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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex muricata L.

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex muricata K000307789 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex muricata K000307789 isotype 1)

1676330  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676330)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Vignea (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Phaestoglochin (Section)
  15. Carex muricata (Species)
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  1. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. ashokae Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
  2. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. cesanensis Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
  3. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. muricata L.
  4. Forma Carex muricata f. angustifolia Podp. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  5. Forma Carex muricata f. arcuata P.Silva accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  6. Forma Carex muricata f. argyrolepis Peterm. accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  7. Forma Carex muricata f. leerseana Rouy accepted as Carex leersii F.W.Schultz (The original rank is "race"; replacement name for Carex canescens Leers)
  8. Forma Carex muricata f. mediterranea Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  9. Forma Carex muricata f. pseudoguestphalica Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  10. Forma Carex muricata f. submonostachya Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  11. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) R.T.Clausen accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  12. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. contigua (Hoppe) Moravec accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  13. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  14. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. divulsa (Stokes) Celak. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  15. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. furculata (Peterm.) K.Richt. accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  16. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak. accepted as Carex muricata subsp. muricata L.
  17. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. leersii (F.W.Schultz) Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex leersii F.W.Schultz
  18. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  19. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. macrocarpa Neuman accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  20. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. microcarpa Neuman accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  21. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Nyman accepted as Carex muricata subsp. muricata L.
  22. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. pairae (F.W.Schultz) Čelak. accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  23. Subspecies Carex muricata subsp. virens (Lam.) Čelak. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  24. Subvariety Carex muricata subvar. incrassata Crép. accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  25. Variety Carex muricata var. alpina Gaudin accepted as Carex muricata subsp. muricata L.
  26. Variety Carex muricata var. americana L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex hookeriana Dewey
  27. Variety Carex muricata var. angustata (J.Carey) J.Carey ex Gleason accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  28. Variety Carex muricata var. angustifolia Podp. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  29. Variety Carex muricata var. basilata (Ohwi) Y.L.Chou accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  30. Variety Carex muricata var. cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) Wiegand & Eames accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  31. Variety Carex muricata var. cephaloidea Dewey accepted as Carex cephaloidea (Dewey) Dewey ex Boott
  32. Variety Carex muricata var. chabertii (F.W.Schultz) Maire & Weiller accepted as Carex leersii F.W.Schultz
  33. Variety Carex muricata var. confixa L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex hoodii Boott
  34. Variety Carex muricata var. contigua (Hoppe) Fiori accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  35. Variety Carex muricata var. densa Wallr. accepted as Carex muricata L.
  36. Variety Carex muricata var. depauperata Hampe accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  37. Variety Carex muricata var. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  38. Variety Carex muricata var. foliosa C.B.Clarke accepted as Carex wallichiana Spreng.
  39. Variety Carex muricata var. fumosa Gren. accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  40. Variety Carex muricata var. furculata (Peterm.) Nyman accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata Huds.
  41. Variety Carex muricata var. gracilis Boott accepted as Carex hookeriana Dewey
  42. Variety Carex muricata var. gracilis Gray accepted as Carex muricata subsp. muricata L.
  43. Variety Carex muricata var. indica Boott accepted as Carex wallichiana Spreng.
  44. Variety Carex muricata var. interrupta Wallr. accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  45. Variety Carex muricata var. lamprocarpa Wallr. accepted as Carex muricata subsp. muricata L.
  46. Variety Carex muricata var. laricina (Mack. ex Bright) Gleason accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  47. Variety Carex muricata var. leersii (F.W.Schultz) Kneuck. accepted as Carex leersii F.W.Schultz
  48. Variety Carex muricata var. loliacea Schkuhr accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  49. Variety Carex muricata var. lumnitzeri Rouy accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  50. Variety Carex muricata var. mediterranea Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex spicata Huds.
  51. Variety Carex muricata var. monostachya Asch. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  52. Variety Carex muricata var. muricata L. accepted as Carex muricata L.
  53. Variety Carex muricata var. nemorosa Gaudin accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  54. Variety Carex muricata var. pairae (F.W.Schultz) Čelak. accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  55. Variety Carex muricata var. ruthii (Mack.) Gleason accepted as Carex ruthii Mack.
  56. Variety Carex muricata var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason accepted as Carex sterilis Willd.
