Perennials, tufted or long-rhizomatous with uniseriate culms
Culms
with basal nodes, terete to somewhat flattened
Leaves
basal, eligulate; sheath with adaxial apex V-shaped; blade 0 to very short, without keeled midrib, profile elliptical
Inflorescence
pseudolateral, capitate, of 10-60 sessile spikelets or with 1-6 stalked globose clusters of several sessile spikelets; basal bract erect, appearing as a continuation of culm
Spikelets
bisexual (plants functionally dioecious in
S. dioecus
); glumes several, spirally arranged, emucronate or mucronate
Perianth
0
Stamens
3
Style
base persistent; branches 3
Nutlet
elliptic to obovate, 3-angled, minutely reticulate
Classification Notes:
Muasya et al. (1998) showed that
Scirpoides nodosus
(Rottb.) Soják is better placed in
Ficinia
Schrad.; however the combination has not yet been effected
Nomenclature:
Scirpoides
Ség.
Séguier: 73 (1754)
Browning & Gordon-Gray: 315 (1994)
Scirpus
L. in part
Clarke: 210 (1898)
Clarke: 446 (1902)
Levyns: 101 (1950)
Podlech: 44 (1967)
Bond & Goldblatt: 45 (1984)
Forbes: 59 (1987)
Browning: 422 (1989)
Distribution & Notes:
Global
: Species ± 5, cosmopolitan in temperate regions
Southern Africa
: Species ± 3, coastal in KwaZulu-Natal, Northern, Western and Eastern Cape or in salt pans in Namibia, Botswana, Northern Province, North-West, Mpumalanga, Free State and Northern Cape
References:
BOND, P. & GOLDBLATT, P. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora: A descriptive catalogue.
Journal of South African Botany Suppl
. Vol. 13
BROWNING, J. 1989. Studies in
Cyperaceae
in southern Africa. 14: A reappraisal of
Scirpus nodosus
and
S. dioecus
.
South African Journal of Botany
55
BROWNING, J. & GORDON-GRAY, K.D. 1994. Studies in
Cyperaceae
in southern Africa. 24: Three species of
Scirpoides
.
South African Journal of Botany
60
CLARKE, C.B. 1898.
Cyperaceae
.
Flora capensis
7
CLARKE, C.B. 1902.
Cyperaceae
.
Flora of tropical Africa
8
FORBES, P.L. 1987.
Cyperaceae
. In T.K. Lowrey & S. Wright,
The Flora of the Witwatersrand
Vol. 1: The Monocotyledonae. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg
LEVYNS, M.R. 1950.
Cyperaceae
. In R.S. Adamson & T.M. Salter,
Flora of the Cape Peninsula
. Juta, Cape Town
MUASYA, A.M., SIMPSON, D.A., CHASE, M.W. & CULHAM, A. 1998. An assessment of suprageneric phylogeny in
Cyperaceae
using rbcL DNA sequences.
Plant Systematics and Evolution
211
PODLECH, D. 1967.
Cyperaceae
.
Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika
165
SÉGUIER, J.F. 1754.
Plantae veronenses
3. A. Andreoni, Verona
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