Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex coriogyne Nelmes
1676716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676716)
accepted
Species
Carex divulsa subsp. coriogyne (Nelmes) Ö.Nilsson · unaccepted
terrestrial
Nelmes, E. (1947). A New Species of Carex. <em>Kew Bulletin.</em> 2(1): 74., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4109506 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype K 000307996
Holotype K 000307996 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex coriogyne Nelmes. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676716 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Nelmes, E. (1947). A New Species of Carex. <em>Kew Bulletin.</em> 2(1): 74., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4109506 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
[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 K 000307996 [details]
From editor or global species database
Original description Rhizoma caespitosum. Culmi 25–40 cm. alti, stricti, triquetri, sursum scabri, ad basin vaginis fuscis dissolutis obtecti. Folia culmo breviora, 2–3 mm. lata, plana, pallide viridia, inferiora interdum recurva. Spicae 3–4, androgynaeceae, pauciflorae, contiguae vel subdistantes, simplices, subebracteatae, inflorescentiam oblongam 2–2.5 cm. longam formantes. Squamae femineae 4–4.5 mm. longae, 1.8–2 mm. latae, ovato-lanceolatae, apice acutae vel subacutae, carinatae, mucronulatae, albido-brunneae. Utriculi 4.5–5 mm. longi, 2.75–3 mm. lati, late ovato-elliptici, plano-convexi, demum squarroso, glabri, nitidi, pallide virides, dorso paucinerves, ventre enerves, marginati, marginibus superne scabri, in rostrum latum circiter 0.75 mm. longum scabrum bidentatum (dentibus strictis tenuissimis 0.5 mm. longis) abrupte contracti. Nux circiter 3 mm. longa et 2.5 mm. lata, ovato-orbiculata. Stigmata 2. [details]Translation Rhizome tufted. Culms 25–40 cm tall, erect, triquetrous, scabrous above, sheathed at the base with brown, disintegrating sheaths. Leaves shorter than the culms, 2–3 mm wide, flat, pale green, the lower sometimes recurved. Spikes 3–4, androgynous, few-flowered, contiguous or slightly distant, simple, with inconspicuous bracts, forming an oblong inflorescence 2–2.5 cm long. Female glumes 4–4.5 mm long, 1.8–2 mm wide, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or subacute, keeled, mucronulate, whitish brown. Utricles 4.5–5 mm long, 2.75–3 mm wide, broadly ovate-elliptic, plano-convex, finally scabrous, glabrous, shiny, pale green, with few nerves on the dorsal side, nerveless ventrally, margined, upper margins scabrous, abruptly contracted into a wide beak about 0.75 mm long, bidentate and scabrous (teeth very slender, ca. 0.5 mm long). Nut ca. 3 mm long and 2.5 mm wide, ovate-orbicular. Stigmas 2. [details]
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. coriogyne (Nelmes) Ö.Nilsson)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. coriogyne (Nelmes) Ö.Nilsson)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex coriogyne K000307996 holotype 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. coriogyne (Nelmes) Ö.Nilsson)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. coriogyne (Nelmes) Ö.Nilsson)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex coriogyne K000307996 holotype 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
