Schoenoplectiella_mucronata

<i>Schoenoplectiella mucronata</i>

Schoenoplectiella mucronata

Species of grass-like plant


Schoenoplectiella mucronata is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family[1] known by the common names bog bulrush,[2] rough-seed bulrush,[3] and ricefield bulrush.[4] It is native to Eurasia, Africa and Australia.[5] It grows in moist and wet terrestrial habitat, and in shallow water. It is a perennial herb growing from a short, hard rhizome. The erect, three-angled stems grow in dense clumps and can reach a metre tall. The leaves take the form of sheaths wrapped around the base of stem, but they generally do not have blades. The inflorescence is a headlike cluster of cone-shaped spikelets accompanied by an angled, stiff bract which may look like a continuation of the stem.[6]:228–30

Quick Facts Schoenoplectiella mucronata, Scientific classification ...

It is a weed of rice fields in California.[4][7]

Taxonomy

Forming a dense thickets along ditches

The accepted name for this species is Schoenoplectiella mucronata according to the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria,[1] and the Plants of the World Online database.[8]

This plant has some 35 synonyms according to Plants of the World Online,[5] but the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria lists two.[1] It was first described as Scirpus mucronatus in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.[1][9] In 1889 Eduard Palla transferred it to the genus, Schoenoplectus,[10] and Schoenoplectus mucronatus was the accepted name until 2010 when it was transferred to the genus, Schoenoplectiella by Jongduk Jung and Hong-Kuen Choi.[1][6]


References

  1. "Schoenoplectiella mucronata". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Jung, Jongduk; Choi, Hong-Keun (2010). "Systematic Rearrangement of Korean Scirpus L. s.l. (Cyperaceae) as Inferred from Nuclear ITS and Chloroplast rbcL Sequences" (PDF). Journal of Plant Biology. 53 (3): 230. doi:10.1007/s12374-010-9109-8. ISSN 1226-9239. S2CID 37342932. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2020.
  3. Linnaeus, C. (1753). "Scirpus". Species Plantarum. 1: 50.
  4. Kerner, A. (1889). "Schedae ad Floram Exsiccatam Austro-Hungaricam". 5: 91. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)



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