Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex teres Boott
1676176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676176)
accepted
Species
Carex kemiriensis Nelmes · unaccepted
Carex kerrii Nelmes · unaccepted
Carex petecticalis Nelmes · unaccepted
Carex phacota var. minor C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Carex praelonga var. angustior C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Carex spathulata (Kük.) Nelmes · unaccepted
Carex teres var. spathulata Kük. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex teres var. spathulata Kük. accepted as Carex teres Boott
terrestrial
Boott, F. (1858). Illustrations of the genus Carex. pt. 1. London: England., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58566400
page(s): 62 [details]
page(s): 62 [details]
Description Rhizome creeping. Culms 40-90 cm tall, acutely trigonous, smooth, scabrous above, clothed at base with dark purple-red or...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62 (1858),...
Description Rhizome creeping. Culms 40-90 cm tall, acutely trigonous, smooth, scabrous above, clothed at base with dark purple-red or brown bladeless sheaths. Leaves shorter or slightly longer than culm, blades linear, 4-6 mm wide, flat, margins revolute, scabrous, apex acuminate. Involucral bracts leaflike, equaling or slightly longer than inflorescence, sheathless. Spikes 4-7, subfasciculate, narrowly cylindric, 5-6 cm; upper 1-4 spikes male, sometimes androgynous; remaining spikes usually female, sometimes upper spikes male, lower female, lowest spike with peduncle up to ca. 1 cm. Female glumes dark purple-black, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, green 3-veined costa excurrent into a scabrous awn at entire or emarginate apex. Utricles yellow-brown, ± equaling glume, elliptic, ca. 3 mm, glabrous, veined, apex abruptly contracted into a conic short beak, orifice entire or emarginate. Nutlets laxly enveloped, ovoid, ca. 2 mm; stigmas 2. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62 (1858),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62 (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 teres Boott. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676176 on 2025-09-11
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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): 62 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 62 [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
Isotype L 0042339, geounit Sikkim [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome creeping. Culms 40-90 cm tall, acutely trigonous, smooth, scabrous above, clothed at base with dark purple-red or brown bladeless sheaths. Leaves shorter or slightly longer than culm, blades linear, 4-6 mm wide, flat, margins revolute, scabrous, apex acuminate. Involucral bracts leaflike, equaling or slightly longer than inflorescence, sheathless. Spikes 4-7, subfasciculate, narrowly cylindric, 5-6 cm; upper 1-4 spikes male, sometimes androgynous; remaining spikes usually female, sometimes upper spikes male, lower female, lowest spike with peduncle up to ca. 1 cm. Female glumes dark purple-black, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, green 3-veined costa excurrent into a scabrous awn at entire or emarginate apex. Utricles yellow-brown, ± equaling glume, elliptic, ca. 3 mm, glabrous, veined, apex abruptly contracted into a conic short beak, orifice entire or emarginate. Nutlets laxly enveloped, ovoid, ca. 2 mm; stigmas 2. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62. 1858 to Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 62 (1858), 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 kemiriensis Nelmes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex spathulata (Kük.) Nelmes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex teres)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex kemiriensis Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex petecticalis Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex phacota var. minor C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex praelonga var. angustior C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex spathulata (Kük.) Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex teres var. spathulata Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex teres var. spathulata Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex praelonga var. angustior C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex phacota var. minor C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex spathulata (Kük.) Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex petecticalis Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex kemiriensis Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex kerrii K000291241 type 1) (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex teres K000998949 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex spathulata (Kük.) Nelmes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex teres)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex kemiriensis Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex petecticalis Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex phacota var. minor C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex praelonga var. angustior C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex spathulata (Kük.) Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex teres var. spathulata Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex teres var. spathulata Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex praelonga var. angustior C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex phacota var. minor C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex spathulata (Kük.) Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex petecticalis Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex kemiriensis Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex kerrii K000291241 type 1) (from synonym Carex kerrii Nelmes)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex teres K000998949 type 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
