Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex chlorostachys Steven
1675996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1675996)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
(1813). Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54198468#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 68 [details]
page(s): 68 [details]
Description Rhizome short. Culms densely tufted, 10-30(-50) cm tall, slender, subrigid, obtusely trigonous, smooth, bearing many leaves...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 1813 to Mém. Soc. Imp....
Description Rhizome short. Culms densely tufted, 10-30(-50) cm tall, slender, subrigid, obtusely trigonous, smooth, bearing many leaves at lower part. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 2-2.5 mm wide, flat, rather soft, smooth, slightly scabrous distally, sheaths short. Lower involucral bracts leaflike, upper involucral bracts setaceous, 5-15 mm, sheathed. Spikes 3-6, single in an involucral bract sheath, lower remote, longest space up to 6 cm, upper approximate; terminal spike male, oblong-lanceolate, 6-10 mm; lateral spikes female, cylindric or oblong, 8-18 mm, loosely (6-)8-10(-12)-flowered; peduncles slender, usually pendulous. Female glumes brownish yellow or stramineous, obovate or subelliptic, ca. 2 mm, membranous, 1-veined, early deciduous, apex rounded, muticous. Utricles yellow-green or brown at maturity, obliquely patent, longer than glume, ovate-fusiform, obovate-fusiform, or subelliptic, obtusely trigonous, 2-3 mm, membranous, shiny, nerveless, base abruptly constricted into a short stipe, apex abruptly narrowed to a very short beak not up to 0.5 mm, orifice obliquely truncate, white hyaline on margins. Nutlets brown, subloosely enveloped, broadly obovate, trigonous, ca. 1.5 mm, base estipitate; style base slightly thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 1813 to Mém. Soc. Imp....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 1813 to Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 (1813), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex chlorostachys Steven. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675996 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(1813). Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54198468#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 68 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 68 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Other
additional source
Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Rhizome short. Culms densely tufted, 10-30(-50) cm tall, slender, subrigid, obtusely trigonous, smooth, bearing many leaves at lower part. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 2-2.5 mm wide, flat, rather soft, smooth, slightly scabrous distally, sheaths short. Lower involucral bracts leaflike, upper involucral bracts setaceous, 5-15 mm, sheathed. Spikes 3-6, single in an involucral bract sheath, lower remote, longest space up to 6 cm, upper approximate; terminal spike male, oblong-lanceolate, 6-10 mm; lateral spikes female, cylindric or oblong, 8-18 mm, loosely (6-)8-10(-12)-flowered; peduncles slender, usually pendulous. Female glumes brownish yellow or stramineous, obovate or subelliptic, ca. 2 mm, membranous, 1-veined, early deciduous, apex rounded, muticous. Utricles yellow-green or brown at maturity, obliquely patent, longer than glume, ovate-fusiform, obovate-fusiform, or subelliptic, obtusely trigonous, 2-3 mm, membranous, shiny, nerveless, base abruptly constricted into a short stipe, apex abruptly narrowed to a very short beak not up to 0.5 mm, orifice obliquely truncate, white hyaline on margins. Nutlets brown, subloosely enveloped, broadly obovate, trigonous, ca. 1.5 mm, base estipitate; style base slightly thickened; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 1813 to Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 (1813), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex capillaris subsp. chlorostachys (Steven) Ã.Löve, D.Löve & Raymond)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex capillaris subsp. chlorostachys (Steven) Ã.Löve, D.Löve & Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex capillaris subsp. chlorostachys (Steven) Ã.Löve, D.Löve & Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex capillaris var. chlorostachys (Steven) Grossh.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex chlorostachys E00326533 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex capillaris subsp. chlorostachys (Steven) Ã.Löve, D.Löve & Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex capillaris subsp. chlorostachys (Steven) Ã.Löve, D.Löve & Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex capillaris var. chlorostachys (Steven) Grossh.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex chlorostachys E00326533 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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