Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex moupinensis Franch.
1676313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676313)
accepted
Species
Homalostachys sinensis Boeckeler · unaccepted
Scleria sinensis (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Franchet, M. A. (1888). Plantae Davidianae ex sinarum imperio. Plantes du Thibet oriental (province de Moupine). <em>Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> ser 2, 10: 33-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56649303
page(s): 102 [details]
page(s): 102 [details]
Holotype K 000960778, geounit Hubei
Holotype K 000960778, geounit Hubei [details]
Description Rhizome stoloniferous, woody. Culms 20-50 × 0.3-0.4 cm, stiff, trigonous, base with persistent brown sheaths. Leaves...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 102. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] ...
Description Rhizome stoloniferous, woody. Culms 20-50 × 0.3-0.4 cm, stiff, trigonous, base with persistent brown sheaths. Leaves longer or shorter than culms, flat, 3-5 mm wide, pubescent and glabrescent later, papillose abaxially, scabrid adaxially, long sheathed, sheath mouth villous. Involucral bracts same as leaves, shorter than inflorescence, much longer than inflorescence branches. Panicle compound, 10-20 cm, 4-10-branched; inflorescence branches corymbose, simple, 5-12-spiked, 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm; peduncles of inflorescence branches tenuous, 6-8 cm, trigonous, loosely pubescent; inflorescence axes sharply trigonous, loosely pubescent; bractlets brown, glumelike, lanceolate, 3-4 mm, loosely pubescent. Spikes unisexual, male ones at upper part of inflorescence branches, female at lower part, arising from flowerless utriculiform cladoprophylls; male spikes oblong, 6-10 mm, many flowered, sometimes with few female flowers at base; female spikes oblong, 7-10 mm, densely many flowered, sometimes with few male flowers at top; male glumes brown, lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm, membranous, with 1 midrib, apex acuminate; female glumes brownish white with dense brown spots, lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm, with 1 midrib, margins narrowly hyaline, apex acuminate. Utricles brownish white with brown spots, obliquely patent, shorter than glumes, obovate, sometimes obliquely obovate, slightly inflated, trigonous, ca. 2 mm, papery, glabrous, 2-veined abaxially, apex contracted abruptly into short beak, orifice obliquely truncate. Nutlets yellowish white at maturity, obovate, trigonous, ca. 1.2 mm; style base thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 102. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] ...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 102. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] to Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 10: 102 (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 moupinensis Franch.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676313 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Franchet, M. A. (1888). Plantae Davidianae ex sinarum imperio. Plantes du Thibet oriental (province de Moupine). <em>Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> ser 2, 10: 33-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56649303
page(s): 102 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 102 [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
Holotype K 000960778, geounit Hubei [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome stoloniferous, woody. Culms 20-50 × 0.3-0.4 cm, stiff, trigonous, base with persistent brown sheaths. Leaves longer or shorter than culms, flat, 3-5 mm wide, pubescent and glabrescent later, papillose abaxially, scabrid adaxially, long sheathed, sheath mouth villous. Involucral bracts same as leaves, shorter than inflorescence, much longer than inflorescence branches. Panicle compound, 10-20 cm, 4-10-branched; inflorescence branches corymbose, simple, 5-12-spiked, 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm; peduncles of inflorescence branches tenuous, 6-8 cm, trigonous, loosely pubescent; inflorescence axes sharply trigonous, loosely pubescent; bractlets brown, glumelike, lanceolate, 3-4 mm, loosely pubescent. Spikes unisexual, male ones at upper part of inflorescence branches, female at lower part, arising from flowerless utriculiform cladoprophylls; male spikes oblong, 6-10 mm, many flowered, sometimes with few female flowers at base; female spikes oblong, 7-10 mm, densely many flowered, sometimes with few male flowers at top; male glumes brown, lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm, membranous, with 1 midrib, apex acuminate; female glumes brownish white with dense brown spots, lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm, with 1 midrib, margins narrowly hyaline, apex acuminate. Utricles brownish white with brown spots, obliquely patent, shorter than glumes, obovate, sometimes obliquely obovate, slightly inflated, trigonous, ca. 2 mm, papery, glabrous, 2-veined abaxially, apex contracted abruptly into short beak, orifice obliquely truncate. Nutlets yellowish white at maturity, obovate, trigonous, ca. 1.2 mm; style base thickened; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10: 102. 1888 [1887 publ. 1888] to Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 10: 102 (1887 publ. 1888), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More det [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scleria sinensis (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Homalostachys sinensis Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex moupinensis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Homalostachys sinensis Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria sinensis (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria sinensis (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Homalostachys sinensis Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex moupinensis K000960778 holotype 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex moupinensis Franch. BM001172103 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Homalostachys sinensis Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex moupinensis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Homalostachys sinensis Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria sinensis (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria sinensis (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Homalostachys sinensis Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex moupinensis K000960778 holotype 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex moupinensis Franch. BM001172103 type 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
