Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex honglinii Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
1676415 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676415)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Lu, Y.-F.; Jin, X.-F. (2018). Notes on carex (Cyperaceae) from China (V): New species, combination and subspecies from Zhejiang. Phytotaxa, 372(3): 203-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.372.3.3
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
Holotype HTC 0021895, geounit Zhejiang
Holotype HTC 0021895, geounit Zhejiang [details]
Description Rhizomes elongate or short, woody, stiff. Culms 45‒60 cm tall, acutely trigonous, smooth or upper part scabrous, base...
Description Rhizomes elongate or short, woody, stiff. Culms 45‒60 cm tall, acutely trigonous, smooth or upper part scabrous, base with grayish brown sheaths. Leaves cauline and basal, longer than culms; blades linear, 4‒6 mm wide, flat, margin and abaxial surfaces scabrous. Bracts sheathless, lower ones leaf-like, much longer than inflorescence, upper ones setaceous or scale-like. Spikes 4‒6; terminal spike staminate, clavate, 3.5‒7 cm long, 2.5‒3 mm wide, densely flowered, base shortly pedunculate or subsessile; lateral spikes androgynous, apex with 6‒28 staminate flowers, cylindrical or long-cylindrical, 4‒7 cm long, 3.8‒4.2 mm wide, densely flowered, lowermost ones pedunculate, upper ones shortly pedunculate to sessile. Staminate scales elliptic-lanceolate, pale yellowish brown, 3.2‒3.5 mm long, apex acuminate, with green-brown 3-veined costa. Pistillate scales ovate or narrowly ovate, pale green, 2‒2.5 mm long, apex acuminate, with green 3-veined costa extending to a mucro. Perigynia obliquely patent, broadly obovoid, inflated, obtusely trigonous, pale brown-green, longer than pistillate scales, 3‒3.5 mm long, membranous, distinctly thinly 4- or 5- veined, purplish to red-punctate, base attenuate and shortly stipitate, apex gradually contracted into a 0.5‒0.7 mm long straight beak, orifice truncate. Achenes loosely enveloped in perigynia, obovoid, trigonous, brown, 1.2‒1.5 mm long, base with a short curved stalk, apex emarginate; style not thickened at base; stigmas 3. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex honglinii Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676415 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Lu, Y.-F.; Jin, X.-F. (2018). Notes on carex (Cyperaceae) from China (V): New species, combination and subspecies from Zhejiang. Phytotaxa, 372(3): 203-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.372.3.3
page(s): 203 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 203 [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 HTC 0021895, geounit Zhejiang [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes elongate or short, woody, stiff. Culms 45‒60 cm tall, acutely trigonous, smooth or upper part scabrous, base with grayish brown sheaths. Leaves cauline and basal, longer than culms; blades linear, 4‒6 mm wide, flat, margin and abaxial surfaces scabrous. Bracts sheathless, lower ones leaf-like, much longer than inflorescence, upper ones setaceous or scale-like. Spikes 4‒6; terminal spike staminate, clavate, 3.5‒7 cm long, 2.5‒3 mm wide, densely flowered, base shortly pedunculate or subsessile; lateral spikes androgynous, apex with 6‒28 staminate flowers, cylindrical or long-cylindrical, 4‒7 cm long, 3.8‒4.2 mm wide, densely flowered, lowermost ones pedunculate, upper ones shortly pedunculate to sessile. Staminate scales elliptic-lanceolate, pale yellowish brown, 3.2‒3.5 mm long, apex acuminate, with green-brown 3-veined costa. Pistillate scales ovate or narrowly ovate, pale green, 2‒2.5 mm long, apex acuminate, with green 3-veined costa extending to a mucro. Perigynia obliquely patent, broadly obovoid, inflated, obtusely trigonous, pale brown-green, longer than pistillate scales, 3‒3.5 mm long, membranous, distinctly thinly 4- or 5- veined, purplish to red-punctate, base attenuate and shortly stipitate, apex gradually contracted into a 0.5‒0.7 mm long straight beak, orifice truncate. Achenes loosely enveloped in perigynia, obovoid, trigonous, brown, 1.2‒1.5 mm long, base with a short curved stalk, apex emarginate; style not thickened at base; stigmas 3. [details]
