachilla very flexuose, broadly winged; glumes 2.3–3 mm long, brown. Stamens 3. Style 3-fid. Nut trigonous, narrow-oblong in outline, c. 2/3 as long as glume, brownish. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyperus bowmanii F.Muell. ex Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus bowmanii F.Muell. ex Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus bowmanni (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus dietrichiae subsp. bowmannii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus dietrichiae subsp. bowmannii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus bowmanii F.Muell. ex Benth.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus bowmanni (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Cyperus bowmanii F.Muell. ex Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus bowmanni (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Mariscus dietrichiae subsp. bowmannii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus dietrichiae subsp. bowmannii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Cyperus bowmanii F.Muell. ex Benth.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Mariscus bowmanni (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke)
