Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex thibetica Franch.
1676187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676187)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
(1888). Nouvelles archives du museum d'histoire naturelle, ser. 2 10:, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36864161
page(s): 103 [details]
page(s): 103 [details]
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick. Culms lateral, 20-65 cm tall, trigonous, covered with brown sheaths at...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 103. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] ...
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick. Culms lateral, 20-65 cm tall, trigonous, covered with brown sheaths at base. Leaves longer than culms; leaf-blade brownish green, flat, leathery, 4-10(-17) mm wide, acuminate at apex, scabrous on margins. Involucral bracts shortly leaf-like, shorter than inflorescence, sheathed; sheaths 1. 5-4 cm long, obliquely truncate at orifice. Inflorescence paniculate, with 4-6 spikes; terminal spike staminate, linear-cylindrical, 2. 5-7 cm long, ca. 2.5 mm wide, with a long peduncle at base; lateral spikes androgynous, cylindrical, 2. 5-8 cm long, ca. 8 mm wide, densely flowered, rarely with 6-7 pistillate flowers, bearing a 1-3 cm long staminate part at apex» pedunculate; peduncles exserted from sheaths. Staminate scales oblanceolate, pale brown, 7-8 mm long, acuminate or acute at apex, brown 1-veined costa on dorsal surface. Pistillate scales ovate, pale yellow, 4-5 mm long, acuminate at apex, green 3-veined costa on dorsal surface. Perigynia broadly ovoid or ovoid (excluding beak), 5. 5-6. 5 mm long, longer than pistillate scales (including beak), obliquely patent, obtusely trigonous, papery, yellowish brown, distinctly veined, sparsely pubescent on upper veins, or subglabrous, gradually contracted into a ca. 2 mm long beak; orifice 2-lobed with teeth. Stigmas 3; style thicken at base. Achenes tightly enveloped, rhombic-ovoid, trigonous, 2-2, 5 mm long (including beak) , castaneous, with 3 angles constricted at middle, sides concave above and below, shortly curved, stipitate at base, abruptly contracted into a short beak at apex, beak coiled.
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Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 103. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] ...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 103. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] to Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 10: 103 (1887 publ. 1888), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More det [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex thibetica Franch.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676187 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(1888). Nouvelles archives du museum d'histoire naturelle, ser. 2 10:, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36864161
page(s): 103 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 103 [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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additional source Jin, X. F. & Chao-Zhong, Z. (2013). Taxonomy of Carex sect. Rhomboidales (Cyperaceae). [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Jin, X. F. & Chao-Zhong, Z. (2013). Taxonomy of Carex sect. Rhomboidales (Cyperaceae). [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype P 00301980, geounit Tibet [details]
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Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick. Culms lateral, 20-65 cm tall, trigonous, covered with brown sheaths at base. Leaves longer than culms; leaf-blade brownish green, flat, leathery, 4-10(-17) mm wide, acuminate at apex, scabrous on margins. Involucral bracts shortly leaf-like, shorter than inflorescence, sheathed; sheaths 1. 5-4 cm long, obliquely truncate at orifice. Inflorescence paniculate, with 4-6 spikes; terminal spike staminate, linear-cylindrical, 2. 5-7 cm long, ca. 2.5 mm wide, with a long peduncle at base; lateral spikes androgynous, cylindrical, 2. 5-8 cm long, ca. 8 mm wide, densely flowered, rarely with 6-7 pistillate flowers, bearing a 1-3 cm long staminate part at apex» pedunculate; peduncles exserted from sheaths. Staminate scales oblanceolate, pale brown, 7-8 mm long, acuminate or acute at apex, brown 1-veined costa on dorsal surface. Pistillate scales ovate, pale yellow, 4-5 mm long, acuminate at apex, green 3-veined costa on dorsal surface. Perigynia broadly ovoid or ovoid (excluding beak), 5. 5-6. 5 mm long, longer than pistillate scales (including beak), obliquely patent, obtusely trigonous, papery, yellowish brown, distinctly veined, sparsely pubescent on upper veins, or subglabrous, gradually contracted into a ca. 2 mm long beak; orifice 2-lobed with teeth. Stigmas 3; style thicken at base. Achenes tightly enveloped, rhombic-ovoid, trigonous, 2-2, 5 mm long (including beak) , castaneous, with 3 angles constricted at middle, sides concave above and below, shortly curved, stipitate at base, abruptly contracted into a short beak at apex, beak coiled.[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 103. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] to Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 10: 103 (1887 publ. 1888), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More det [details]
