Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex spachiana Boott
1676039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676039)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Boott, F. (1858). Illustrations of the genus Carex. pt. 1. London: England., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58566400
page(s): 43 [details]
page(s): 43 [details]
Description Rhizome ligneous. Culms tufted, 30-60 cm tall, slightly slender, smooth. Leaves longer than culm, blade 2-3 mm wide, flat,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43 (1858),...
Description Rhizome ligneous. Culms tufted, 30-60 cm tall, slightly slender, smooth. Leaves longer than culm, blade 2-3 mm wide, flat, ± stiff, with brown sheath. Lower involucral bracts leaflike, longer than inflorescence, sheathed, upper blades of involucral bracts setaceous, very shortly sheathed. Spikes 4-9; terminal spike male or sometimes only with male flowers at base or apex, with remaining flowers female; lateral spikes usually androgynous, rarely with few male flowers at base, oblong or oblong-cylindric, 1.5-2.5 cm, densely many flowered; peduncles slender. Female glumes pale yellowish, ovate-oblong, 3.5-4 mm, membranous, 1-veined, apex acute or obtuse. Utricles stramineous, longer than glume, suberect, narrowly elliptic, plano-convex, 5-6 mm, red-fuscous punctate, inconspicuously 5-veined, base cuneate, apex abruptly attenuate into a long beak, scabrous on upper and beak margins, orifice shortly 2-toothed. Nutlets fuscous, loosely enveloped, broadly elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2 mm, base shortly stipitate; style long; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43 (1858),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43 (1858), 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 spachiana Boott. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676039 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Boott, F. (1858). Illustrations of the genus Carex. pt. 1. London: England., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58566400
page(s): 43 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 43 [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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype P 00300757, geounit Guangdong [details]
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Description Rhizome ligneous. Culms tufted, 30-60 cm tall, slightly slender, smooth. Leaves longer than culm, blade 2-3 mm wide, flat, ± stiff, with brown sheath. Lower involucral bracts leaflike, longer than inflorescence, sheathed, upper blades of involucral bracts setaceous, very shortly sheathed. Spikes 4-9; terminal spike male or sometimes only with male flowers at base or apex, with remaining flowers female; lateral spikes usually androgynous, rarely with few male flowers at base, oblong or oblong-cylindric, 1.5-2.5 cm, densely many flowered; peduncles slender. Female glumes pale yellowish, ovate-oblong, 3.5-4 mm, membranous, 1-veined, apex acute or obtuse. Utricles stramineous, longer than glume, suberect, narrowly elliptic, plano-convex, 5-6 mm, red-fuscous punctate, inconspicuously 5-veined, base cuneate, apex abruptly attenuate into a long beak, scabrous on upper and beak margins, orifice shortly 2-toothed. Nutlets fuscous, loosely enveloped, broadly elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2 mm, base shortly stipitate; style long; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 43 (1858), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
