View source for Oxycaryum cubense

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Oxycaryum cubense
|accepted_authority=(Poeppig & Kunth) Lye
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Not.
|place=124: 281. 1971
|year=1971
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Scirpus cubensis
|authority=Poeppig & Kunth
|rank=species
|publication_title=in C. S. Kunth, Enum. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 172. 1837
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Oxycaryum;Oxycaryum cubense
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxycaryum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Oxycaryum cubense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 139
|treatment_page=page 140
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stolons </b>scaly, rooting at nodes or with long-hanging roots. <b>Culms</b> 7.5–76(–100) cm × 0.7–5 mm. <b>Leaves</b> elaminate proximally, laminate distally; blades (33–)50–70(–110) cm × (2–)4.5–5.5(–7) mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> with 1–13 heads, globose to broadly ovoid, 10–23 × 9–19 mm; spikelets 5–many. <b>Spikelets</b> 3–6 × 2.5–6 mm; scales transparent to pale brown with red-brown or purple marks, ovate to oblong, apex acuminate. <b>Achenes</b> pale or red-brown, ovoid or ellipsoid, 2.2–2.8 × 1–1.2 mm; beak to 0.7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Lakes and streams, floating, or raft-forming, or along margins
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;La.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America;South America;Africa.
|discussion=<p>The named variants of <i>Oxycaryum cubense</i> appear to represent extremes of this morphologically plastic species.</p>
|tables=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Oxycaryum cubense
|authority=(Poeppig & Kunth) Lye
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Scirpus cubensis
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Lakes and streams, floating, or raft-forming, or along margins
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;La.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America;South America;Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Not.
|publication year=1971
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Oxycaryum
|species=Oxycaryum cubense
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