Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex ischnostachya Steud.
1676500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676500)
accepted
Species
Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey · unaccepted
- Variety Carex ischnostachya var. fastigiata T.Koyama
- Variety Carex ischnostachya var. ischnostachya Steud.
- Variety Carex ischnostachya var. subtumida Kük. accepted as Carex subtumida (Kük.) Ohwi
terrestrial
Steudel, E.G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Cyperaceae et familiae affines, Restiaceae, Eriocauloneae, Xyrideae, Desvauxieae, Junceae. Pars II, pp. 1-348. J.B. Metzler. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/348937, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002755921/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 222 [details]
page(s): 222 [details]
Description Rhizome thick and short, ligneous. Culms tufted, 30-60 cm tall, rather slender, triquetrous, smooth, leafy at base,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl....
Description Rhizome thick and short, ligneous. Culms tufted, 30-60 cm tall, rather slender, triquetrous, smooth, leafy at base, purple-brown bladeless sheathed at lowermost part. Leaves slightly shorter than or nearly equaling culm, blades 4-6 mm wide, flat, rather soft, distinctly 2-veined laterally; sheaths rather long. Involucral bracts leaflike, longer than uppermost spike, rather long sheathed. Spikes 4 or 5, upper 3 or 4 contiguous at apex of culm, lowermost 1 or 2 rather remote; terminal spike male, linear, 1.5-3 cm, with short peduncle; lateral spikes 3-5, female, narrowly cylindric, 2-6 cm, rather loosely and biseriately many flowered, upper spikes subsessile, lower 1 or 2 with peduncles. Female glumes yellowish white, ovate, 1.5-1.8 mm, membranous, 1-veined, apex acute, muticous. Utricles brown-green, suberect, much longer than glume, ovate-elliptic, obtusely trigonous, 4-5 mm, membranous, glabrous, 5-7-veined, base rounded, apex gradually narrowed to a medium-sized beak, orifice emarginate to shortly 2-toothed. Nutlets brownish yellow, rather tightly enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2 mm, base shortly stipitate, apex mucronate; style base not thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 222 (1855), 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 ischnostachya Steud.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676500 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Steudel, E.G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Cyperaceae et familiae affines, Restiaceae, Eriocauloneae, Xyrideae, Desvauxieae, Junceae. Pars II, pp. 1-348. J.B. Metzler. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/348937, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002755921/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 222 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 222 [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
Syntype P 00284296 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome thick and short, ligneous. Culms tufted, 30-60 cm tall, rather slender, triquetrous, smooth, leafy at base, purple-brown bladeless sheathed at lowermost part. Leaves slightly shorter than or nearly equaling culm, blades 4-6 mm wide, flat, rather soft, distinctly 2-veined laterally; sheaths rather long. Involucral bracts leaflike, longer than uppermost spike, rather long sheathed. Spikes 4 or 5, upper 3 or 4 contiguous at apex of culm, lowermost 1 or 2 rather remote; terminal spike male, linear, 1.5-3 cm, with short peduncle; lateral spikes 3-5, female, narrowly cylindric, 2-6 cm, rather loosely and biseriately many flowered, upper spikes subsessile, lower 1 or 2 with peduncles. Female glumes yellowish white, ovate, 1.5-1.8 mm, membranous, 1-veined, apex acute, muticous. Utricles brown-green, suberect, much longer than glume, ovate-elliptic, obtusely trigonous, 4-5 mm, membranous, glabrous, 5-7-veined, base rounded, apex gradually narrowed to a medium-sized beak, orifice emarginate to shortly 2-toothed. Nutlets brownish yellow, rather tightly enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2 mm, base shortly stipitate, apex mucronate; style base not thickened; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 222 (1855), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ischnostachya)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex ischnostachya K000795100 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex ischnostachya K000960961 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ischnostachya)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex ischnostachya K000795100 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex ischnostachya K000960961 type 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
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