Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex humida Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
1676442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676442)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
(1976). Flora Plantarum Herbacearum Chinae Boreali-Orientalis. 11.
page(s): 204 [details]
page(s): 204 [details]
Description Rhizome long stoloniferous. Culms densely tufted, 50-70 cm tall, obtusely trigonous, smooth on lower part and slightly...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 11: 204. 1976 to Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin....
Description Rhizome long stoloniferous. Culms densely tufted, 50-70 cm tall, obtusely trigonous, smooth on lower part and slightly scabrous on upper part, clothed with red-brown and bladeless sheaths at base, sheaths later usually splitting into reticulate fibers. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 4-6 mm wide, flat, slightly revolute on margins, with transverse septate nodes between veins, glabrous or laxly pubescent, rather long sheathed, sometimes upper sheaths laxly pubescent. Involucral bracts leafy, lowermost one longer than or equaling inflorescence, upper involucral bracts shorter than inflorescence, shortly sheathed, uppermost nearly not sheathed. Spikes 3-7, upper spikes approximate, lower ones rather remote; terminal 2-4 spikes male, narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 cm, subsessile; remaining spikes female, oblong-cylindric or cylindric, 3-5 cm, densely many flowered, rather lax at base, lower spikes shortly pedunculate, upper ones subsessile. Female glumes pale ferruginous, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 6-7.5 mm (including awn), membranous, 3-veined, apex acuminate, long aristate. Utricles greenish or yellow-green, obliquely patent, slightly longer than glume, ovate, plano-convex, 6-8 mm, thinly leathery, glabrous, several veined, base subrounded, shortly stipitate, apex gradually narrowed into a medium-sized to long beak, orifice rather long 2-toothed. Nutlets loosely enveloped in utricle, obovate, convex on both sides, ca. 2.5 mm, base stipitate; style base not thickened; stigmas 2. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 11: 204. 1976 to Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 11: 204. 1976 to Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 11: 204 (1976), 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 humida Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676442 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(1976). Flora Plantarum Herbacearum Chinae Boreali-Orientalis. 11.
page(s): 204 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 204 [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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Description Rhizome long stoloniferous. Culms densely tufted, 50-70 cm tall, obtusely trigonous, smooth on lower part and slightly scabrous on upper part, clothed with red-brown and bladeless sheaths at base, sheaths later usually splitting into reticulate fibers. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 4-6 mm wide, flat, slightly revolute on margins, with transverse septate nodes between veins, glabrous or laxly pubescent, rather long sheathed, sometimes upper sheaths laxly pubescent. Involucral bracts leafy, lowermost one longer than or equaling inflorescence, upper involucral bracts shorter than inflorescence, shortly sheathed, uppermost nearly not sheathed. Spikes 3-7, upper spikes approximate, lower ones rather remote; terminal 2-4 spikes male, narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 cm, subsessile; remaining spikes female, oblong-cylindric or cylindric, 3-5 cm, densely many flowered, rather lax at base, lower spikes shortly pedunculate, upper ones subsessile. Female glumes pale ferruginous, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 6-7.5 mm (including awn), membranous, 3-veined, apex acuminate, long aristate. Utricles greenish or yellow-green, obliquely patent, slightly longer than glume, ovate, plano-convex, 6-8 mm, thinly leathery, glabrous, several veined, base subrounded, shortly stipitate, apex gradually narrowed into a medium-sized to long beak, orifice rather long 2-toothed. Nutlets loosely enveloped in utricle, obovate, convex on both sides, ca. 2.5 mm, base stipitate; style base not thickened; stigmas 2. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 11: 204. 1976 to Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 11: 204 (1976), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
