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Cyperus hypopitys G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE]
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Cyperus hypopitys G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE], Syst. Bot. Monogr., 43: 129, fig. 54. 1994
Information
Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, tending to form small clumps by basal offshoots. Culms triquetrous, bulbous, thickened, (20–)30–80(–90) cm × 0.7–1.2 mm, glabrous proximally, becoming trigonous strongly scabridulous on distal angles, clothed with persistent reddish fibers at base. Leaves flat to V-shaped, 20–45 cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences: spike 1, loosely ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, (1.5–)2.5–7 × (1–)1.5–3.5 cm; rays (1–)2–4, to 6 cm; 2d order rays rarely present, to 2 cm; 3d order rays absent; bracts (2–) 3, ± horizontal, 1–15(–21) cm × 0.4–3.5 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings hyaline, 0.3–0.4 mm wide. Spikelets (3–)8–26, reddish to reddish brown, linear, compressed-quadrangular, 8–18 × (2.4–)2.8–4 mm; floral scales deciduous, 6–16, laterally reddish, medially green, occasionally red-glandular, laterally strongly 3(–4)-ribbed, medially punctate, 1–3-ribbed, ovate-lanceolate, (2.6–)2.8–3.3 × (1.4–)1.6–1.8(–2) mm, apex weakly 3-dentate, mucronulate, with tuft of crystalline prickles, medially glabrous. Flowers: anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; styles 1–1.4 mm; stigmas 1–1.4 mm. Achenes brownish, stipitate, ellipsoid, 1.6–2 × (0.7–)0.9–1 mm, base whitish, stipe to 0.1–0.2 mm, apex obtuse, slightly apiculate, surfaces papillose.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology Fruiting
summer
jun
jul
aug
fall
sep
oct
nov
Altitude range
500–1500 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Chihuahua).Mexico (Durango).Mexico (Sinaloa).Mexico (Sonora).USA Ariz.
Discussion
Cyperus hypopitys can be recognized by the combination of reddish floral scales and sharp-angled culms.
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Cyperus hypopitys G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE], Syst. Bot. Monogr., 43: 129, fig. 54. 1994
Information
Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, tending to form small clumps by basal offshoots. Culms triquetrous, bulbous, thickened, (20–)30–80(–90) cm × 0.7–1.2 mm, glabrous proximally, becoming trigonous strongly scabridulous on distal angles, clothed with persistent reddish fibers at base. Leaves flat to V-shaped, 20–45 cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences: spike 1, loosely ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, (1.5–)2.5–7 × (1–)1.5–3.5 cm; rays (1–)2–4, to 6 cm; 2d order rays rarely present, to 2 cm; 3d order rays absent; bracts (2–) 3, ± horizontal, 1–15(–21) cm × 0.4–3.5 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings hyaline, 0.3–0.4 mm wide. Spikelets (3–)8–26, reddish to reddish brown, linear, compressed-quadrangular, 8–18 × (2.4–)2.8–4 mm; floral scales deciduous, 6–16, laterally reddish, medially green, occasionally red-glandular, laterally strongly 3(–4)-ribbed, medially punctate, 1–3-ribbed, ovate-lanceolate, (2.6–)2.8–3.3 × (1.4–)1.6–1.8(–2) mm, apex weakly 3-dentate, mucronulate, with tuft of crystalline prickles, medially glabrous. Flowers: anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; styles 1–1.4 mm; stigmas 1–1.4 mm. Achenes brownish, stipitate, ellipsoid, 1.6–2 × (0.7–)0.9–1 mm, base whitish, stipe to 0.1–0.2 mm, apex obtuse, slightly apiculate, surfaces papillose.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology Fruiting
summer
jun
jul
aug
fall
sep
oct
nov
Altitude range
500–1500 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Chihuahua).Mexico (Durango).Mexico (Sinaloa).Mexico (Sonora).USA Ariz.
Discussion
Cyperus hypopitys can be recognized by the combination of reddish floral scales and sharp-angled culms.
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Cyperus hypopitys G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE], Syst. Bot. Monogr., 43: 129, fig. 54. 1994
Information
Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, tending to form small clumps by basal offshoots. Culms triquetrous, bulbous, thickened, (20–)30–80(–90) cm × 0.7–1.2 mm, glabrous proximally, becoming trigonous strongly scabridulous on distal angles, clothed with persistent reddish fibers at base. Leaves flat to V-shaped, 20–45 cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences: spike 1, loosely ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, (1.5–)2.5–7 × (1–)1.5–3.5 cm; rays (1–)2–4, to 6 cm; 2d order rays rarely present, to 2 cm; 3d order rays absent; bracts (2–) 3, ± horizontal, 1–15(–21) cm × 0.4–3.5 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings hyaline, 0.3–0.4 mm wide. Spikelets (3–)8–26, reddish to reddish brown, linear, compressed-quadrangular, 8–18 × (2.4–)2.8–4 mm; floral scales deciduous, 6–16, laterally reddish, medially green, occasionally red-glandular, laterally strongly 3(–4)-ribbed, medially punctate, 1–3-ribbed, ovate-lanceolate, (2.6–)2.8–3.3 × (1.4–)1.6–1.8(–2) mm, apex weakly 3-dentate, mucronulate, with tuft of crystalline prickles, medially glabrous. Flowers: anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; styles 1–1.4 mm; stigmas 1–1.4 mm. Achenes brownish, stipitate, ellipsoid, 1.6–2 × (0.7–)0.9–1 mm, base whitish, stipe to 0.1–0.2 mm, apex obtuse, slightly apiculate, surfaces papillose.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology Fruiting
summer
jun
jul
aug
fall
sep
oct
nov
Altitude range
500–1500 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Chihuahua).Mexico (Durango).Mexico (Sinaloa).Mexico (Sonora).USA Ariz.
Discussion
Cyperus hypopitys can be recognized by the combination of reddish floral scales and sharp-angled culms.
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