Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex klaphakei K.L.Wilson
1676555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676555)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Wilson, K. L. (1996). A new Australian species of <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) and notes on two other species. <em>Telopea.</em> 6(4): 569-577., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19963025
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Holotype NSW, geounit New South Wales
Holotype NSW, geounit New South Wales [details]
Description Perennial herb; rhizomes long, firm but not strongly woody; shoots at 2-6 cm intervals along rhizomes. Culms erect, terete...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 6(4): 569. 1996 [1 Jul 1996] to Telopea 6: 569 (1996),...
Description Perennial herb; rhizomes long, firm but not strongly woody; shoots at 2-6 cm intervals along rhizomes. Culms erect, terete or oval, 45-160 cm long, to 1.2 m m diam., smooth or faintly scaberulous. Leaves with reduced, flat blades to 7 cm long, c. 1.5 m m wide; ligule white- to brown-membranous, rounded, c. 0.3 mm wide. Inflorescence 0.8-1.5 cm long, composed of a single spike or up to 3 spikes forming a short cluster; lowest 1 or 2 leafy involucral bracts shorter than the inflorescence or rarely slightly exceeding it, to c. 1.5 cm long. Spikes androgynous w ith upper male portion often half-hidden by the female portion, 6-10 m m long, 1-3 per inflorescence, few-flowered. Male bracts ('glumes') c. 4 mm long, pale yellow-brown to pale red-brown, w ith apex acute and mucro c. 0.3 m m long; female bracts ('glumes') 3-4 m m long, pale yellow-brown to red-brown, with apex acute and mucro 0.5-1 m m long. Stamens 3; anthers c. 2 mm long excluding apical appendage c. 0.2 m m long. Utricles ovate in outline, plano convex, thickened near base, strongly 8-10-nerved on abaxial surface, not or faintly few-nerved adaxially, exceeding the subtending bract, 5.5-7 mm long, 1.7-2 m m diam. in broadest part, green to yellow-brown, eventually grey-brown, shining when mature;
beak long-tapering, more or less excurved eventually, slightly hispidulous on margins, w ith 2-fid or split apex. Style 2-fid. N ut narrow-elliptical to obovate in utline, with obuse apex, plano-convex, 2-2.5 m m long, 1.3-1.5 m m diam., pale brown. [details]
beak long-tapering, more or less excurved eventually, slightly hispidulous on margins, w ith 2-fid or split apex. Style 2-fid. N ut narrow-elliptical to obovate in utline, with obuse apex, plano-convex, 2-2.5 m m long, 1.3-1.5 m m diam., pale brown. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 6(4): 569. 1996 [1 Jul 1996] to Telopea 6: 569 (1996),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 6(4): 569. 1996 [1 Jul 1996] to Telopea 6: 569 (1996), 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 klaphakei K.L.Wilson. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676555 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
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Wilson, K. L. (1996). A new Australian species of <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) and notes on two other species. <em>Telopea.</em> 6(4): 569-577., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19963025
page(s): 569 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 569 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Holotype NSW, geounit New South Wales [details]
Isotype P 00060485, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Perennial herb; rhizomes long, firm but not strongly woody; shoots at 2-6 cm intervals along rhizomes. Culms erect, terete or oval, 45-160 cm long, to 1.2 m m diam., smooth or faintly scaberulous. Leaves with reduced, flat blades to 7 cm long, c. 1.5 m m wide; ligule white- to brown-membranous, rounded, c. 0.3 mm wide. Inflorescence 0.8-1.5 cm long, composed of a single spike or up to 3 spikes forming a short cluster; lowest 1 or 2 leafy involucral bracts shorter than the inflorescence or rarely slightly exceeding it, to c. 1.5 cm long. Spikes androgynous w ith upper male portion often half-hidden by the female portion, 6-10 m m long, 1-3 per inflorescence, few-flowered. Male bracts ('glumes') c. 4 mm long, pale yellow-brown to pale red-brown, w ith apex acute and mucro c. 0.3 m m long; female bracts ('glumes') 3-4 m m long, pale yellow-brown to red-brown, with apex acute and mucro 0.5-1 m m long. Stamens 3; anthers c. 2 mm long excluding apical appendage c. 0.2 m m long. Utricles ovate in outline, plano convex, thickened near base, strongly 8-10-nerved on abaxial surface, not or faintly few-nerved adaxially, exceeding the subtending bract, 5.5-7 mm long, 1.7-2 m m diam. in broadest part, green to yellow-brown, eventually grey-brown, shining when mature; beak long-tapering, more or less excurved eventually, slightly hispidulous on margins, w ith 2-fid or split apex. Style 2-fid. N ut narrow-elliptical to obovate in utline, with obuse apex, plano-convex, 2-2.5 m m long, 1.3-1.5 m m diam., pale brown. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Telopea 6(4): 569. 1996 [1 Jul 1996] to Telopea 6: 569 (1996), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
