Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex curaica Kunth
1676758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676758)
accepted
Species
Carex curaica var. angustifolia Turcz. · unaccepted
Carex curaica var. latifolia Turcz. · unaccepted
Vignea curaica (Kunth) Soják · unaccepted
- Subspecies Carex curaica subsp. pycnostachys (Kar. & Kir.) T.V.Egorova accepted as Carex pycnostachys Kar. & Kir. accepted as Carex pycnostachya Kar. & Kir.
terrestrial
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 375 [details]
page(s): 375 [details]
Description Rhizome stout, long creeping, indurate. Culms 20-38 cm tall, trigonous, scabrous above, clothed with brown bladeless...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 375. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 375...
Description Rhizome stout, long creeping, indurate. Culms 20-38 cm tall, trigonous, scabrous above, clothed with brown bladeless sheaths at base. Leaves shorter than culm, blades linear, 3-3.5 mm wide, flat, stiff, margins scabrous. Involucral bracts glumelike. Spicate inflorescence oblong or ovate, 1.5-2 cm, dense; spikes numerous, androgynous, ovate, 5-7 × ca. 4 mm. Female glumes ferruginous, ovate, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, 1-veined, margins pale hyaline, apex acute. Utricles stramineous, longer than glume, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, plano-convex, 2.8-3.5 × ca. 1.2 mm, leathery, glabrous, scabrous above, many veined on both faces, veins conspicuously raised, base subrounded, shortly stipitate, margins winglike, thickened, apex abruptly contracted into a ferruginous, scabrous beak, orifice white hyaline, deeply cleft abaxially, shallowly cleft adaxially, 2-toothed. Nutlets brown, tightly enveloped, elliptic or ovate, plano-convex or compressed trigonous; style slightly thickened; stigmas 2. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 375. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 375...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 375. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 375 (1837), 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 curaica Kunth. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676758 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 375 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 375 [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 K 000960614, geounit Kazakhstan [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome stout, long creeping, indurate. Culms 20-38 cm tall, trigonous, scabrous above, clothed with brown bladeless sheaths at base. Leaves shorter than culm, blades linear, 3-3.5 mm wide, flat, stiff, margins scabrous. Involucral bracts glumelike. Spicate inflorescence oblong or ovate, 1.5-2 cm, dense; spikes numerous, androgynous, ovate, 5-7 × ca. 4 mm. Female glumes ferruginous, ovate, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, 1-veined, margins pale hyaline, apex acute. Utricles stramineous, longer than glume, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, plano-convex, 2.8-3.5 × ca. 1.2 mm, leathery, glabrous, scabrous above, many veined on both faces, veins conspicuously raised, base subrounded, shortly stipitate, margins winglike, thickened, apex abruptly contracted into a ferruginous, scabrous beak, orifice white hyaline, deeply cleft abaxially, shallowly cleft adaxially, 2-toothed. Nutlets brown, tightly enveloped, elliptic or ovate, plano-convex or compressed trigonous; style slightly thickened; stigmas 2. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 375. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 375 (1837), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex curaica)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea curaica (Kunth) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex curaica var. angustifolia Turcz.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex curaica var. latifolia Turcz.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex curaica var. latifolia Turcz.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex curaica var. angustifolia Turcz.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea curaica (Kunth) Soják)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex curaica K000960614 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex curaica)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea curaica (Kunth) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex curaica var. angustifolia Turcz.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex curaica var. latifolia Turcz.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex curaica var. latifolia Turcz.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex curaica var. angustifolia Turcz.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea curaica (Kunth) Soják)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex curaica K000960614 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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