  57. Variety Carex muricata var. subramosa Neilr. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  58. Variety Carex muricata var. virens (Lam.) Rchb. accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  59. Variety Carex muricata var. virens Andersson accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  60. Variety Carex muricata var. pairae (F.W.Schultz) Kneuck. (uncertain > unassessed)
terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 974 [details] 
Lectotype  LINN 1100.26  
Lectotype LINN 1100.26 [details]
Description Plants without or with short rhizomes. Culms: 20–100 cm × 1.0–2.0 mm at midheight, obtusely trigonous, slightly...  
Description Plants without or with short rhizomes. Culms: 20–100 cm × 1.0–2.0 mm at midheight, obtusely trigonous, slightly scabrid above; basal sheaths and sheaths brown to dark brown. Leaves: blades half as long to as long as culms, widest leaf blades 2.25–4.5 mm, plicate to flat; ligule 0.5–3.5 mm, wider than long, round or subacute at apex. Inflorescence: oblong, 17–45(–50) × 8–13 mm, with 5–10 globular spikes, single at nodes, sessile, usually lowest spikes separated 3–15 mm, other crowded; bracts glume like, the proximal setaceous, shorter than inflorescence, 4–20 mm long. Pistillate scale dark brown, sometimes reddish with a narrow green to brown midrib and without scarious margins, 2.25–3.75 × 1.75–2.25 mm, ovate, apex acute to acuminate 0–0.4 mm long. Staminate glume 2.75–4.25 × 1.5–2 mm, narrower than female. Anthers 3, 1.75–2.5 mm long. Perigynium strongly spreading, dull greenish to yellowish-brown, body round, trullate or oval, nerveless or faint veins with a winged margin, 3.0–6.0 × 2.0–2.75 mm, base rounded to cuneate, abruptly or not tapered into a beak. Beak 0.65–1.75 mm long, brown distally, with serrulate margins reaching the summit or the body of the perigynium, apex bidentate to bifid, apical teeth 0.25–0.6 mm. Achene round to oval, light brown to dark brown, 1.9–3.5 × 1.60–2.25 mm. Stigmas 2, 1.5–2.5 mm long. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex muricata L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676330 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 974 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Lectotype LINN 1100.26 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants without or with short rhizomes. Culms: 20–100 cm × 1.0–2.0 mm at midheight, obtusely trigonous, slightly scabrid above; basal sheaths and sheaths brown to dark brown. Leaves: blades half as long to as long as culms, widest leaf blades 2.25–4.5 mm, plicate to flat; ligule 0.5–3.5 mm, wider than long, round or subacute at apex. Inflorescence: oblong, 17–45(–50) × 8–13 mm, with 5–10 globular spikes, single at nodes, sessile, usually lowest spikes separated 3–15 mm, other crowded; bracts glume like, the proximal setaceous, shorter than inflorescence, 4–20 mm long. Pistillate scale dark brown, sometimes reddish with a narrow green to brown midrib and without scarious margins, 2.25–3.75 × 1.75–2.25 mm, ovate, apex acute to acuminate 0–0.4 mm long. Staminate glume 2.75–4.25 × 1.5–2 mm, narrower than female. Anthers 3, 1.75–2.5 mm long. Perigynium strongly spreading, dull greenish to yellowish-brown, body round, trullate or oval, nerveless or faint veins with a winged margin, 3.0–6.0 × 2.0–2.75 mm, base rounded to cuneate, abruptly or not tapered into a beak. Beak 0.65–1.75 mm long, brown distally, with serrulate margins reaching the summit or the body of the perigynium, apex bidentate to bifid, apical teeth 0.25–0.6 mm. Achene round to oval, light brown to dark brown, 1.9–3.5 × 1.60–2.25 mm. Stigmas 2, 1.5–2.5 mm long. [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Vignea muricata (L.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (499 publications) (from synonym Carex divulsa Gaudin)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Caricina muricata (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (913 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex divulsa) (from synonym Carex divulsa Gaudin)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex muricata) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex divulsa Gaudin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Caricina muricata (L.) St.-Lag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea muricata (L.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata var. densa Wallr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. densa Wallr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea muricata (L.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex divulsa Gaudin)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Caricina muricata (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex muricata K000307789 isotype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex muricata K000960390 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex muricata K000960391 type 1) 
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex muricata var. muricata L.)
From editor or global species database
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