Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják (Scirpus holoschoenus L.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Scirpus// Species: Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják(L.) R. Br.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by DeFilipps in Tutin et al. (1980) as Scirpus holoschoenus L., Sp. Pl. 49 (1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Jiménez-Mejías & Luceño, 2011+) is Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják in Sborn. Nár. Mus. V Praze, Rada B, Prír. Vedy 140: 127. 1972.

Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Canary Islands, Europe to West Himalaya, Chad, South Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Damp places near rivers and streams, but it can also be found in drier habitats – edges and clearings of forests, roadsides.

Flowering period: Summer – fall: JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – habit. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – flowering stems. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – inflorescence and bracts. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – inflorescence. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – inflorescences and bracts. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – spikelets arranged in globose heads. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – spikelets arranged in globose head. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – fruiting spikelets. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – bract and peduncle. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – bract and peduncles. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – A and B: adaxial side of bract; C and D: abaxial side of bract. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – stems and leaves. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – stem and leaf. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – adaxial side of leaf lamina (left); abaxial side of leaf lamina (right). “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – adaxial side of leaf lamina. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – abaxial side of leaf lamina. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – plant base. “Kochanska” River, 23.10.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – spikelets arranged in globose heads (A and B) and nuts (C). Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – habit. Osogovo, near village Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – flowering stems. Osogovo, near village Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – upper part of stem with inflorescence and bracts. Osogovo, near village Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – upper part of stem with inflorescence. Osogovo, near village Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – spikelets arranged in globose head. Osogovo, near village Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Scirpoides holoschoenus* – lower part of plant. Osogovo, near village Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Scirpoides holoschoenus. Jiménez-Mejías, P. & Luceño, M. (2011+): Cyperaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6ab157ae-7188-4d3c-8d4b-8a857e0b4d49 [Accessed 19.11.2024].

Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1214602-2 [Accessed 19.11.2024].

Scirpus L. (Incl. Bolboschoenus (Ascherson) Palla, Holoschoenus Link, Isolepis R. Br., Schoenoplectus (Reichenb.) Palla, Trichophorum Pers.). DeFilipps, R.A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 277 – 280.

Last update: 19.11.2024.

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