Schoenoplectus etuberculatus

(Steudel) Soják

Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 140: 127. 1972.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Rhynchospora etuberculata Steudel Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 142. 1855
Synonyms: Scirpus etuberculatus (Steudel) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 53. Mentioned on page 46, 51.

Plants mat-forming; rhizomes 1–3 mm diam. Culms proximally bluntly and distally sharply trigonous, 0.6–2 m × 3–5 mm. Leaves 5–20+, nearly equaling culm; sheath fronts delicately pinnate-fibrillose; blades 2–6+, smooth; distal blade longer than sheath, 2–10 mm wide, smooth; emergent blades stiff, cross-section thickly V-shaped to trigonous near ligule, central region acutely trigonous and laterally flattened, distal region laterally flattened, apex often asymmetric; submerged blades often flaccid, ribbonlike. Inflorescences 2–3 times branched, 2–3 proximal internodes elongated, branches to 16 cm; proximal bract erect, resembling emergent leaf-blade, 7–32 cm. Spikelets 3–20, 10–25 × 5–6 mm; scales straw-colored to orangebrown or flanks red, central region usually greenish, aging brown, ovatelanceolate, 5–7 × 3 mm, smooth, margins sometimes ciliolate at 40X, apex acute, entire, mucro to 0.2 mm. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, medium brown to reddish, equaling achene, sparsely spinulose; anthers 3–3.5 mm; styles 3-fid. Achenes medium brown, ovoid to obovoid, compressedtrigonous, 3–4.5 × 1.7–2 mm; beak 0.7–2 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–summer.
Habitat: Emergent (to submerged), in fresh to slightly brackish ponds and marshes, spring-fed streams, mainly on coastal plains
Elevation: 10–100 m

Distribution

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Ala., Del., Fla., Ga., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., R.I., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Scirpus etuberculatus was placed in Scirpus sect. Bolboschoenus by T. Koyama (1958) and G. C. Tucker (1987).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number."prolonged" is not a number.

0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
with transverse wavy ridges +  and rugose +
ovoid;obovoid +
1.7mm;2mm +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
entire +  and asymmetric +
S. Galen Smith +
(Steudel) Soják +
deciduous +
enlarged +
Rhynchospora etuberculata +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
submerged +  and emergent +
rudimentary +
2 +  and 6 +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
brown +  and greenish +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
ovatelanceolate +, flattened +  and trigonous +
thickly v-shaped +  and trigonous +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
trigonous +
3mm;5mm +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
10–100 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Emergent (to submerged), in fresh to slightly brackish ponds and marshes, spring-fed streams, mainly on coastal plains +
2-3 times branched 2-3 proximal internodes elongated +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
membranous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting late spring–summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
adventitious +
straw-colored +  and orangebrown +
deciduous +
distinct +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
pinnate-fibrillose +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
3 +  and 20 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
Scirpus etuberculatus +
Schoenoplectus etuberculatus +
Schoenoplectus sect. Malacogeton +
species +
not +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and mat-forming +