Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex oligocarya C.B.Clarke
1676641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676641)
accepted
Species
Carex annulata Kük. · unaccepted
Carex oligocarya var. websteri Raymond · unaccepted
- Variety Carex oligocarya var. websteri Raymond accepted as Carex oligocarya C.B.Clarke
terrestrial
Clarke, C. B. (1894). Cyperaceae. <em>Flora of British India.</em> 6(20): 587-748., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/356279#page/591/mode/1up
page(s): 746 [details]
page(s): 746 [details]
Description Loosely tufted, 25-40 cm. Rhizome ascending, covered by grey-brown, finally fibrous scales. Stem obtusely trigonous,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 1894 to Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 (1894),...
Description Loosely tufted, 25-40 cm. Rhizome ascending, covered by grey-brown, finally fibrous scales. Stem obtusely trigonous, grey-green, smooth. Leaves c. 2/3 of stem length; sheaths 20-30 mm, yllowish brown to grey, finally slightly fibrous, margin of scarious side slightly concave; ligule c. 0.2 mm; blades 2.5-3 mm wide, keeled, flat or slightly revolute, long-attenuate, keel and margins scabrous. Inflorescence of 2-4 spikes, all androgynous, large in upper, predominantly male part, in lower part lax. Bracts shorter than their spikes, lowest with sheath to 18 mm. Spikes 10-20 mm, cylindrical or fusiform, lowest with peduncle to 80 mm. Male glumes 3.5-4.5 x 0.8-1 mm, narrowly elliptic, acute or with mucro up to 0.2 mm, margins widely scarious. Female glumes 3.7-3.8 x 1.5-1.6 mm, acute or with up to 0.3 mm mucro, margins widely scarious. Utricles 4.7-5.1 x c. 1.3 mm, obovoid, trigonous, slightly inflated, yellowish brown, abruptly contracted to beak, 1.6-2 mm, lower part setose, ostiole oblique with wide scarious margins. Stigmas 3. Nut 2.3-2.8 x 1-1.3 mm, obovoid, trigonous, yellowish, obscurely reticulate. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 1894 to Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 (1894),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 1894 to Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 (1894), 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 oligocarya C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676641 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Clarke, C. B. (1894). Cyperaceae. <em>Flora of British India.</em> 6(20): 587-748., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/356279#page/591/mode/1up
page(s): 746 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 746 [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
Syntype G 00191470, geounit Pakistan [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Loosely tufted, 25-40 cm. Rhizome ascending, covered by grey-brown, finally fibrous scales. Stem obtusely trigonous, grey-green, smooth. Leaves c. 2/3 of stem length; sheaths 20-30 mm, yllowish brown to grey, finally slightly fibrous, margin of scarious side slightly concave; ligule c. 0.2 mm; blades 2.5-3 mm wide, keeled, flat or slightly revolute, long-attenuate, keel and margins scabrous. Inflorescence of 2-4 spikes, all androgynous, large in upper, predominantly male part, in lower part lax. Bracts shorter than their spikes, lowest with sheath to 18 mm. Spikes 10-20 mm, cylindrical or fusiform, lowest with peduncle to 80 mm. Male glumes 3.5-4.5 x 0.8-1 mm, narrowly elliptic, acute or with mucro up to 0.2 mm, margins widely scarious. Female glumes 3.7-3.8 x 1.5-1.6 mm, acute or with up to 0.3 mm mucro, margins widely scarious. Utricles 4.7-5.1 x c. 1.3 mm, obovoid, trigonous, slightly inflated, yellowish brown, abruptly contracted to beak, 1.6-2 mm, lower part setose, ostiole oblique with wide scarious margins. Stigmas 3. Nut 2.3-2.8 x 1-1.3 mm, obovoid, trigonous, yellowish, obscurely reticulate. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 1894 to Fl. Brit. India 6: 746 (1894), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex annulata Kük.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex oligocarya)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Genève Herbarium (Carex websteri G00191470 type 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex annulata Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex oligocarya var. websteri Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex oligocarya var. websteri Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex annulata Kük.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex oligocarya)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Genève Herbarium (Carex websteri G00191470 type 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex annulata Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex oligocarya var. websteri Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex oligocarya var. websteri Raymond)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex annulata Kük.)
From editor or global species database
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